Poll of the Day > Why does Jeopardy ask easy questions about video games?

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Damn_Underscore 02/15/25 10:39:48 PM #1:	They'll ask about obscure operas, and ballets, and Shakespeare plays, but the depth of the video game-related questions they ask is like Super Mario Bros and Assassin's Creed --- try to take the best of me go away You <cite>Damn_Underscore posted [p:984059850] in Why does J... [t:80936031]...</cite> <quote>They'll ask about obscure operas, and ballets, and Shakespeare plays, but the depth of the video game-related questions they ask is like Super Mario Bros and Assassin's Creed</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
we_dey 02/15/25 10:40:12 PM #2:	Idk --- There is water at the bottom of the ocean <cite>we_dey posted [p:984059855] in Why does J... [t:80936031]...</cite> <quote>Idk</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
willythemailboy 02/15/25 10:52:09 PM #3:	Because we exist in an echo chamber as gamers and the vast majority of the adult population are far more clueless about video games than you can possibly imagine. I know a lot of people IRL that would be as clueless about Assassin's Creed as a person who had never even seen a car, let alone driven one, would be if you asked them what a lug nut was. Edit: and I'm saying this as someone who has never played a single Assassin's Creed game. I'm still more knowledgeable about the series than 95% of the adult population. --- There are four lights. <cite>willythemailboy posted [p:984059984] in Why does J... [t:80936031]...</cite> <quote>Because we exist in an echo chamber as gamers and the vast majority of the adult population are far more clueless about video games than you can possibly imagine.I know a lot of people IRL that would be as clueless about Assassin's Creed as a person who had never even seen a car, let alone driven one, would be if you asked them what a lug nut was.Edit: and I'm saying this as someone who has never played a single Assassin's Creed game. I'm still more knowledgeable about the series than 95% of the adult population.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Revelation34 02/15/25 11:01:31 PM #4:	willythemailboy posted... Because we exist in an echo chamber as gamers and the vast majority of the adult population are far more clueless about video games than you can possibly imagine. I know a lot of people IRL that would be as clueless about Assassin's Creed as a person who had never even seen a car, let alone driven one, would be if you asked them what a lug nut was. Edit: and I'm saying this as someone who has never played a single Assassin's Creed game. I'm still more knowledgeable about the series than 95% of the adult population. I remember way back in the IRC days I was the only one who was able to answer the Chrono Trigger question. --- Gamertag: Kegfarms, BF code: 2033480226, Treasure Cruise code 318,374,355, Steam: Kegfarms, Switch: SW-1900-5502-7912 <cite>Revelation34 posted [p:984060098] in Why does J... [t:80936031]...</cite> <quote>willythemailboy posted...</cite><quote>Because we exist in an echo chamber as gamers and the vast majority of the adult population are far more clueless about video games than you can possibly imagine.I know a lot of people IRL that would be as clueless about Assassin's Creed as a person who had never even seen a car, let alone driven one, would be if you asked them what a lug nut was.Edit: and I'm saying this as someone who has never played a single Assassin's Creed game. I'm still more knowledgeable about the series than 95% of the adult population.</quote>I remember way back in the IRC days I was the only one who was able to answer the Chrono Trigger question.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
adjl 02/15/25 11:13:42 PM #5:	willythemailboy posted... Because we exist in an echo chamber as gamers and the vast majority of the adult population are far more clueless about video games than you can possibly imagine. I know a lot of people IRL that would be as clueless about Assassin's Creed as a person who had never even seen a car, let alone driven one, would be if you asked them what a lug nut was. Edit: and I'm saying this as someone who has never played a single Assassin's Creed game. I'm still more knowledgeable about the series than 95% of the adult population. Pretty much. That, and for somebody with as much of an interest in Shakespeare or operas or ballets as we have in gaming, most of those questions generally aren't that obscure. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. <cite>adjl posted [p:984060231] in Why does J... [t:80936031]...</cite> <quote>willythemailboy posted... </cite><quote>Because we exist in an echo chamber as gamers and the vast majority of the adult population are far more clueless about video games than you can possibly imagine.I know a lot of people IRL that would be as clueless about Assassin's Creed as a person who had never even seen a car, let alone driven one, would be if you asked them what a lug nut was.Edit: and I'm saying this as someone who has never played a single Assassin's Creed game. I'm still more knowledgeable about the series than 95% of the adult population.</quote>Pretty much. That, and for somebody with as much of an interest in Shakespeare or operas or ballets as we have in gaming, most of those questions generally aren't that obscure. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ParanoidObsessive 02/15/25 11:15:37 PM #6:	willythemailboy posted... Because we exist in an echo chamber as gamers and the vast majority of the adult population are far more clueless about video games than you can possibly imagine. This, 100%. It's even more foreign to the normies than comic book lore is. The average person is only just slightly past referring to every video game console as a "Nintendo". Most people might know that Mario exists, and that he's a plumber (regardless of what Nintendo says), but beyond that they'd be fuzzy about pretty much everything else. And Assassin's Creed would be way more niche than that. The sad truth is that most normal adults would be way more familiar with stuff like Angry Birds or Bejewled than they would most video games people on this site would think of. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted [p:984060250] in Why does J... [t:80936031]...</cite> <quote><cite>willythemailboy posted...</cite><quote>Because we exist in an echo chamber as gamers and the vast majority of the adult population are far more clueless about video games than you can possibly imagine.