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Now on New Hampshire Outlook: The frenzy behind Su-doe-koo. Hear from the man who turned the puzzle into a global phenomenon. Then later: |
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A retired Wolfeboro couple are "Making it in New Hampshire" with their custom designed wooden puzzles for children. |
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Hello. I'm Beth Carroll. Welcome to New Hampshire Outlook. If you are in an airport or a coffee shop you can't help but notice someone is doing a Sudoku puzzle! The logic-based number placement game has been popular in Japan for years and has gained international fame over the past year. Wayne Gould of Puzzles by Pappocom is credited with pioneering the success of the addicting puzzles. Gould developed a computer program capable of automatically generating the puzzles with varying degrees of difficulty. Gould's puzzles appear in 400 newspapers around the world-- including five right here in New Hampshire. Gould splits his time between New Hampshire and his native New Zealand and he joins us now to talk about Sudoku fever. Welcome. Q This is a bona fide craze. Called the fastest growing puzzle in the world. What is the SECRET to Sa-DOE-KOO's popularity? Q Show me how its played? Q This is a game of LOGIC? Don't need MATH skills??? -- use logic and deduction to find position of other numbers Q What makes it so ADDICTIVE? ** brain teaser??? Q How did YOU get interested in all this? Give us BRIEF history of the number puzzle? ** didn't create game -- You had the genius to recognize its elemental, addictive appeal Q How long did it take you to figure out the computer program? infinite number of puzzles??? Q Scores of Newspapers have added the game alongside the crossword puzzle. ** No special knowledge needed. Q You've written several SUDOKU books, and your website offers downloads of the puzzle. ** is this like th RUBIK's cube craze in the 80's. Q What's average solving time?? 10 to 30 minutes. Solving puzzles can take Minutes or HOURs. So, there are varying levels of difficulty??? Q Are there more complicated puzzles with same concept coming out???? Q Picked up by Japanese publisher in 70's -- who dubbed it Sudoku: which means solitary square. Sudoku used in some math classes in Japan. Q Do you feel the craze could COOL as quickly as it heated up??? ** there's talk of putting the game on Mobile Phones, making it into a board game even a TV show. WAYNE GOULD |
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The making of hand-cut wooden puzzles began as a hobby for a NH couple and later evolved into a business. Ernie and Bobbie Pratt have been selling hand-made puzzles to customers in New England and around the country for some 15 years. "Wood-N-Puzzles" gives the Pratts some extra money during retirement. Photojournalist Steve Giordani takes us to their home workshop in Wolfeboro as part of our "Making it in New Hampshire" series. |
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It takes Ernie Pratt about an hour to an hour-and-a-half to complete each puzzle. |
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That concludes this edition of New Hampshire Outlook. Thanks for watching. I'm Beth Carroll. I'll see you next time. |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 7/31/06 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 15:45 minutes Now on New Hampshire Outlook, The frenzy behind Su-doe-koo. Hear from the man who turned the puzzle into a global phenomenon. Then later: A retired Wolfeboro couple are "Making it in New Hampshire" with their custom designed wooden puzzles for children. Hello. I'm Beth Carroll. Welcome to New Hampshire Outlook. If you are in an airport or a coffee shop you can't help but notice someone is doing a Sudoku puzzle! The logic-based number placement game has been popular in Japan for years and has gained international fame over the past year. Wayne Gould of Puzzles by Pappocom is credited with pioneering the success of the addicting puzzles. Gould developed a computer program capable of automatically generating the puzzles with varying degrees of difficulty. Gould's puzzles appear in 400 newspapers around the world-- including five right here in New Hampshire. Gould splits his time between New Hampshire and his native New Zealand and he joins us now to talk about Sudoku fever. Welcome. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Beth Carroll / NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Wayne Gould\Puzzles by Pappocom |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 7/31/06 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 9:00 minutes Now on New Hampshire Outlook, The frenzy behind Su-doe-koo. Hear from the man who turned the puzzle into a global phenomenon. Then later: A retired Wolfeboro couple are "Making it in New Hampshire" with their custom designed wooden puzzles for children. The making of hand-cut wooden puzzles began as a hobby for a NH couple and later evolved into a business. Ernie and Bobbie Pratt have been selling hand-made puzzles to customers in New England and around the country for some 15 years. "Wood-N-Puzzles" gives the Pratts some extra money during retirement. Photojournalist Steve Giordani takes us to their home workshop in Wolfeboro as part of our "Making it in New Hampshire" series. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Beth Carroll / Steve Giordani NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Ernie Pratt\Owner, Wood-N-Puzzles , Bobbie Pratt\Owner, Wood-N-Puzzles |
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