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If I Was Going to Create a Bar Style Trivia, Here is How it Would Go
I have been to many a trivia nights over the years, and not one has been the ideal situation. They are either too long, too short, terrible food, too hard, or way to easy. This got me thinking. With all these trivia experiences under my belt I could probably make the greatest trivia game of all time. So here it is.
When and Where?
My Trivia night (from here-forth to be known as “El Preguntas” [“the questions” in Spanish]) would happen on the best night of the week, Monday night. This might sound insane, but Monday really is my favorite night of the week. What’s better than drinking your work sorrows away after the first day of the week? Nothing. Go ahead, get loaded up and play trivia, Tuesdays don’t count as real work days anyway. Oh and did I mention Monday Night Raw will be on all TV’s during trivia? Game, Set, Vince McMahon. (During football obviously half the TVs will be on MNF)
The “where” doesn’t matter as much as the “when”. Just as long as it’s a sports bar withs lots of TVs and egg salad on the menu.
Rounds & Rules
El Preguntas has 4 rounds of trivia goodness.
Round Uno
Pictionary – One person from each team competes in 5 rounds of pictionary-style games. (each round worth ten points)
Round Dos
Wrestling Entrance themes – Self explanatory. I play music, you tell me who strutted out to it. 10 themes, 2 points for every correct answer.
Round Tres
Physical Challenge – Arm wrestling, one-on-one basketball, 10-rounds of boxing…whatever i’m feeling that night. Tournament-style, with the winner receiving 10 points and second place receiving NOTHING.
Round Cuatro
Mental Challenge – Math equations, optical illusions, and word problems. 10 questions worth 2 points each.
And there you have it, El Preguntas. A no-nonsense trivia night for you and all your friends. I really don’t think any bar outside of Tijuana will hire me, but it doesn’t hurt to dream.
-MattyV
PS- Any and all tiebreakers will be decided by a steel cage match.
Tuesday Tech Talk – PS4 vs. XBOX ONE
With E3 currently underway we have finally been able to get access to the full specs and prices of the next generation consoles coming out this fall. These, of course, being the Playstation 4 and Xbox One.
The Rundown
Price > Xbox One ~ $499 —- Playstation 4 ~ $399
Blu-ray > Xbox One ~ YES —– Playstation 4 ~ YES
Storage > Xbox One ~ 500GB—-Playstation 4 ~ 500GB
Motion Control > Xbox One ~ Kinect (Included) —- Playstation 4 ~ Move (Included)
Innards > Xbox One ~ 8-core x86 AMD—Playstation 4 ~ 8-core x86 AMD
Ram > Xbox One ~ 8GB DDR3 ——-Playstation 4 ~ 8GB GDDR5
Real-time Game Streaming > Xbox One ~ Twitch —Playstation 4 ~ Ustream
Release Dates > Xbox One ~ Fall/Winter 2013 — Playstation 4 ~ Fall/Winter 2013
Pretty evenly matched as far as hardware goes, now lets look my “Tops” and “Flops” for each:
Xbox One
Tops: The Xbox One sports HDMI out capability, just like any of the new consoles out will. But, what makes the Xbox special is that it also has a HDMI in. This lets you to connect your cable box directly into your Xbox One. Allowing you to bypass your cable TV guide interface and use the Xbox One’s (Which will be significantly better and more customizable). Save your favorite stations for easy switching and possibly even turn your Xbox into a 500GB DVR (This is a rumor…that I am starting).
Flops: Besides having to pay for online gaming, the biggest downfall to this awesome new system…no more used games! This means one license per customer. BOOOOOOOOOOO
Playstation 4
Tops: First off $100 cheaper, win in my book. And, unlike its rival, the Playstation will allow you to bring your game to a friends house. YESSSSSSSSSSS
Flops: Taking away free online play and not much advancement in the motion control department. (Xbox One’s Kinect seems like it might destroy it’s Sony counter-part, but this doesn’t bother me)
Personally I am going to go with the PS4 from Day-one. The system is cheaper and has better titles coming out. What I see is that the PS4 is a game console at its heart and the Xbox One is trying to be your all-in-one media center with a game console built-in. That feature is good for some people, but not for me when I am looking to buy a game system.
For the full cnet review click here
-MattyV
P.S. Just got my hands on a WiiU. My personal review to come soon.
