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Play KenKen Puzzle On the Web

Start with an easy KenKen which is a 4x4 grid. How to Play
Here is a video that gives you a quick summary of the game and how to play.

But basically, you have a square grid of cells. You put a digit into each cell. The digits are 1, 2, 3, etc. up to the size of the grid. So for a 4x4 grid above, you can only use the digits 1, 2, 3, and 4. For a 6x6 grid below, you can use the digits from 1 to 6.

You will notices that cells are grouped into "cages" as denoted by their darken outlines. Each cage as a number with a mathematical symbol. The digits that you put in the cells must result in that number if you apply the mathematical operation on the digits. Furthermore, any row or column in the overall grid can not have a repeating digit.

The Strategy
So the strategy is to use the above constraint rules to eliminate which digit can not go into each cell. This game is basically a process of elimination. Start working on the smaller cages first. That way fewer possible digits can go into them. One you have filled in the smaller cages, the digit in there will constraint what digits you can put in the other rows and columns.

More difficult 6x6 KenKen
Once you've mastered the strategy of KenKen, try a more difficult 6x6 KenKen grid ...

 

Grad Student Comics

I found the comics in these books to be quite funny. It shows the humor of academic life of a graduate student. I'm sure anyone who has been in grad school can relate.

Author Jorge Cham had been a Graduate Student at Stanford University where he later got his PhD in Mechanical Engineering. Now he writes and draws comics about life in academic at phdcomics.com. Because of his engineering studies, some of his strip has some "technical humor". For example, there is a parody of Newton's first, second, and third law of motion.

The strip also does parodies of popular U.S. movies and television...

You can get a sense of the humor of the strips by looking his 200 Most Popular Comics.

The comic's protagonist is a black haired male that wears glasses and is never named strip. So he is often referenced as the "Nameless Hero" in other publications. The other major characters in the strips are Cecilia (an engineering student who admits that she's a geek), Tajel (a female student in the social sciences), Mike Slackenerny (who is lazy and has been in grad school for a long long time), and faculty adviser Prof Smith.

The comics are drawn directly into digital form using a graphic pen tablet.

 

Bubble Sokoban

I found this Flash puzzle game on Fupa.com. You move a person around in a grid with obstructions. Your goal is to push the movable block into the highlight squares. Plan your move carefully. Because you might push the blocks into an orientation where you can not solve the puzzle.
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Play Sudoku Online

You can play Sudoku online here. Fill in the squares of the grid with numbers from 1 to 9. Make sure there are no duplicate numbers in any rows, columns, or any of the nine smaller inner 9x9 grids. You can select the difficulty level.
 

Which Video Game Consoles are the Best?

Which video game console is best for you depends in part on what you are looking for and your personal preference, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360, and Sony Playstation 3 are ranked at the top.

ConsumerSearch.com rated the

ProductSifter.com says similarly ...

  • Nintendo Wii is "Best for Families" (see review).
  • XBox is "Best for Online Gaming" (see review).
  • Playstation 3 is "Best for High-Def Entertainment" (see review).

See video of some top games of the three top consoles.

 
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