# Can you ID the game in this picture? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [February 7, 2016, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-the-game-in-this-picture/745439 "2016-02-07T16:52:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2016, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-the-game-in-this-picture/745439/1 "2016-02-07T16:52:19Z")
About halfway down the page of [this](http://www.cracked.com/article_23182_6-modern-day-tech-advances-that-your-grandparents-had_p2.html) cracked article at the head of item 1 on the list is a stock image of a person playing an out of focus computer game. I know I know what game that is but can’t quite come up with it. Can anyone ID that game? ---
**Author:** ![orcenio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orcenio/32/1036_2.png) [@orcenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orcenio)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2016, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-the-game-in-this-picture/745439/2 "2016-02-07T18:21:20Z")
If nothing pans out, you can contact the [original photographer](http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-724489p1.html). ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2016, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-the-game-in-this-picture/745439/3 "2016-02-07T19:41:06Z")
No idea, but it definitely appears to be an RTS. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2016, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-the-game-in-this-picture/745439/4 "2016-02-07T20:37:34Z")
Found [the original on a Getty site](http://www.istockphoto.com/photo/male-gamer-playing-strategy-game-on-computer-eating-snacks-gm505132654-83523001). Maybe others in that batch would help? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2016, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-the-game-in-this-picture/745439/5 "2016-02-07T20:54:05Z")
It’s a different game altogether in the other images. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2016, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-the-game-in-this-picture/745439/6 "2016-02-07T21:17:42Z")
Seems to be [Earth 2150](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_2150). [A video](https://youtu.be/GVNPpexltes?t=444) of what looks like the same map. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2016, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-the-game-in-this-picture/745439/7 "2016-02-07T21:58:30Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > It’s a different game altogether in the other images. Looks like one of the Settler’s games for what I can see through the blur. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2016, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-the-game-in-this-picture/745439/8 "2016-02-07T23:21:49Z")
> [@Dr.Strangelove](#): > > Seems to be [Earth 2150](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_2150). [A video](https://youtu.be/GVNPpexltes?t=444) of what looks like the same map. Wow; good job, Doc! ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-the-game-in-this-picture/745439/9 "2016-02-08T00:04:20Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Wow; good job, Doc! Normally I don’t give away my secrets, but in this case I have to credit Google’s reverse image search. I just cropped out the game screen part of the stock image and one of the hits was the right one. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-the-game-in-this-picture/745439/10 "2016-02-08T00:29:35Z")
BTW, I think the guy is literally just staring at [the thumbnail](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/GVNPpexltes/mqdefault.jpg) for [this video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVNPpexltes). Every element of the image is an exact match (given what we can see through the blur). ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-the-game-in-this-picture/745439/11 "2016-02-08T04:02:32Z")
Thank you! The irony is I have never played that game so while I am sure you are right, that wasn’t the game I thought it was 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Palooka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/palooka/32/2902_2.png) [@Palooka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palooka)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-the-game-in-this-picture/745439/12 "2016-02-08T04:37:01Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > Looks like one of the Settler’s games for what I can see through the blur. Anno 1404, probably.