# Google "askew." **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 23, 2011, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-askew/603863 "2011-11-23T12:36:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-askew/603863/1 "2011-11-23T12:36:26Z")
That’s it. Type the word “askew” (or “tilt”) into google, hit enter and see what happens. Related article about google tricks: > **[Hey Yahoo, Do a Barrel Roll: How Google Wins With Whimsical Tricks](https://mashable.com/archive/do-a-barrel-roll-yahoo)** > > Hey Yahoo, Do a Barrel Roll: How Google Wins With Whimsical Tricks ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-askew/603863/2 "2011-11-23T13:03:05Z")
Is this another one of those things that only works on specific versions of specific browsers? Because on FF 3.6 All I get is the expected search results. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-askew/603863/3 "2011-11-23T13:41:09Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Is this another one of those things that only works on specific versions of specific browsers? Yes. ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-askew/603863/4 "2011-11-23T13:49:46Z")
This got me looking into other Google gags and led me to mentalplex. I needed the laugh. ---
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-askew/603863/5 "2011-11-23T15:06:23Z")
[We’ve already covered this.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=630180&highlight=Google) ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-askew/603863/6 "2011-11-23T15:09:30Z")
We just did this last month when “do a barrel roll” hit the big time. > **[Google does a barrel roll](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=630180)** > > Pretty cool, cite. ETA: Curses, had to wait for the search delay. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-askew/603863/7 "2011-11-23T15:26:17Z")
The Google logo is now a sort of mini-adventure game, apparently to commemorate Stanislaw Lem.\* I got past the giant robot, but not the waveform matching machine, so I am not sure how long it goes on. **Askew** , **tilt** , and **do a barrel roll** no longer seem to work. ETA: Just saw there is already another thread on this. ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-askew/603863/8 "2011-11-23T15:39:19Z")
> [@postcards](#): > > [We’ve already covered this.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=630180&highlight=Google) I didn’t see anything in that thread about either mentalplex or pac man. mentalplex is a throw away April Fool’s bit, but be careful with pacman. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-askew/603863/9 "2011-11-23T22:00:44Z")
> [@njtt](#): > > The Google logo is now a sort of mini-adventure game, apparently to commemorate Stanislaw Lem.\* > > I got past the giant robot, but not the waveform matching machine, so I am not sure how long it goes on. > > **Askew** , **tilt** , and **do a barrel roll** no longer seem to work. > > ETA: Just saw there is already another thread on this. Sweet! The Cyberiad is a great book. There are I think two or three more screens. BTW, this isn’t on [google.com](http://google.com): we get some hand turkey or something. [Google.co.uk](http://Google.co.uk) just redirects, so [google.fr](http://google.fr) worked for me. Or, [video here](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/stanislaw-lem-google-doodle-the-best-interactive-cartoon-animation-ever-rendered-by-google-seriously/2011/11/23/gIQAYrzfoN_blog.html). ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-askew/603863/10 "2011-11-23T23:17:48Z")
> [@njtt](#): > > The Google logo is now a sort of mini-adventure game, apparently to commemorate Stanislaw Lem.\* > > I got past the giant robot, but not the waveform matching machine, so I am not sure how long it goes on. > > **Askew** , **tilt** , and **do a barrel roll** no longer seem to work. > > ETA: Just saw there is already another thread on this. I hope it will work again after the doodles are finished. I want to try it, unless all three do exactly the same thing, as I’ve already tried “do a barrel roll.” ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-askew/603863/11 "2011-11-23T23:25:32Z")
Just FIY, barrel roll and askew are working for me right now, still, this evening. FF, whatever the most recent version is. Win 7. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-askew/603863/12 "2011-11-24T00:12:03Z")
Tilt and askew still work fine for me. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-askew/603863/13 "2011-11-24T00:25:23Z")
They work fine on Chrome but not my version of Firefox, which is not the latest.