</quote>This, 100%.It's even more foreign to the normies than comic book lore is. The average person is only just slightly past referring to every video game console as a "Nintendo".Most people might know that Mario exists, and that he's a plumber (regardless of what Nintendo says), but beyond that they'd be fuzzy about pretty much everything else. And Assassin's Creed would be way more niche than that.The sad truth is that most normal adults would be way more familiar with stuff like Angry Birds or Bejewled than they would most video games people on this site would think of.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ParanoidObsessive 02/15/25 11:18:15 PM #7:	adjl posted... Pretty much. That, and for somebody with as much of an interest in Shakespeare or operas or ballets as we have in gaming, most of those questions generally aren't that obscure. I know way more about The Tempest than I do about Dark Souls. Revelation34 posted... I remember way back in the IRC days I was the only one who was able to answer the Chrono Trigger question. What was the Chrono Trigger question? --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted [p:984060267] in Why does J... [t:80936031]...</cite> <quote><cite>adjl posted...</cite><quote>Pretty much. That, and for somebody with as much of an interest in Shakespeare or operas or ballets as we have in gaming, most of those questions generally aren't that obscure. </quote>I know way more about The Tempest than I do about Dark Souls.<cite>Revelation34 posted...</cite><quote>I remember way back in the IRC days I was the only one who was able to answer the Chrono Trigger question.</quote>What was the Chrono Trigger question?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MICHALECOLE 02/15/25 11:18:27 PM #8:	Watch them all miss sports questions constantly and me sit there smugly, while its the only answer I got the entire game <cite>MICHALECOLE posted [p:984060271] in Why does J... [t:80936031]...</cite> <quote>Watch them all miss sports questions constantly and me sit there smugly, while its the only answer I got the entire game </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ParanoidObsessive 02/15/25 11:32:03 PM #9:	MICHALECOLE posted... Watch them all miss sports questions constantly and me sit there smugly, while its the only answer I got the entire game Sports questions are my utter fucking bane whenever I play Trivial Pursuit. That and the fact that I angered some dark god of random chance at some point, and I roll like absolute garbage in every game I've ever played. So I'll wind up having to answer three times as many questions as everyone else, I'll get most of them right, and I'll still lose because I have no idea who led the MLB in home runs in 1928. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted [p:984060386] in Why does J... [t:80936031]...</cite> <quote><cite>MICHALECOLE posted...</cite><quote>Watch them all miss sports questions constantly and me sit there smugly, while its the only answer I got the entire game </quote>Sports questions are my utter fucking bane whenever I play Trivial Pursuit.That and the fact that I angered some dark god of random chance at some point, and I roll like absolute garbage in every game I've ever played. So I'll wind up having to answer three times as many questions as everyone else, I'll get most of them right, and I'll still lose because I have no idea who led the MLB in home runs in 1928.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MICHALECOLE 02/15/25 11:34:10 PM #10:	ParanoidObsessive posted... Sports questions are my utter fucking bane whenever I play Trivial Pursuit. That and the fact that I angered some dark god of random chance at some point, and I roll like absolute garbage in every game I've ever played. So I'll wind up having to answer three times as many questions as everyone else, I'll get most of them right, and I'll still lose because I have no idea who led the MLB in home runs in 1928. I mean I hope youd at least guess babe Ruth <cite>MICHALECOLE posted [p:984060402] in Why does J... [t:80936031]...</cite> <quote>ParanoidObsessive posted... </cite><quote>Sports questions are my utter fucking bane whenever I play Trivial Pursuit.That and the fact that I angered some dark god of random chance at some point, and I roll like absolute garbage in every game I've ever played. So I'll wind up having to answer three times as many questions as everyone else, I'll get most of them right, and I'll still lose because I have no idea who led the MLB in home runs in 1928.</quote>I mean I hope youd at least guess babe Ruth </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ParanoidObsessive 02/15/25 11:44:28 PM #11:	MICHALECOLE posted... I mean I hope youd at least guess babe Ruth Why would I guess a candy bar? --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted [p:984060492] in Why does J... [t:80936031]...</cite> <quote><cite>MICHALECOLE posted...</cite><quote>I mean I hope youd at least guess babe Ruth </quote>Why would I guess a candy bar?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MICHALECOLE 02/15/25 11:44:39 PM #12:	Oh you <cite>MICHALECOLE posted [p:984060494] in Why does J... [t:80936031]...</cite> <quote>Oh you </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Jeremy517 02/16/25 12:25:06 AM #13:	Damn_Underscore posted... They'll ask about obscure operas, and ballets, and Shakespeare plays That isn't really true. If you knew about those areas, you'd think those questions were easy too. Jeopardy trivia is wide but not deep (other than the elite-of-the-elite tournaments that they rarely) <cite>Jeremy517 posted [p:984060819] in Why does J... [t:80936031]...</cite> <quote>Damn_Underscore posted... </cite><quote>They'll ask about obscure operas, and ballets, and Shakespeare plays</quote>That isn't really true. If you knew about those areas, you'd think those questions were easy too. Jeopardy trivia is wide but not deep (other than the elite-of-the-elite tournaments that they rarely)</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
