In gaming, "unlockable" is something that you're allowed to access after completing an achievement, perhaps winning the game with no cheats involved, or amassing some cumulative score or playing time. Why people would care about having a different cast of characters to call upon, I have no idea.

Good response. I saw it, and tried to come up with something funny, but every time just made me sound like some sort of sexual deviant.

/Okay, 'more' of a sexual deviant.

Probably for the same reason XBox users care about their Gamerscore, because it's there.

And yes, I got similar mental imagery as Matt's.

Reminds me a little of the original What's My Line? home game. They make a big fuss on the cover about there being "over 1500 challengers" even though the game only included 40 occupations to guess. The idea was that there were a lot of "contestant" photos and each could be assigned any of the jobs. The permutation of faces and jobs was what totaled up to more than 1500, even though the contestant picture was completely meaningless to the game play.

Does NOT approve.

I just bought The $100,000 Pyramid DVD game at a thrift store. The instructions give the players one minute for the main game and two minutes for The Winners' Circle. Is the DVD game that slow or is the publisher assuming slow players. Or, maybe, it got a better deal on minute timers than on half-minute timers?

Sometimes, the jokes just write themselves.

I bought it new in 2006. If I recall correctly (It's so bad, I've never actually played it in a group setting, just tested it out), the DVD is pretty slow going from word-to-word or subject-to-subject. You'll be in so much shock because it's so horrible, you'll need that extra time.
The game setup is just plain awful anyway (can't always select the category in main game you want, can only pick from 1st three then 2nd three, etc). It had SO much potential, and this attempt is a bomb.
I hope it cost you less than a dollar.

Here's a link to the Sears Canada website, for a peek at the new tabletop electronic AYSTAFG game (looks cool!):

http://www.sears.ca/gp/product/B001DIPQTS/...mp;mqnodeid=APS

I'm sure it will become available at various U.S. based websites and stores soon.

"And in this modern internet age, very little has changed..."

For Canadians who want either the 2nd edition DVD game or tabletop versions of TPiR...the Sears wishbook comes to the rescue!

DVD ($24.99)
Page 850
Item # 062 592 583

Tabletop ($29.99)
Page 854
Item # 062 592 656

They also have a handheld Password, with stylus (designed ala the PYL handheld) for $14.99

Here's a link to the handheld Password:

Handheld Password

Interesting to see it, but not sure what to make of it.

Curt

GENE: The password is "juxtapositions".

Holy crap. And we thought "fiasco" was the ultimate word of shafting.

Comparisons.

/Take your hand off that WHOOOOOOSH button, dammit!

Gamestop has a listing for Merv Griffin's Crosswords for the Wii to be released in December, with a price of $20. A crossword game for the Wii? Good idea, wrong system. There have been some good crossword titles released for the DS, with character recognition.

Although the game is not available yet, you can download the instructions to the new Endless Games version of Million Dollar Password:

http://www.endlessgames.com/ns/Instructions/MDPassInst.pdf

Some websites have listed a rather steep price of about $23.95, but apparently that is because the game includes an electronic countdown timer/console.

BTW, I tried to also download the content image, but nothing came out of that, as of now.

I got it to work, Imageshack'd it:

http://img387.imageshack.us/img387/9546/mdpartstc4.jpg

You're fired.

(full of errors, it said)

Should work now. (New link: http://img387.imageshack.us/img387/9546/mdpartstc4.jpg)

It does. Interesting little set, that is.

And surprisingly well-crafted. Eight years ago, Endless would have slapped a pack of cards with a sand timer in a box and called it a day. This one goes in the "want" file for me.

I am surprised to say that I would purchase that in a damned plug second. God, I hope the actual game content is good...

I do wish the "lightning round" words were red-pattern-concealed, though. Part of the game is not knowing what's coming up next.

Well, a close look tells that one of the $100,000 rounds (5/7) has the words "fat", "confused", "earmuffs", "plan", "escape" and "skim." I can't quite make out the first word, but it looks kind of like "boundless".

"Earmuffs" and "boundless"? Man, they aren't making getting the fake cash any easier than the real stuff on TV.

