Carlucci Posted August 9, 2004 Report Share Posted August 9, 2004 Has anyone played with one of these 20Q games? There is a blurb about it in Xbox Nation Magazine, as one of the new cool gadgets. And since it is one that I can actually afford ($13), I was thinking about picking one up. Carlos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Covak Posted August 9, 2004 Report Share Posted August 9, 2004 So uhh, what's "the classic game of 20 questions"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackcalx Posted August 9, 2004 Report Share Posted August 9, 2004 Is it a mineral? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Covak Posted August 9, 2004 Report Share Posted August 9, 2004 Ohhhh. Huh. Well at least it looks kinda cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlucci Posted August 9, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2004 Originally posted by Covak@Aug 9 2004, 03:05 PM So uhh, what's "the classic game of 20 questions"? Well, 20 questions is a game best played on a long car ride. Basically, one person thinks of a person place or thing. The other person(s) ask a Yes or No question, such as the classic "Is it bigger than a breadbox?" The guessers have up to 20 questions to arrive at the answer, but they can make a guess at anytime. If you guess wrong, you lose. Guess the right answer before the 20 questions are up, and you win. We play it all the time in the car when the kids are restless. So it's seems like a binary search tree kind of algorithm, but this toy makes it interesting by adding a "don't know" and "sometimes" answer. It does seem to restrict you to only "things", so right away persons and places are ineligible. I would think the database of "things" and their attributes would have to be gigantic, which is why I'm intrigued by this toy. Carlos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Covak Posted August 9, 2004 Report Share Posted August 9, 2004 I would think the database of "things" and their attributes would have to be gigantic, which is why I'm intrigued by this toy. I hear that. Just played with it a little at http://www.20q.net/ Seems pretty impressive. At least, it got baseball bat and roll of tape easily enough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kain rising Posted August 9, 2004 Report Share Posted August 9, 2004 I tried one in the store a while ago, and was personally very unimpressed. I can't remember what I was thinking of, but it was no where close in it's guesses, even when it went past the 20 questions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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