Video Games for $1,000, Alex. (Destiny)
And They Did TERRIBLY.
by Morpheus 
, High Charity, Friday, September 28, 2018, 13:26 (2225 days ago) @ ManKitten
Bad enough to make the news. lol
To be fair to them, those are surprisingly difficult.
by Funkmon , Saturday, September 29, 2018, 08:47 (2224 days ago) @ Morpheus
Like, most Jeopardy answers are those I would expect a reasonably smart person to know. The video game ones require what I consider to be properly specialized knowledge, and recent knowledge at that.
Jordan dungoofed by knowing the 'Disney' one
by ZackDark , Not behind you. NO! Don't look., Saturday, September 29, 2018, 09:38 (2224 days ago) @ Funkmon
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At least he knew Bungie made Halo
by Blackt1g3r , Login is from an untrusted domain in MN, Tuesday, October 02, 2018, 07:57 (2221 days ago) @ ZackDark
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To be fair to them, those are surprisingly difficult.
by Cody Miller , Music of the Spheres - Never Forgot, Saturday, September 29, 2018, 10:46 (2224 days ago) @ Funkmon
3/5
Ostrich, Destiny, and Battle Royale.
To be fair to them, those are surprisingly difficult.
by MacAddictXIV , Seattle WA, Monday, October 01, 2018, 08:09 (2222 days ago) @ Cody Miller
3/5
Ostrich, Destiny, and Battle Royale.
I honestly would have only known Destiny in that time limit. I would have eventually remembered Battle Royale and Elder Scrolls once I pried it from the cavern of my head where nouns are located.
Mmmm...Not Entirely.
by Morpheus , High Charity, Wednesday, October 03, 2018, 00:25 (2221 days ago) @ Funkmon
Ok, the Disney and Elder Scrolls answers do require a decent amount of video game know-how...but for the last three...
Destiny 2 was pretty big for that year, in terms of hype, demand, excitement and most certainly advertising. Bungievision took great delight in putting ads for D2 in front of every YouTube video with more than 100 views. Of course, it also later became an example of how microtransactions and lootboxes equalized to gambling. Obviously not the main example, but if MSNBC talked about it at one point, it must have been relevant.
Joust was made a billion years ago(Sorry Kerm...) and it was around the time where video games were nearly the world's biggest innovation; almost everyone either wanted to or did play this new 'flavor of the month' called video games. I'm guessing the contestants are in their 30s or 40s--it's very unlikely that none of them played or even saw a Joust box in college or high school. Joust was made before I was born, and I've never played it in my entire life. The few times I've ever even seen videos of Joust were in history documentaries. Even I know that the player rides an ostrich.
The Battle Royale one—that is outright inexcusable! Fortnite, PUBG, whatever—or more accurately the genre of said game—is the BIGGEST thing ever right now. Gamers and civilians alike are basically saying "World of who? Call of what?" On at least three separate occasions, just in passing, I've managed to catch reports of Battle Royale games on the news—real life cable TV CNN news—in both good and bad exposure. Fads that take over the lives of millions—to the point where it's literally becoming addictive—is like blood on a white couch. If they asked something specific about Fortnite like game mechanics or tips and tricks, that's one thing--but for no one to even know the type of the games that have taken the internet by storm and has actually gained a recurring presence on the news?
Now yes, it is pressuring to yank something like that from one's thoughts in five seconds, but the Battle Royale thing is Eagles Dethroning big. Or Beanie Baby big.
Mmmm...Not Entirely.
by DiscipleN2k , Edmond, OK, Wednesday, October 03, 2018, 06:41 (2220 days ago) @ Morpheus
edited by DiscipleN2k, Wednesday, October 03, 2018, 07:22
The Battle Royale one—that is outright inexcusable! Fortnite, PUBG, whatever—or more accurately the genre of said game—is the BIGGEST thing ever right now. Gamers and civilians alike are basically saying "World of who? Call of what?" On at least three separate occasions, just in passing, I've managed to catch reports of Battle Royale games on the news—real life cable TV CNN news—in both good and bad exposure. Fads that take over the lives of millions—to the point where it's literally becoming addictive—is like blood on a white couch. If they asked something specific about Fortnite like game mechanics or tips and tricks, that's one thing--but for no one to even know the type of the games that have taken the internet by storm and has actually gained a recurring presence on the news?
Now yes, it is pressuring to yank something like that from one's thoughts in five seconds, but the Battle Royale thing is Eagles Dethroning big. Or Beanie Baby big.
I'd say the Battle Royale part was maybe the easiest to miss. Even though I'm not a huge Fortnite fan, I play with my kids from time to time and I keep up with gaming news, so I know the difference between "Save the World" and "Battle Royale" in Fortnite, and I know that everyone and their dog is trying to get in on the Battle Royale craze. My wife, however, despite having two sons who play Fortnite: Battle Royale nearly every moment they're allowed game time and a husband who may or may not have woken her up yelling about stupid PUBG glitches on multiple occasions, only hears about "Fortnite" and "PUBG" and would have no idea they're part of a new "battle royale" genre of video games.
-Disciple
Video Games for $1,000, Alex.
There was also a special video game night on HQ the day after this, which I almost won but I screwed up the 11th question (which was what is on the flag you jump on in super mario brothers).
You do have to be fairly active across a variety of games to know these. I just lucked out that they confined themselves to Nintendo, Blizzard, Bungie and Fortnight questions. Had they picked more obscure stuff, like what was the first 3D game with a physics engine on the Macintosh, it would have really weeded out the majority of the people. (it was HAVOK BTW).