Mythbusters Video Game Quiz

[Vykrel]

63%

imo, the Madden one was kind of a trick question. and i think i wouldve gotten Polywhatever question right if i actually read the whole thing lol

 

[AvsJoe]

I did quite well. The only one I got incorrect was the Saddam Hussein question. The rest I knew.

 

[drwow]

88%
that last question is bullshit, I play video games almost non stop and I've never suffered from the "Tetris Effect".

 

[Klumpfot]

100%. Not all that hard, really.

 

[philzibit]

63%...meh

 

[comet5002]

I got Saddam Hussein wrong and the "men have died for playing more than 24 hours" one wrong. 75%.

 

[Phlakes]

88%, because I figured there would've been a game earlier than Tetris to have an effect named after it.

 

[SIXVI06-M]

100%, first try.
Heard about some, made some logical guesses about others. (Playstations for super computers? Come on!)
I feel like such a nerd.

Well, there was news once that when the PS2 come out - there was some news report about the technology of the PS2 rivalling that of the guidance systems in cruise missiles...

A few weeks later we were told there was nothing to be worried about. So either they did that to get some lols when Saddam buys 4000 PS2s and realises he now has 4000 cruise missiles that you can play Devil May Cry on instead of US capitalist pig crushing weapons .

 

[coldfrog]

Only missed the Saddam one, and that's because I remember reading about PS3's being used for a huge military something or other, but I couldn't remember what it was. I also almost missed the Madden one, but the thing that finally made me say no was that it seemed to specify "the next season" which I thought was WAY too limiting on the question. No way it happened the very next season every time.

 

[darkfire613]

88%. The only one I got wrong was the one about Donkey Kong.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

63% not too bad. I had heard about ET thing, but I wasn't sure if it was true.

 

[loc978]

75%... I guessed wrong on the Madden curse. I've never cared about gridiron (I love refusing to call it football), so I had no idea. Also, the Tetris effect? Really? How odd... that must take a whole hell of a lot of Tetris...

 

[JourneyMan88]

Got an 88, didn't realize the "Tetris effect" was real.

 

[Dr. Pepper Unlimited]

63%. Those are some weird facts. I learned!

 

[Lizmichi]

Ohhhh 88% yay.

 

[SL33TBL1ND]

50%

Well I guess that's alright.

 

[Nieroshai]

75%. And I actually tried the 24h game marathon before, but do full meal breaks count or do I have to snack from the sofa? If the latter, then I failed. If not, my full Metal Gear Solid trilogy pack marathon went better than expected. I played them in story order, so in my sleep-deprived state MGS2 made me REALLY paranoid.
Also, I think the reason people can die from this isn't the lack of sleep but the lack of regular food and water. I stayed up about 96 hours once. Once again the deprivation made me a panicky nutcase, but I was nowhere near death.

 

[Doffa]

63%
I always thought the whole Atari thing was a myth, go figure.
And I misread the Madden Curse question otherwise I would have got it right

 

[Protocol95]

I got 50% on my first try. The question about the cartridges I got wrong because I thought it was only a rumour.

 

[Hauntghost20]

88% i got 1 wrong