adjl 02/16/25 1:16:34 AM #14:	ParanoidObsessive posted... I know way more about The Tempest than I do about Dark Souls. I'd argue that knowing anything more about The Tempest than the basic outline is roughly analogous to knowing that Mario has a brother named Luigi. It's no Romeo and Juliet, but The Tempest is still pretty mainstream Shakespeare, such that a sizable number of people will cover it over the course of their education even if they don't go into the arts (my first-year English course covered it, as a biology major who only took that English course for my token writing credit). --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. <cite>adjl posted [p:984061183] in Why does J... [t:80936031]...</cite> <quote>ParanoidObsessive posted... </cite><quote>I know way more about The Tempest than I do about Dark Souls.</quote>I'd argue that knowing anything more about The Tempest than the basic outline is roughly analogous to knowing that Mario has a brother named Luigi. It's no Romeo and Juliet, but The Tempest is still pretty mainstream Shakespeare, such that a sizable number of people will cover it over the course of their education even if they don't go into the arts (my first-year English course covered it, as a biology major who only took that English course for my token writing credit).</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Revelation34 02/16/25 4:53:18 AM #15:	ParanoidObsessive posted... I know way more about The Tempest than I do about Dark Souls. What was the Chrono Trigger question? I don't remember verbatim but it was something about who gave the characters magic. --- Gamertag: Kegfarms, BF code: 2033480226, Treasure Cruise code 318,374,355, Steam: Kegfarms, Switch: SW-1900-5502-7912 <cite>Revelation34 posted [p:984062182] in Why does J... [t:80936031]...</cite> <quote>ParanoidObsessive posted...</cite><quote>I know way more about The Tempest than I do about Dark Souls.What was the Chrono Trigger question?</quote>I don't remember verbatim but it was something about who gave the characters magic.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Sashanan 02/16/25 6:45:43 AM #16:	Revelation34 posted... I don't remember verbatim but it was something about who gave the characters magic. Spekkio. crickets Oh, right, gamer community. This impresses nobody. adjl posted... analogous to knowing that Mario has a brother named Luigi. To be fair, in the games it's a running joke that nobody ever remembers his name. --- A gentleman will walk, but never run <cite>Sashanan posted [p:984062579] in Why does J... [t:80936031]...</cite> <quote>Revelation34 posted... </cite><quote>I don't remember verbatim but it was something about who gave the characters magic.</quote>Spekkio.cricketsOh, right, gamer community. This impresses nobody.adjl posted... </cite><quote>analogous to knowing that Mario has a brother named Luigi.</quote>To be fair, in the games it's a running joke that nobody ever remembers his name.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
captpackrat 02/16/25 10:49:09 AM #17:	I doubt I'd be able to answer any questions about Assassin's Creed, since I've never played it. I know it's about assassins, and the main character is named Apollo Creed, right? --- Minutus cantorum, minutus balorum, Minutus carborata descendum pantorum. <cite>captpackrat posted [p:984063865] in Why does J... [t:80936031]...</cite> <quote>I doubt I'd be able to answer any questions about Assassin's Creed, since I've never played it.I know it's about assassins, and the main character is named Apollo Creed, right?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ParanoidObsessive 02/16/25 2:36:29 PM #18:	Revelation34 posted... I don't remember verbatim but it was something about who gave the characters magic. I wouldn't have been able to answer that. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted [p:984065798] in Why does J... [t:80936031]...</cite> <quote><cite>Revelation34 posted...</cite><quote>I don't remember verbatim but it was something about who gave the characters magic.</quote>I wouldn't have been able to answer that.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
rexcrk 02/16/25 3:12:57 PM #19:	Because boomers probably dont know the answer . --- I don't even have a pla- <cite>rexcrk posted [p:984066122] in Why does J... [t:80936031]...</cite> <quote>Because boomers probably dont know the answer .</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MICHALECOLE 02/16/25 3:52:43 PM #20:	rexcrk posted... Because boomers probably dont know the answer . You mean the question <cite>MICHALECOLE posted [p:984066463] in Why does J... [t:80936031]...</cite> <quote>rexcrk posted... </cite><quote>Because boomers probably dont know the answer .</quote>You mean the question </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Revelation34 02/16/25 11:07:58 PM #21:	ParanoidObsessive posted... I wouldn't have been able to answer that. It was early 2000s and I had played that game so many times. --- Gamertag: Kegfarms, BF code: 2033480226, Treasure Cruise code 318,374,355, Steam: Kegfarms, Switch: SW-1900-5502-7912 <cite>Revelation34 posted [p:984070188] in Why does J... [t:80936031]...</cite> <quote>ParanoidObsessive posted...</cite><quote>I wouldn't have been able to answer that.</quote>It was early 2000s and I had played that game so many times.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
agesboy 02/16/25 11:29:47 PM #22:	is anyone in that new trivia gameshow "the floor" even a gamer. because that's a free win if they ever get challenged but also they lose on 95% of other topics instantly Revelation34 posted... I don't remember verbatim but it was something about who gave the characters magic. aint no way that was a jeopardy question, way too specific jeopardy would ask questions where the answers were like "who is spyro" or "who is link" (and that'd trip half of them up naming zelda) --- https://imgur.com/LabbRyN raytan and Kana are on opposite ends of the Awesome Spectrum. <cite>agesboy posted [p:984070352] in Why does J... [t:80936031]...</cite> <quote>is anyone in that new trivia gameshow "the floor" even a gamer. because that's a free win if they ever get challenged but also they lose on 95% of other topics instantlyRevelation34 posted... </cite><quote>I don't remember verbatim but it was something about who gave the characters magic.</quote>aint no way that was a jeopardy question, way too specificjeopardy would ask questions where the answers were like "who is spyro" or "who is link" (and that'd trip half of them up naming zelda)</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
