20 Questions - Game 27

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Re: 20 Questions - Game 27

by SenatorNyxen » Sun Jul 03, 2022 4:03 pm

Woo! I don't think I've thought of Pokemon as scifi, but when you qualified that as ambiguous along with the other hints then it seemed to fit. Assist to Jamiet on the medium.

Re: 20 Questions - Game 27

by Saw725 » Sun Jul 03, 2022 3:49 pm

Jamiet99uk wrote:
Sun Jul 03, 2022 10:38 am
Saw725 wrote:
Sun Jul 03, 2022 7:39 am
If we want to be nitpicky, one can definitely argue most of the last few characters don't qualify under the 50% metric.
I think Lois Lane is pretty well known.
Yeah I agree there. It's more the historical characters that I'd think aren't as well known. It makes for a hard game though, which I do somewhat appreciate.

Re: 20 Questions - Game 27

by damo666 » Sun Jul 03, 2022 2:27 pm

Standings after 27 games:
VillageIdiot: 4 (Game 2 - Colonel Kurtz; Game 10 - Trish Stratus; Game 11 - Judas; Game 12 - H.G. Wells)
Cdngooner: 4 (Game 1 - Henry Hill; Game 14 - Vanna White; Game 19 - AOC; Game 21 - Thomas Jefferson)
Doug7878: 4 (Game 13 - Pablo Escobar; Game 16 - Confucius; Game 20 - Johnny Rotten; Game 22 - Stephen Sondheim)
Hamish: 2 (Game 4 - Mozart; Game 6 - Dalai Lama)
Damo666: 2 (Game 3 - Kieffer Moore; Game 24 - Muammar Gaddafi)
SenatorNyxen: 2 (Game 17 - Olivia de Havilland; Game 27 - Mewtwo )
Jaguar: 2 (Game 18 - Alan Calhamer; Game 23 – Milton Friedman)
Trigfea63: 1 (Game 5 - Anne Frank)
Ginge86: 1 (Game 7 - Woody)
aadvarkarmy: 1 (Game 8 - Elizabeth II)
Octavious: 1 (Game 9 - Mahatma Gandhi)
Ferdack: 1 (Game 15 - Napoleon)
Jamiet99uk: 1 (Game 25 – Guy Fawkes)
Saw725: 1 (Game 26 – Lois Lane)

Over to you Senator

Re: 20 Questions - Game 27

by Hamish » Sun Jul 03, 2022 11:38 am

Jamiet99uk wrote:
Sun Jul 03, 2022 10:39 am
The only Pokemon I could name is Pikachu
Same here. I am not complaining @Saw725. Since I am 49, I definitely fall outside your age category. 😁
I don't mind a bit more obscure subjects, gives everyone a chance.

Re: 20 Questions - Game 27

by Jamiet99uk » Sun Jul 03, 2022 10:39 am

The only Pokemon I could name is Pikachu

Re: 20 Questions - Game 27

by Jamiet99uk » Sun Jul 03, 2022 10:38 am

Saw725 wrote:
Sun Jul 03, 2022 7:39 am
If we want to be nitpicky, one can definitely argue most of the last few characters don't qualify under the 50% metric.
I think Lois Lane is pretty well known.

Re: 20 Questions - Game 27

by Jamiet99uk » Sun Jul 03, 2022 10:37 am

Saw725 wrote:
Sun Jul 03, 2022 2:16 am
SenatorNyxen wrote:
Sun Jul 03, 2022 12:45 am
Mewtwo?
You got it.

I wasn't expecting this one to be nearly as hard as it ended up being.
Who?

Re: 20 Questions - Game 27

by Saw725 » Sun Jul 03, 2022 7:39 am

If we want to be nitpicky, one can definitely argue most of the last few characters don't qualify under the 50% metric.

Re: 20 Questions - Game 27

by Saw725 » Sun Jul 03, 2022 7:36 am

Hamish wrote:
Sun Jul 03, 2022 6:49 am
Saw725 wrote:
Sun Jul 03, 2022 2:16 am
SenatorNyxen wrote:
Sun Jul 03, 2022 12:45 am
Mewtwo?
You got it.

I wasn't expecting this one to be nearly as hard as it ended up being.
Who? I think you're overestimating the % of gamers out there. Maybe it's my age, but I seriously doubt you'll get 50% recognition out there. Anyway....
Well done SenatorNyxon!
Maybe I'm just underestimating the age demographic here. I'd think a lot of people under the age of 30 would recognize probably the most well known legendary Pokemon, but I could definitely see it getting past people outside that age group.

