
Ok, let me further illustrate my dorkhood to all of you.
As it turns out there is this really sweet handheld game called "20 Q". Maybe you've already heard of this thing... maybe you've even played it. But I am convinced that if you have heard anything about it, if you have played it for yourself... I won't need to convince you of this game's awesomeness. The thing is incredible!
The first time I beheld it's glory Brooke and I were walking aimlessly through Wal-Mart (as we often do when nothing is going on... sad, I know), and just happened to meander into the game aisle. I had seen the thing several times before and briefly wondered, "What's that?" But on this particular occasion, I decided to investigate further. You see, it's got one of those "try me" packages that allows you to actually play the entire game as many times as you want to right then and there. As I proceeded through the game, I learned the basic premise therein. All you do is think of some random item or object, then the little sphere asks you 20 questions. You answer, honestly, "Yes", "No", "Unknown", or "Sometimes". At the end of the 20 questions the little sphere, no bigger than a tee ball, makes a guess at what that item you've been pondering is.
Ok, this is where it gets incredible. The first time I played the game, obviously thinking this little child's play-thing had no chance of guessing that Superman was flying around in my mind, it actually guessed "Super Hero". What!?! SUPER HERO! That is WAY closer than I ever imagined it would get!
"I've got to try this thing again," I said to myself. So I did. The second game my thought was Solitaire, and the thing guessed "A deck of cards"! Ok, not exactly what was in my head, but eerily close. I played a third time (at this point Brooke had her own game of 20Q going on). My thought was guitar, thinking that the lack of distinction between acoustic and electric would confuse the thing. It guessed "Guitar"!
So, obviously, I was impressed. For only $10 that thing is a heck-of-a-lot of fun! Someday, when I have $10, I will no longer have to make frequent treks to Wal-Mart to play it.
Go check it out!
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