In memory of Alex Trebek: 19402020

My apologies about the super long and unexpected hiatus. I don't know, I guess I just haven't been feeling the video making itch lately? Either way, I figured this was a good time to do a video on one of the many Jeopardy computer game adaptations, due to Alex Trebek's recent unfortunate and untimely passing.

So...let's get the elephant in the room out of the way first. I am BAD at this game. No joke, no exaggeration, I am absolutely horrendous at it. The first time I played this game, I ended with a score 750. No, that minus in front of it is not a typo. I really did end up with a negative score. So, if you are here expecting a skillful player, leave right now. Please. I guarantee you will be screaming at your monitor at least five times minimum during this video.

Are all of you willing to deal with my bad skill still around? Good.

Does this really need any introduction? You all know this show, it's run on a nightly syndicated basis since 1985 and goes back even further than that. It's a reverse of the trivia format, each game consisting of six categories with five answers each worth different money amounts based on the clue difficulty. This particular computer game adaptation was released in 1998, and is very faithful to the show right down to Johnny Gilbert as announcer and the legendary Alex Trebek as host.

So, this will also need to be said, yes I cheated a few times. Trust me, if I didn't, you porobably wouldn't even be seeing Final Jeopardy. This game can't be exploited quite as easily as I could for Who Wants to be a Millionaire though, as there isn't anywhere near as much time given to answer questions, and some clues are worded in a vague enough way that even Google won't save you. I also generally hesitated to buzz in if I didn't know the answer right off the top of my head, though that often meant the computers buzzed in on questions I could have potentially gotten.

Overall, I actually did kind of okay even with answering questions I did know. I kinda feel I underperformed in the "Apostles" category in the second round (though it doesn't help I don't tend to remember contextual details like the things they asked about), and I had a few dumb mistakes as well, but there were times I didn't feel too bad about not knowing as well. All in all though, I think this turned out alright and yeah, I know I didn't deserve that victory, but hey, I do prefer to actually show games being won for this channel so there is that.

I hope you enjoy this video!