Radica 20Q Reviews

20Q The 20 Questions Game by Radica

20Q is colorful, sphere shaped, hand-held computer with artificial intelligence that is so unbelievable you may question just how artificial it is.

Here's how it would work if you and I were playing:

You think of a thing.  Anything.  Really.  Let's say you picked "clock."

The first of the 20 questions will be "Is it an animal, vegetable, mineral or other?"

After that the questions are all yes or no.

Here's some examples:

Is it heavier than a duck?

Would you wash it regulary?

Would it fit in an envelope?

Would police use it?

And on and on up to 20...

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For me, playing Twenty Questions with someone has never been fun, because I'm not good at guessing, so I'd need way more than twenty questions to get the answer right.

But this little electronic gizmo makes it so much more easier, and more fun.

When you first turn the 20Q on it proclaims, "I know what you're thinking!" You then choose from five categories: Animal, Vegetable, Mineral, Other, or Unknown.

For each question, you have four choices in the way you answer: Sometimes No, Yes, and Unknown (you can also choose this if the question is not related to what you are thinking.).

If the device...