adjl 02/16/25 11:37:13 PM #23:	Heck, I'd be surprised if Jeopardy referenced Chrono Trigger at all. It's just not mainstream enough to belong on a general trivia show. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. <cite>adjl posted [p:984070417] in Why does J... [t:80936031]...</cite> <quote>Heck, I'd be surprised if Jeopardy referenced Chrono Trigger at all. It's just not mainstream enough to belong on a general trivia show.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ParanoidObsessive 02/17/25 1:08:47 AM #24:	agesboy posted... is anyone in that new trivia gameshow "the floor" even a gamer. because that's a free win if they ever get challenged but also they lose on 95% of other topics instantly That reminded me that this existed at one point: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7h5SeipT0c --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted [p:984070959] in Why does J... [t:80936031]...</cite> <quote><cite>agesboy posted...</cite><quote>is anyone in that new trivia gameshow "the floor" even a gamer. because that's a free win if they ever get challenged but also they lose on 95% of other topics instantly</quote>That reminded me that this existed at one point:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7h5SeipT0c</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
bostoncelticsro 02/17/25 1:14:00 AM #25:	MICHALECOLE posted... Watch them all miss sports questions constantly and me sit there smugly, while its the only answer I got the entire game <cite>bostoncelticsro posted [p:984070996] in Why does J... [t:80936031]...</cite> <quote>MICHALECOLE posted... </cite><quote>Watch them all miss sports questions constantly and me sit there smugly, while its the only answer I got the entire game</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
NightMareBunny 02/17/25 3:14:45 AM #26:	Think about it. Most people would rather drink beer for fun than play video games --- Marvel rivals pm me if you wanna play <cite>NightMareBunny posted [p:984071511] in Why does J... [t:80936031]...</cite> <quote>Think about it. Most people would rather drink beer for fun than play video games </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Revelation34 02/17/25 8:59:15 AM #27:	NightMareBunny posted... Think about it. Most people would rather drink beer for fun than play video games Drink beer while playing video games. --- Gamertag: Kegfarms, BF code: 2033480226, Treasure Cruise code 318,374,355, Steam: Kegfarms, Switch: SW-1900-5502-7912 <cite>Revelation34 posted [p:984072892] in Why does J... [t:80936031]...</cite> <quote>NightMareBunny posted...</cite><quote>Think about it. Most people would rather drink beer for fun than play video games </quote>Drink beer while playing video games.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DrYuya 02/17/25 10:13:55 AM #28:	Yeah answer (or try to answer) thier sports section and you'll see it (unless you are actually knowledgeable about sports) They might ask something a sports enthusiast would scream at me for not knowing... Something they'd call "basic". By questioning why video game questions are so easy (and even when they are they can't get it right) it's the same thing. Don't be a screaming enthusiast of something during a general trivia game... That's the lesson. --- It's time to kick ass and chew bubblegum, and I'm all out of ass but still have plenty of bubblegum to chew at my leisure. <cite>DrYuya posted [p:984073452] in Why does J... [t:80936031]...</cite> <quote>Yeah answer (or try to answer) thier sports section and you'll see it (unless you are actually knowledgeable about sports) They might ask something a sports enthusiast would scream at me for not knowing... Something they'd call "basic". By questioning why video game questions are so easy (and even when they are they can't get it right) it's the same thing. Don't be a screaming enthusiast of something during a general trivia game... That's the lesson. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Damn_Underscore 02/18/25 3:39:42 PM #29:	I should have said the BREADTH of video game questions is a joke. They'll talk about all sorts of figures from all different topics, including sports, but like I said good luck getting video game discussion beyond Super Mario Bros or Assassin's Creed --- try to take the best of me go away You <cite>Damn_Underscore posted [p:984088076] in Why does J... [t:80936031]...</cite> <quote>I should have said the BREADTH of video game questions is a joke. They'll talk about all sorts of figures from all different topics, including sports, but like I said good luck getting video game discussion beyond Super Mario Bros or Assassin's Creed</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
adjl 02/18/25 3:49:14 PM #30:	Damn_Underscore posted... I should have said the BREADTH of video game questions is a joke. They'll talk about all sorts of figures from all different topics, including sports, but like I said good luck getting video game discussion beyond Super Mario Bros or Assassin's Creed If you found a random person that knows next to nothing about sports, how many different sports do you think they could name? By contrast, if you found a random person who knows next to nothing about video games, how many different game franchises do you think they could name? That's the difference. People who aren't sports fans know more about sports than people who aren't video game fans know about video games, so sports questions dig deeper than video game questions do. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. <cite>adjl posted [p:984088170] in Why does J... [t:80936031]...</cite> <quote>Damn_Underscore posted... </cite><quote>I should have said the BREADTH of video game questions is a joke. They'll talk about all sorts of figures from all different topics, including sports, but like I said good luck getting video game discussion beyond Super Mario Bros or Assassin's Creed</quote>If you found a random person that knows next to nothing about sports, how many different sports do you think they could name?By contrast, if you found a random person who knows next to nothing about video games, how many different game franchises do you think they could name?That's the difference. People who aren't sports fans know more about sports than people who aren't video game fans know about video games, so sports questions dig deeper than video game questions do.