It can read your mind - spooky! (20Q Game)

Member Name: mrsrsp

Product:	20Q Game
Date:	28/12/07 (52 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: great little toy to keep you amused

Disadvantages: small screen, limited choice of answers

Wow - what a fantastic little game. I first came accross it when I was studying to become a teacher and the maths lecturer (who was obssessed with probability and guesses) brought one in.

It's just like the game twenty questions that we have all played as children. Text scrolls across a small screen (which could be a tad bigger) and you press buttons yes/no snd sometimes to answer it's questions.

Some of the questions do seem a bit strange at the time, and sometimes you cannot really pick an answer out of the limited choice you have. (A newer version has been brought out with extra answer options on though).

After 20 questions the game guesses at the item you have thought of (usually correctly). If it does not guess right it will ask another few questions before guessing again.

Everyone I have shown it to is quite amazed when this little thing can read their mind. It is also fun trying to think of obscure things to try and stump it (harder than you may think).

Overall this is a great little gadget, however the screen could be bigger and easier to read, although I suppose this might not keep it pocket sized , and even more answer options could be given on newer versions.

There is even a children's version out now, which is bigger and has cards with pictures on for them to choose something in the picture for the machine to guess at!

Summary: Fun game to keep you amused at times of boredom!