My earlier Do You Sodoku? New Masochistic Sudoku Game Downloads article last month explored the popular affliction across mobile platforms.It looks like Pocket PC game developers Astraware are looking to capitalize on this ubiquitous mania with PDA news of their latest offering.
This seems to be the next spate of games after a strange series of concurrent Mahjongg Pocket PC game releases with some interesting entrants.
Astraware Sudoku for Pocket PC is a chance for some VGA display brain boosting exercises in logical reasoning.
I've always been more prone to Western-style itchy trigger finger fragfests or Bejeweled 2 paced puzzles than numerological puzzles.
I decided to bite the metaphorical bullet in the interests of PDA gaming, proving the Sudoku game hoopla wasn't groundless in the process.
The very masochistic nature of the Astraware Sodoku game release for Pocket PC compelled the competitive problem solver in myself.
A full tutorial is featured, outlining the basic rules of the game.
You can switch to a notepad to jot down your notes, allowing for some deft toggling between the modes.
I got a bit cocky playing Beginner mode but soon cowed by the dispersed numeral patterns while playing the Diabolical level.
A blue cross gridline centers on your cell choice, allowing for easy scanning for like numbers along rows.
Registering this Sodoku game incarnation with Astraware allows you to torture yourself with "true" puzzle generation that can only be resolved by logic.
Dauntingly, conjecture is not an option in this case.
I'm delving into these cold, confounding game mode waters myself, hoping to flex my logical muscles with other Astraware Sudoku game registered users online.
Access to a puzzle of the day and posted registered user times round out this enticing, yet maddening Sodoku game package.
If you're prone to lugging a Post-It and a pen to aid in your heinous puzzle endeavours, Astraware's Sudoku game release for the Pocket PC saddled is worth a gander.
Especially for those with a bewildering proclivity towards furious, competitive numerological gymnastics on their PDA.