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ParanoidObsessive 02/18/25 5:14:48 PM #31:	adjl posted... By contrast, if you found a random person who knows next to nothing about video games, how many different game franchises do you think they could name? My personal favorite is when the courts and Congress were discussing whether or not violent video games were bad and whether or not they should ban stuff like Mortal Kombat, and in the list of disturbing games they included "The Resident of Evil Creek", because apparently they were so utterly oblivious that they didn't know what Resident Evil was. That's the average non-gaming person. It's like when your grandmom asks if you want a Nintendo Playstation for Christmas, because she doesn't understand anything about gaming. The only thing the average person maybe knows about Assassin's Creed is that they made a movie about it that nobody watched. They sure as fuck don't know anything even more niche. You might find people who are vaguely aware that Minecraft, Roblox, Five Nights at Freddy's, or Fortnite exist if they've heard their kids mention them. They're not going to recognize things like Horizon, Red Dead Redemption, Animal Crossing, Diablo, Stardew, Overwatch, Spyro, or Baldur's Gate (unless they play D&D). Skyrim has been released on every system ever and sold 87 bazillion copies, and if you asked the average non-gamer they'll have never heard of it and know nothing about it at all. They might have a vague awareness that things like Call of Duty or GTA exist, but probably won't know much about them beyond the name. It's hard to emphasize enough just how niche gaming is to non-gamers. Certainly far more so than sports or literature or history or films or pop culture in general. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted [p:984089125] in Why does J... [t:80936031]...</cite> <quote><cite>adjl posted...</cite><quote>By contrast, if you found a random person who knows next to nothing about video games, how many different game franchises do you think they could name?</quote>My personal favorite is when the courts and Congress were discussing whether or not violent video games were bad and whether or not they should ban stuff like Mortal Kombat, and in the list of disturbing games they included "The Resident of Evil Creek", because apparently they were so utterly oblivious that they didn't know what Resident Evil was. That's the average non-gaming person.It's like when your grandmom asks if you want a Nintendo Playstation for Christmas, because she doesn't understand anything about gaming.The only thing the average person maybe knows about Assassin's Creed is that they made a movie about it that nobody watched. They sure as fuck don't know anything even more niche.You might find people who are vaguely aware that Minecraft, Roblox, Five Nights at Freddy's, or Fortnite exist if they've heard their kids mention them. They're not going to recognize things like Horizon, Red Dead Redemption, Animal Crossing, Diablo, Stardew, Overwatch, Spyro, or Baldur's Gate (unless they play D&D).Skyrim has been released on every system ever and sold 87 bazillion copies, and if you asked the average non-gamer they'll have never heard of it and know nothing about it at all. They might have a vague awareness that things like Call of Duty or GTA exist, but probably won't know much about them beyond the name.It's hard to emphasize enough just how niche gaming is to non-gamers. Certainly far more so than sports or literature or history or films or pop culture in general.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ConfusedTorchic 02/18/25 5:24:35 PM #32:	there's a lot of video games, with more and more each day. it's impossible to keep track of them all. but shakespeare? there's a very finite amount of his stuff around, and he's certainly not making any more --- see my gundams here https://imgur.com/a/F7xKM5r updated 02/18/25; mg ball ver ka <cite>ConfusedTorchic posted [p:984089239] in Why does J... [t:80936031]...</cite> <quote>there's a lot of video games, with more and more each day. it's impossible to keep track of them all.but shakespeare? there's a very finite amount of his stuff around, and he's certainly not making any more</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ForteEXE3850 02/18/25 5:41:23 PM #33:	The people who go on Jeopardy are not geniuses in all manners of topics, they literally study trivia that often shows up in trivia games. Their actual skill is studying and memorization. And the trivia questions they select for Jeopardy are chosen by people looking for trivia questions for games. So the answer is because if they had video game trivia beyond the very surface level nobody would know the answers because none of the contestants studied those questions. Now, if elaborate video game trivia became standard trivia questions that showed up in trivia games and Jeopardy often, then there would be trivia research materials on that subject available to study, and the Jeopardy contestants would then study those questions and know the answers, even if they don't play video games. --- Mwahahahaha. <cite>ForteEXE3850 posted [p:984089441] in Why does J... [t:80936031]...</cite> <quote>The people who go on Jeopardy are not geniuses in all manners of topics, they literally study trivia that often shows up in trivia games. Their actual skill is studying and memorization.And the trivia questions they select for Jeopardy are chosen by people looking for trivia questions for games. So the answer is because if they had video game trivia beyond the very surface level nobody would know the answers because none of the contestants studied those questions.Now, if elaborate video game trivia became standard trivia questions that showed up in trivia games and Jeopardy often, then there would be trivia research materials on that subject available to study, and the Jeopardy contestants would then study those questions and know the answers, even if they don't play video games.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ConfusedTorchic 02/18/25 5:46:34 PM #34:	yeah, you could fill the board with general mario series trivia, and the most likely scenario is that none of the contestants will know any of it and mario is the like, most well known video game mascot at this point but to a regular average person? nah. it's just something their kid plays and he makes the wahoo --- see my gundams here https://imgur.com/a/F7xKM5r updated 02/18/25; mg ball ver ka <cite>ConfusedTorchic posted [p:984089514] in Why does J... [t:80936031]...</cite> <quote>yeah, you could fill the board with general mario series trivia, and the most likely scenario is that none of the contestants will know any of itand mario is the like, most well known video game mascot at this pointbut to a regular average person? nah. it's just something their kid plays and he makes the wahoo</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
