A blast from the past the other day, when I decided to look up whatever happened to that slightly saucy computer game show from the mid-to-late 90’s You Don’t Know Jack.
It turns out that it continues on in some form. First a very short-lived TV show earlier this decade, then they relaunched it a couple of years ago on the web. Woohoo!
Sadly, production of episodes ended last year, but they posted 100 of them all told, and they are still up for you to play.
Now, it won’t tickle everyone’s fancy, and it can’t match the mischievous tricks of the CD-based versions. For instance, I seem to remember random occasions at the opening (when players enter their names) that I, despite having typed my name in as per usual, watched the letters come up to spell “AAAAAAAA” or “Klingon” or such, just so that the game’s host could make a sarcastic remarks about my skills to come. Silly, sometimes sarcastic, fun.
Ah, well. It’s nice to hear Cookie (snarky host), and relive a little bit of the old experience of a comically snarky virtual friend.
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Grandma says:
February 6, 2009 at 1:35 pm (UTC 0)
May not be on to many of the answers but it’s a fun game to play!
David "Jack Don't Know Dave" Barker says:
February 6, 2009 at 6:48 pm (UTC 0)
I have this on my computer! It’s loud and fun and I almost always win nearly!