Game show commentary again
Because exams are over, and I have yet to come up with something better to do.
Nothing particularly unexpected from the Survivor finale, I thought. One of the respectful wins is the Strategic Mastermind, particularly the one who led the winning alliance, so I have no problem with Todd. Although I did say when they were walking up to the final immunity challenge that those podiums didn't look like something they'd be standing on for several hours, and I was at least right about that.
I've also been watching Duel, which is on ABC this week. The basic idea is that you and another person get asked a series of multiple choice questions, and whoever gets one wrong first loses. But you get to choose more than one answer at a time- you have 10 chips, and can cover as many as you want with the caveat that you lose a chip for each wrong answer you cover. (Blowing 3 chips to cover all four answers happens a good bit) No lifelines, but you do get an "anti-lifeline" of giving the other person a time limit, which you only get to start after you lock in your answer(s).
It gets points from me for being a new quiz show with actual strategic decisions and noninsulting questions, even if the host's not great. They even recognize that the question design's about uncertainty, I think. They do do the annoying cut to commercial to artificially build suspense thing, which is even more annoying when you know all the answers. (How many oxygen molecules in carbon monoxide, anyone?)
Nothing particularly unexpected from the Survivor finale, I thought. One of the respectful wins is the Strategic Mastermind, particularly the one who led the winning alliance, so I have no problem with Todd. Although I did say when they were walking up to the final immunity challenge that those podiums didn't look like something they'd be standing on for several hours, and I was at least right about that.
I've also been watching Duel, which is on ABC this week. The basic idea is that you and another person get asked a series of multiple choice questions, and whoever gets one wrong first loses. But you get to choose more than one answer at a time- you have 10 chips, and can cover as many as you want with the caveat that you lose a chip for each wrong answer you cover. (Blowing 3 chips to cover all four answers happens a good bit) No lifelines, but you do get an "anti-lifeline" of giving the other person a time limit, which you only get to start after you lock in your answer(s).
It gets points from me for being a new quiz show with actual strategic decisions and noninsulting questions, even if the host's not great. They even recognize that the question design's about uncertainty, I think. They do do the annoying cut to commercial to artificially build suspense thing, which is even more annoying when you know all the answers. (How many oxygen molecules in carbon monoxide, anyone?)