slacker03150 02/18/25 6:11:30 PM #35:	willythemailboy posted... Because we exist in an echo chamber as gamers and the vast majority of the adult population are far more clueless about video games than you can possibly imagine. This sums it up. I'm guessing most people don't know hello kitty beyond seeing her on various products. I doubt the average person could tell you she was born November 1st in London and her real name is not Hello Kitty, but Kitty White or that she has a younger twin sister named Mimmy. All super common information that a fan would be screaming at the TV, but most people would be clueless about. The Green Bay Packers winning the first superbowl under coach Lombardi is common knowledge, but I couldn't tell you who the quarterback was without looking it up, but most football fans would probably know it in a second. --- I am awesome and so are you. Lenny gone but not forgotten. - 12/10/2015 <cite>slacker03150 posted [p:984089768] in Why does J... [t:80936031]...</cite> <quote>willythemailboy posted... </cite><quote>Because we exist in an echo chamber as gamers and the vast majority of the adult population are far more clueless about video games than you can possibly imagine.</quote>This sums it up. I'm guessing most people don't know hello kitty beyond seeing her on various products. I doubt the average person could tell you she was born November 1st in London and her real name is not Hello Kitty, but Kitty White or that she has a younger twin sister named Mimmy.All super common information that a fan would be screaming at the TV, but most people would be clueless about. The Green Bay Packers winning the first superbowl under coach Lombardi is common knowledge, but I couldn't tell you who the quarterback was without looking it up, but most football fans would probably know it in a second.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
aHappySacka 02/18/25 6:20:31 PM #36:	Who is Dankey Kang? --- You are now blinking and breathing manually. https://i.imgur.com/91NC0Cb.mp4 <cite>aHappySacka posted [p:984089850] in Why does J... [t:80936031]...</cite> <quote>Who is Dankey Kang?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
adjl 02/18/25 6:42:41 PM #37:	ParanoidObsessive posted... Animal Crossing Animal Crossing might be on the radars of a few more non-gamers these days thanks to the extent to which it became a cultural phenomenon during Covid. It's still not exactly the Shakespeare of gaming and I wouldn't expect a ton of laypeople to know much of anything about it, but the name might at least ring a bell (pun not intended, if you can believe it). ConfusedTorchic posted... there's a lot of video games, with more and more each day. it's impossible to keep track of them all. Indeed. Gaming's history is very short, compared to every other entertainment medium, a ton has happened in that time frame, and it's never had an era where everybody and their mother was playing any one game in particular as happened with other entertainment media, which has limited the cultural impact of any individual game (by comparison, when your town gets three different films a year and only one TV channel, those three films and whatever's shown on that channel have a very substantial cultural impact). Even if you ask people that have been gaming for their entire lives for a list of the top 100 most influential games, you're going to get wildly different lists from each of them because there's just been so many options for them to pick from. Ask a layperson to make such a list based on what they've heard from the periphery of gaming discourse, and they aren't going to be able to recall any sort of consensus because there's just too much to keep track of without putting a serious effort into following the medium. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. <cite>adjl posted [p:984090127] in Why does J... [t:80936031]...</cite> <quote>ParanoidObsessive posted... </cite><quote>Animal Crossing</quote>Animal Crossing might be on the radars of a few more non-gamers these days thanks to the extent to which it became a cultural phenomenon during Covid. It's still not exactly the Shakespeare of gaming and I wouldn't expect a ton of laypeople to know much of anything about it, but the name might at least ring a bell (pun not intended, if you can believe it).ConfusedTorchic posted... </cite><quote>there's a lot of video games, with more and more each day. it's impossible to keep track of them all.</quote>Indeed. Gaming's history is very short, compared to every other entertainment medium, a ton has happened in that time frame, and it's never had an era where everybody and their mother was playing any one game in particular as happened with other entertainment media, which has limited the cultural impact of any individual game (by comparison, when your town gets three different films a year and only one TV channel, those three films and whatever's shown on that channel have a very substantial cultural impact). Even if you ask people that have been gaming for their entire lives for a list of the top 100 most influential games, you're going to get wildly different lists from each of them because there's just been so many options for them to pick from. Ask a layperson to make such a list based on what they've heard from the periphery of gaming discourse, and they aren't going to be able to recall any sort of consensus because there's just too much to keep track of without putting a serious effort into following the medium.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ParanoidObsessive 02/19/25 6:54:25 AM #38:	adjl posted... Animal Crossing might be on the radars of a few more non-gamers these days thanks to the extent to which it became a cultural phenomenon during Covid. Yeah, but the thing is, it mainly became a phenomenon among gamers. Covid didn't really boost sales of the Switch to any really significant or obvious degree (you can check sales charts). Maybe slightly, but it was actually selling about the same rate during Covid lockdowns as it was both before and after. "Normies" weren't buying it in the same way that the Wii became the console for non-gamers. Most of the people who own a Switch are very much gamers buying it as a replacement for the 3DS (Nintendo has mentioned that their internal stats indicate something like 80% of the people who play on the Switch are mainly using it as a portable). What actually happened was that all the people who already had the Switch or who were going to buy it anyway all sort of jumped onto Animal Crossing as the go-to game because it was a time-killer (in a period when everyone had more free time than they were used to), and because it came out right at the start of lockdowns. Which vastly increased Animal Crossing's sales compared to what they probably would have been otherwise, but it was gamers buying it. And once it caught fire and people were hyping it up, it fueled further sales - again, mainly among gamers. The non-gamers weren't buying Switches and Animal Crossing during Covid lockdowns. They were subscribing to streaming services and binge-watching TV shows. It's pretty well established that a lot of services had a huge upswing in profit around that period, only to see it drop off and lose tons of subscriptions afterward (which really messed with the long-term viability of a lot of streaming services). If the non-gamers were playing games at all, they were phone games, and stuff like Zoom-call trivia contests. There was a uptick in that sort of thing at the time as well. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted [p:984094712] in Why does J... [t:80936031]...</cite> <quote><cite>adjl posted...</cite><quote>Animal Crossing might be on the radars of a few more non-gamers these days thanks to the extent to which it became a cultural phenomenon during Covid. </quote>Yeah, but the thing is, it mainly became a phenomenon among gamers.Covid didn't really boost sales of the Switch to any really significant or obvious degree (you can check sales charts). Maybe slightly, but it was actually selling about the same rate during Covid lockdowns as it was both before and after. "Normies" weren't buying it in the same way that the Wii became the console for non-gamers. Most of the people who own a Switch are very much gamers buying it as a replacement for the 3DS (Nintendo has mentioned that their internal stats indicate something like 80% of the people who play on the Switch are mainly using it as a portable).What actually happened was that all the people who already had the Switch or who were going to buy it anyway all sort of jumped onto Animal Crossing as the go-to game because it was a time-killer (in a period when everyone had more free time than they were used to), and because it came out right at the start of lockdowns. Which vastly increased Animal Crossing's sales compared to what they probably would have been otherwise, but it was gamers buying it. And once it caught fire and people were hyping it up, it fueled further sales - again, mainly among gamers.The non-gamers weren't buying Switches and Animal Crossing during Covid lockdowns. They were subscribing to streaming services and binge-watching TV shows. It's pretty well established that a lot of services had a huge upswing in profit around that period, only to see it drop off and lose tons of subscriptions afterward (which really messed with the long-term viability of a lot of streaming services).If the non-gamers were playing games at all, they were phone games, and stuff like Zoom-call trivia contests. There was a uptick in that sort of thing at the time as well.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DrYuya 02/19/25 7:47:24 AM #39:	Also and side note... Can't really stand the "we have the answer and you give the question" concept. It's just... Why do they do that? To be fancy? I am a wheel of fortune, family feud ect guy myself. Actually Family Feud is my favorite... Because it's concept is actually neat and Steve Harvey really elevates the humor of it all. --- It's time to kick ass and chew bubblegum, and I'm all out of ass but still have plenty of bubblegum to chew at my leisure. <cite>DrYuya posted [p:984094961] in Why does J... [t:80936031]...</cite> <quote>Also and side note... Can't really stand the "we have the answer and you give the question" concept. It's just... Why do they do that? To be fancy? I am a wheel of fortune, family feud ect guy myself. Actually Family Feud is my favorite... Because it's concept is actually neat and Steve Harvey really elevates the humor of it all. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
adjl 02/19/25 10:15:25 AM #40:	ParanoidObsessive posted... Yeah, but the thing is, it mainly became a phenomenon among gamers. Oh, obviously it was mostly gamers actually buying it. It just got big enough that I wouldn't be surprised if a relatively large number of non-gamers would at least recognize it to see it, even if they didn't know anything about it. ParanoidObsessive posted... What actually happened was that all the people who already had the Switch or who were going to buy it anyway all sort of jumped onto Animal Crossing as the go-to game because it was a time-killer (in a period when everyone had more free time than they were used to), and because it came out right at the start of lockdowns. Which vastly increased Animal Crossing's sales compared to what they probably would have been otherwise, but it was gamers buying it. And once it caught fire and people were hyping it up, it fueled further sales - again, mainly among gamers. More than that, people found themselves with a bunch of free time, a lack of daily structure, facing a pretty stressful situation, and unable to interact with their friends/family in the ways they were used to. Animal Crossing offered a way to not only fill that time, but fill it with a game that established a rigid daily structure (I'm not exaggerating at all to say that the only reason I knew what day it was through those couple months was because Daisy Mae came on Sundays), that was really light-hearted and cheerful, and that offered new ways to interact with people (whether by directly playing together or just showing off islands on social media). It was exactly the game millions of people needed in that moment, and really could not have come out at a better time. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. <cite>adjl posted [p:984096119] in Why does J... [t:80936031]...</cite> <quote>ParanoidObsessive posted... </cite><quote>Yeah, but the thing is, it mainly became a phenomenon among gamers.</quote>Oh, obviously it was mostly gamers actually buying it. It just got big enough that I wouldn't be surprised if a relatively large number of non-gamers would at least recognize it to see it, even if they didn't know anything about it.ParanoidObsessive posted... </cite><quote>What actually happened was that all the people who already had the Switch or who were going to buy it anyway all sort of jumped onto Animal Crossing as the go-to game because it was a time-killer (in a period when everyone had more free time than they were used to), and because it came out right at the start of lockdowns. Which vastly increased Animal Crossing's sales compared to what they probably would have been otherwise, but it was gamers buying it. And once it caught fire and people were hyping it up, it fueled further sales - again, mainly among gamers.