Thinking Inside The Box

[kit27kit]

Ben may have understood the allure of "Snakes on a Plane" before I did, he may have created this amazing movie-theater prop:

Comments

[xenosauridae]

Don't Magic Squares usually add up to 60? They do in Penny Press.

[kosherpickle]

(n)(n+1) / 2 -> (9)(10) / 2 = 90 / 2 = 45

[fractal9091]

Exactly. All Su Dokus add to 45 in each row and column.

[kit27kit]

A magic square is a square of numbers that adds up to the same number whichever way you add (across, down, usually also at a diagonal).

So you could have a 3x3 magic square, using the numbers 1-9, where each row, column and diagonal added up to 15.

816
357
492

Usually, magic squares use all different numbers, but you can have it work almost any way you want, as long as all rows and columns still add to the same number.

[kosherpickle]

Hey, did you get the idea for JigSawDoku by watching me flail about playing "The Fool's Errand"?

[kit27kit]

There's a crossword variety that's based on the idea of a jigsaw puzzle. That's what I based it on.

[kosherpickle]

Damn. I'd've like to've thought I's the inspiration for sumthin' else.

[thobgood]

I'm just stunned you didn't have a picture of a lawyer filing a suit against Christopher Lee in Revenge of the Sith.

(Oh, that was DOOku. My bad.)