/returning the game if I see "fiasco"

"Limitless" is a clue for the latter, but "earmuffs?" Sheesh.

That is one hell of a nice game though.

Head. Listening. Cozies.

/for Chrissakes, one "M"

Definitely good clues and where I was thinking, but definitely not a "duh" type situation.

I think "listening" may throw you.

I'd say "cold, ear, protection", but I wonder if I'd get buzzed for "ear."

Nifty. Are digital timers finally cheaper than the sand that goes in sand timers?

Heck, salt has tripled in price over the last year...

I'd say most definitely. Maybe "Head...Warmers...Lobes."

The ESPN Jeopardy! box game is in stores now. The local Toys R Us had it for $25.

Put it as "Head-Lobe-Warmers" and I think I'd have a shot at it.

Wow, that's not bad for $24. A little steep, but if the clock works well, my sand timers are getting the boot.

/Winter. Headphones. Fuzzy.

$24 isn't all that bad for all the material you're getting. The current edition, which has 1,000 passwords, runs for $10--a penny a word. With this game, you get 60 main games (assuming those cards are double-sided like previous editions) x 20 words each, plus 30 bonus rounds x 45 words each. My math puts the total at 2,450--much bigger than any previous edition in its 40-plus year history. The game's a definite buy for me.

Perhaps for $19.99, then?

Never thought I'd see a game this nice since the days of the MB "fine edition". I'll take two (one for the collection and one to use!).

Oddly enough, this is how many people buy adult magazines.

/erm, not that I'd know

Wait. People still buy pornography?

/oh, uh, hey, would you look at the time

Getting away from the current topic at hand...quickly...

The Don't Forget the Lyrics! box game is in stores, $20 at the local Wal-Mart.

/Maybe "at hand" wasn't the best phrase to use to move away from pornography...

Found this button while out at a local Hallmark store for $10.

Ryan

A couple of notes from browsing and shopping today:

- If any Chicagoans actually want the Identity home game, the Go! games store at Northbridge on Michigan Avenue has it for $8.33.

- Target has the TPIR electronic doodad down to $24.99. To those of you who have bought it: does the actual model have the 100 and 15 in red, like the picture on the box, or is it more true to the show?

- The Disney Wheel of Fortune does come with three snap-on wedges for the deluxe wheel: Disneyworld trip, Disney cruise, and some other Disney vacation. Oddly, the box display doesn't show any holes in the wheel for the wedges to snap into. Also, dollar amount appear to be in $100 increments, with a top value of $700. I'm guessing vowels still cost $250, though, since $50 bills are part of the play money set.

Grad school starts this week. If I can find a time to get down to Northbridge and get Identity this weekend, I'm game.

I would still hold out for the DS version of TPiR coming out on the 9th. I told my friend and she said she would just get the DS for that game alone. As for the electronic doodad...is it worth it (regardless of the previous versions?)

5 and 15 are green sections, 100 is red text on a black space.

$10 in that Monopoly money you call Canadian currency. :-P I saw it at the local Hallmark store about an hour ago for $8 US.

Ya know, I don't think we get to make that joke anymore until the exchange rates gets back to about 80 cents per... :)

Fair enough. Let's poke fun at the Zimbabwe dollar then. Joe Raygor to the white courtesy phone, please...:-)

/Has a $500,000,000 Zim bill over his monitor
//$500,000,000 Zim equals less than 1/5 of a US penny
///Thanks Joe!

The amazon web site lists Password and a hand held electronic version of Press Your Luck as being released on September 1st. The PYL game also lists for $14.99. The Password game comes with a picture of Allen Ludden, which means it might play like the version he hosted. That makes sense, to me anyway.

Also, Endless Games has a box game of Million Dollar Password that's also set to be released in September.

Really? I had no idea.

The fearless leader of Zimbabwe wouldn't approve, sadly.

Hey, I had to repay you somehow for the autographed Rolf Benirschke football card you sent me! :-D

When I first looked at the illustration from Sears (Canada), I thought from the ractangular block for words displayed, that maybe it was being made like the current MDP game.

Well, check out this illustration from Target:

http://www.target.com/ITOYS-Password-Elect...e/dp/B00170A3S6