</quote>More than that, people found themselves with a bunch of free time, a lack of daily structure, facing a pretty stressful situation, and unable to interact with their friends/family in the ways they were used to. Animal Crossing offered a way to not only fill that time, but fill it with a game that established a rigid daily structure (I'm not exaggerating at all to say that the only reason I knew what day it was through those couple months was because Daisy Mae came on Sundays), that was really light-hearted and cheerful, and that offered new ways to interact with people (whether by directly playing together or just showing off islands on social media). It was exactly the game millions of people needed in that moment, and really could not have come out at a better time.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ConfusedTorchic 02/19/25 10:32:06 AM #41:	there was a final fantasy 10 jeopardy question at one point by one point i mean 5 days ago https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/3/38d8540f.jpg --- see my gundams here https://imgur.com/a/F7xKM5r updated 02/18/25; mg ball ver ka <cite>ConfusedTorchic posted [p:984096302] in Why does J... [t:80936031]...</cite> <quote>there was a final fantasy 10 jeopardy question at one pointby one point i mean 5 days agohttps://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/3/38d8540f.jpg</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Beveren_Rabbit 02/19/25 10:41:20 AM #42:	look at the episode of Kid's Jeaprody. kids couldn't even get the easy videogame questions right. --- flops <cite>Beveren_Rabbit posted [p:984096400] in Why does J... [t:80936031]...</cite> <quote>look at the episode of Kid's Jeaprody. kids couldn't even get the easy videogame questions right.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Damn_Underscore 02/19/25 11:13:10 AM #43:	ConfusedTorchic posted... https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/3/38d8540f.jpg This is good. But did Ken say X or 10? --- try to take the best of me go away You <cite>Damn_Underscore posted [p:984096733] in Why does J... [t:80936031]...</cite> <quote>ConfusedTorchic posted... </cite><quote>https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/3/38d8540f.jpg</quote>This is good.But did Ken say X or 10? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Beveren_Rabbit 02/19/25 11:27:56 AM #44:	What is Final Fantasy X? What is Final Fantasy X-2? --- flops <cite>Beveren_Rabbit posted [p:984096852] in Why does J... [t:80936031]...</cite> <quote>What is Final Fantasy X?What is Final Fantasy X-2?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ConfusedTorchic 02/19/25 11:44:21 AM #45:	yuna is not on a pilgrimage in x2 --- see my gundams here https://imgur.com/a/F7xKM5r updated 02/18/25; mg ball ver ka <cite>ConfusedTorchic posted [p:984096983] in Why does J... [t:80936031]...</cite> <quote>yuna is not on a pilgrimage in x2</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
adjl 02/19/25 11:49:51 AM #46:	Damn_Underscore posted... This is good. But did Ken say X or 10? The way it's framed, I'm assuming the category was something like "X marks the spot" to indicate that it's all stuff named with an X (somewhere, Musk just started breathing excitedly). The answer would have just been "Final Fantasy." --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. <cite>adjl posted [p:984097049] in Why does J... [t:80936031]...</cite> <quote>Damn_Underscore posted... </cite><quote>This is good.But did Ken say X or 10? </quote>The way it's framed, I'm assuming the category was something like "X marks the spot" to indicate that it's all stuff named with an X (somewhere, Musk just started breathing excitedly). The answer would have just been "Final Fantasy."</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ConfusedTorchic 02/19/25 2:00:58 PM #47:	couldn't tell you, that's not my image, I did not personally see it, but I imagine it won't be too hard to find if you just watch like the last few most recent episodes upon further investigation, it was on an episode of pop culture jeopardy, which is a separate show to regular jeopardy --- see my gundams here https://imgur.com/a/F7xKM5r updated 02/18/25; mg ball ver ka <cite>ConfusedTorchic posted [p:984098390] in Why does J... [t:80936031]...</cite> <quote>couldn't tell you, that's not my image, I did not personally see it, but I imagine it won't be too hard to find if you just watch like the last few most recent episodes upon further investigation, it was on an episode of pop culture jeopardy, which is a separate show to regular jeopardy</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Damn_Underscore 02/19/25 2:31:20 PM #48:	So video games are pop culture to them smh I remember they had a Sports Jeopardy hosted by Dan Patrick and aired from 2014-2016. At least they gave sports categories their own show. --- try to take the best of me go away You <cite>Damn_Underscore posted [p:984098794] in Why does J... [t:80936031]...</cite> <quote>So video games are pop culture to them smhI remember they had a Sports Jeopardy hosted by Dan Patrick and aired from 2014-2016. At least they gave sports categories their own show.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
adjl 02/19/25 2:41:34 PM #49:	Damn_Underscore posted... So video games are pop culture to them smh Why wouldn't they be pop culture? --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. <cite>adjl posted [p:984098909] in Why does J... [t:80936031]...</cite> <quote>Damn_Underscore posted... </cite><quote>So video games are pop culture to them smh</quote>Why wouldn't they be pop culture?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Damn_Underscore 02/19/25 2:48:21 PM #50:	adjl posted... Why wouldn't they be pop culture? Theres an implication that the popularity is fleeting Being on Pop Culture Jeopardy doesnt mean it cant be on regular Jeopardy, but of course the one good example we get of a video game question on Jeopardy is from a pop culture spinoff.. --- try to take the best of me go away You <cite>Damn_Underscore posted [p:984098974] in Why does J... [t:80936031]...</cite> <quote>adjl posted... </cite><quote>Why wouldn't they be pop culture?</quote>Theres an implication that the popularity is fleetingBeing on Pop Culture Jeopardy doesnt mean it cant be on regular Jeopardy, but of course the one good example we get of a video game question on Jeopardy is from a pop culture spinoff..</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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