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[clemon79]

If you're a Windows Phone user, you're in luck- Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune just dropped on the WP Store this morning for $2 and $5 respectively.

That second one is gonna be an issue; for five bones I had better get cheevos.

[Jeremy Nelson]

Two things I hope they've improved with the app:

1) I'd like to be able to play a full 15-to-20-minute game.  In the last edition, the main game ended after three rounds--we don't get to see the $5K!
2) Computer opponents aren't always the brightest.  They'd sometimes call a "Q" or something near the start of the round.

I agree with you on the timed game option. For them to put so much emphasis on the $5K space in their marketing, it's kinda a bummer that we don't see it in the actual game.

Regarding your second point: are they doing this on hard mode? If so, my only explanation of why that happens is that the game may have probabilities for picking a right or wrong letter like so:

Easy mode: CPU has 40% chance of picking a right letter.
Regular mode: CPU has 60% chance of picking a right letter.
Hard mode: CPU has 80% chance of picking a right letter.

Once the program sees that the computer player has landed on a valid wedge, it runs a random draw program based on the probabilities above to see what kind of letter the CPU player chooses. If the random draw comes up "right letter", the computer chooses a random good letter from that pile. If it comes up "wrong letter", the computer player chooses a random letter from the bad stack- hence why you would get computer players choosing X, Q, and Z more often than not.

I don't code computer programs (and never have), so if my statement above seems illogical, let me know.

[clemon79]

No, it's very likely you nailed the computer AI perfectly.

[Jeremy Nelson]

If you're a Windows Phone user, you're in luck- Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune just dropped on the WP Store this morning for $2 and $5 respectively.

That second one is gonna be an issue; for five bones I had better get cheevos.

One small error I'm seeing with the game is that the player who solved the last puzzle begins the next round. Is that how the iphone game plays out too?

[Jeremy Nelson]

Hey all,

There's a game on the Windows Phone store called This or That- it's kinda like a game show speed round (even using some game show SFX). You're given a pair of opposite words (first and last, black and white), and given a clue, the answer to which includes one of those two phrases. For example, if given right and wrong, and the clue "Hosted by Bob Barker", you'd pick right, for The Price is Right. It's a nice little time waster if you have a couple minutes, and it's $2 in the marketplace. Pics and description are in the link below.

http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/this-or-that/6e29eb31-8595-e011-986b-78e7d1fa76f8

[Marc412]

There's a similar (but not the same) iOS game called "This or That".  It's free to download, and you can buy more question packs for a buck apiece.

[Marc412]

There's also a new iOS game called Weakest Link and Friends.  It's based on the game show, but with some differences:
1) You play individually against four other players in three rounds, then the head-to-head.  There's no waiting your turn.
2) Each round lasts 45 seconds, and each question has 4 possible answers.  If you don't know an answer, you can bank, then guess.  When you get 7 correct answers in a row, you complete the chain and the $2,000 is automatically banked, and with the time left you can try for more.  When time runs out, whatever money's on the chain you're working on is banked too.
3) Rather than being voted out, the player with the lowest bankroll at the end of each round is eliminated.

[pacdude]

There's also a new iOS game called Weakest Link and Friends.  It's based on the game show, but with some differences:
1) You play individually against four other players in three rounds, then the head-to-head.  There's no waiting your turn.
2) Each round lasts 45 seconds, and each question has 4 possible answers.  If you don't know an answer, you can bank, then guess.  When you get 7 correct answers in a row, you complete the chain and the $2,000 is automatically banked, and with the time left you can try for more.  When time runs out, whatever money's on the chain you're working on is banked too.
3) Rather than being voted out, the player with the lowest bankroll at the end of each round is eliminated.

I'm surprised that this isn't worse, since it's Ludia. Maybe the BBC had a tighter hold on Ludia's leash than Fremantle does.

[TLEberle]

I'm surprised that this isn't worse, since it's Ludia. Maybe the BBC had a tighter hold on Ludia's leash than Fremantle does.

I don't know about you, but it does sound faintly ridiculous and pointless. No risk of losing the money, no voting out? That just makes it Generic iPhone Quiz Show.

[Marc412]

If you guess wrong without banking first, you still lose the cash on the chain so there is some risk involved.

[DoorNumberFour]

If you guess wrong without banking first, you still lose the cash on the chain so there is some risk involved.

Not enough, though -- especially if the questions are multiple-choice.

[alfonzos]

Went to a local thrift store and found DVD games by Imagination of BTC and TTTT. The back of the boxes tout versions of Double Dare (90s version), WML?, Tattletales, and Play Your Hunch. Is anybody familiar with theses games?

[TLEberle]

From a cursory and furtive look at Twitter, apparently there's a Pointless quiz book.

[Brig Bother]

From a cursory and furtive look at Twitter, apparently there's a Pointless quiz book.

Not really a quiz book, more of a comedy book with questions taken from Pointless in it to break it up.

[Bob Zager]

Went to a local thrift store and found DVD games by Imagination of BTC and TTTT. The back of the boxes tout versions of Double Dare (90s version), WML?, Tattletales, and Play Your Hunch. Is anybody familiar with theses games?

I've only seen the BTC and TTTT DVD games, but only in a big multi-game package tin from Imagination Games.  Though the backside of the packaging of both BTC and TTTT mention all those other titles, I've never seen them in stores (nor at Imagination's website).

I'm assuming plans for those were scrapped, but who knows (anyone? anyone?)