game shows
Games
1 vs 100 Makes You the Star of a Game Show from Your Couch
11:00PM Andi Wang | The first of its kind where television meets video games meets social entertainment, 1 vs 100 is an interactive game on XBL that takes you from screaming at your TV to being on the show. More »
Computers
IBM Prepping Soul-Crushing ‘Watson’ Computer to Compete on Jeopardy!
12:30PM Jack Loftus | IBM, not content to merely crush the spirits of chess masters like Garry Kasparov, have started working with Jeopardy! to create a supercomputer that will undoubtedly answer questions more accurately than Sean Connery. More »
Entertainment
Alex Trebek Explains Jeopardy!’s Tech: ‘I Look Better in High-Def’
5:30AM Gizmodo US Edition | Trebek, he of the condescending interviews and phantom mustache, recently talked to Wired about the surprisingly myriad changes his program has made over the years to adapt to new technology. Spoiler: the internet is important. More »
Entertainment
I Survived a Japanese Game Show: Shooting Balls, Breaking Faces
11:52AM Gizmodo US Edition | This week’s over-the-top I Survived… challenges didn’t have as much gadgety goodness as usual, but were strangely satisfying nonetheless. First, Velcro-clad contestants were dangled in front of of a teammate, who would try to pass them Velcro balls to catch. The objective was for the dangler, manipulated by two other contestants, to collect as many balls as possible without getting hit too many times by their opponent, stationed behind a cool pneumatic ball cannon. Sort of boring, right? Well the second challenge was way better. Fans of MXC (Takeshi’s castle, for non-Americans) will recognise the false door game, where contestants have to get through a series of doors, some soft and fake, some real and hard. ISJGS takes it to the next level, forcing contestants to swing – not run – into the doors. More »
Entertainment
I Survived a Japanese Game Show: Spinning Babies, Spilling Milk
4:50AM Gizmodo US Edition | This week’s ridiculous I Survived… challenge ran contestants through a relatively simple obstacle course. The catch? They’ve been dressed as babies, dizzied on a playground carousel and given two cups of milk to take along with them. The objective is to fill the team baby bottle at the end of the course. More »
Regulars
Woz Knows When the Price is Right
2:47AM Adam Frucci | Apparently, Woz is a Price is Right fan. Unfortunately, he was just sitting in the front row and was never called down to play Plinko or spin the big wheel, because I bet that he really knows the prices of household products and could use a new Lincoln Towncar or whatever it was they gave away that episode. Oh, Woz. Hit the jump for another screenshot of Woz enjoying himself some game show goodness, then let’s hear your best captions in the comments section. Thanks, Brett! More »
Entertainment
How I Survived a Japanese Game Show: The Gigantic Human Prize Claw Game
1:30AM Gizmodo US Edition | The new episode still follows most of the tired reality show conventions and spends too much time on the stunningly boring contestants, but the brief game show events still impress. This week’s challenge: become a human claw game, picking up prizes as teammates control your x, y and z axis movement. This challenge aired much to the chagrin of Claw Machine Boy, whose chronic PTSD triggered hard when this episode aired. Stay tuned for a weekly review of the 45 seconds of this show that is worth watching. [ABC] More »
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