Re: 20 Questions - Game 27

by Hamish » Sun Jul 03, 2022 6:49 am

Saw725 wrote:
Sun Jul 03, 2022 2:16 am
SenatorNyxen wrote:
Sun Jul 03, 2022 12:45 am
Mewtwo?
You got it.

I wasn't expecting this one to be nearly as hard as it ended up being.
Who? I think you're overestimating the % of gamers out there. Maybe it's my age, but I seriously doubt you'll get 50% recognition out there. Anyway....
Well done SenatorNyxon!

Re: 20 Questions - Game 27

by Saw725 » Sun Jul 03, 2022 2:16 am

SenatorNyxen wrote:
Sun Jul 03, 2022 12:45 am
Mewtwo?
You got it.

I wasn't expecting this one to be nearly as hard as it ended up being.

Re: 20 Questions - Game 27

by SenatorNyxen » Sun Jul 03, 2022 12:45 am

Mewtwo?

Re: 20 Questions - Game 27

by Saw725 » Sun Jul 03, 2022 12:38 am

Jamiet99uk wrote:
Sat Jul 02, 2022 11:54 pm
I'm pretty stuck. A non-human 90's sci-fi RPG baddie who doesn't speak and uses telepathy? I'm really not sure.
The sci-fi aspect is loose, but most people would classify this franchise as such.
They're definitely a "baddie" in the films they appear in, but the games make the character appear more indifferent towards the main character.
Lack of speech and using telepathy is a trait more explored in the film, since the games don't give this character much room to express themselves.

Re: 20 Questions - Game 27

by Jamiet99uk » Sat Jul 02, 2022 11:54 pm

I'm pretty stuck. A non-human 90's sci-fi RPG baddie who doesn't speak and uses telepathy? I'm really not sure.

Re: 20 Questions - Game 27

by Saw725 » Sat Jul 02, 2022 10:08 pm

So it appears we haven't gotten anywhere since I was last online. I'll narrow the genre down to RPG.

Re: 20 Questions - Game 27

by Saw725 » Sat Jul 02, 2022 6:51 pm

I'm about to head to work, which means I won't be able to respond here until my break in about 3-4 hours. Take all the time y'all need for discussion.

Re: 20 Questions - Game 27

by SenatorNyxen » Sat Jul 02, 2022 6:08 pm

Jamiet99uk wrote:
Sat Jul 02, 2022 5:49 pm
I've got one.

Is the character primarily or originally known for their appearance in a video game?
Good catch.
Does G-Man fit the bill (does he speak?)
He does speak, I checked. It's not Protoss or Zerg because they're decidedly extra-terrestrial. I think Shodan would count as both female and verbal speech.

I think genre would at least be easier to nail down than franchise. For pre-2000 scifi games I think the most likely would be RPG, but strategy and FPS are plausible. Adventure or platformer feels unlikely?

Re: 20 Questions - Game 27

by Jamiet99uk » Sat Jul 02, 2022 6:06 pm

damo666 wrote:
Sat Jul 02, 2022 6:03 pm
I'm not familiar with the Genre. Wikipedia list 19 video game telepaths, some of whom are female and some clearly not humanoid.

Does G-Man fit the bill (does he speak?) - question for the audience, not a game question.
G Man from Half-Life? No there's definitely a bit where he has a spoken conversation in the first game, for sure.

Re: 20 Questions - Game 27

by damo666 » Sat Jul 02, 2022 6:03 pm

I'm not familiar with the Genre. Wikipedia list 19 video game telepaths, some of whom are female and some clearly not humanoid.

Does G-Man fit the bill (does he speak?) - question for the audience, not a game question.

Re: 20 Questions - Game 27

by Saw725 » Sat Jul 02, 2022 5:58 pm

Jamiet99uk wrote:
Sat Jul 02, 2022 5:52 pm
Ok we only have two questions left so please can everyone be careful.

This is a video game character, probably a principal antagonist in a well-known video game series. They're male or androgynous, they're human shaped but they use some kind of telepathic means of communication; they don't speak verbally.

Let's think about this, we have a lot of clues.
I'm going to suggest narrowing down the franchise first, since there are still a lot of options. Video games are the primary media form, but this character, and by extension the franchise, has appeared in film and comic.

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