# The Game **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 10, 2009, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-game/495898 "2009-05-10T00:53:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-game/495898/21 "2009-05-21T17:26:50Z")
> [@Kingspades](#): > > Okay, google’s not helping and I’m ridiculously curious. Can somebody clue me in? [Here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Game_(mind_game)). ( **garygnu** don’t play dat) ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-game/495898/22 "2009-05-21T18:13:35Z")
So I’ve been playing The Game (and winning) all my life but now I’ve become aware of it I’ve lost? Damn you **The Tao’s Revenge**! ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-game/495898/23 "2009-05-21T18:59:14Z")
What were we talking about again? ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-game/495898/24 "2009-05-21T20:19:37Z")
Damn dopers and wikipedia, Like Aldiboronti i was winning the friggin game and now… I lost the game ☹ ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-game/495898/25 "2009-05-21T20:25:11Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > I lost as soon as I saw the thread title. Motion to ban… Seconded! I had been winning for months at this point. ---
**Author:** ![gazpacho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6f9a4e/32.png) [@gazpacho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gazpacho)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-game/495898/26 "2009-05-21T21:44:11Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > And Also: > > [http://xkcd.com/391/](http://xkcd.com/391/) Thanks. I had always wondered what the hell that was about. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2009, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-game/495898/27 "2009-05-22T00:26:33Z")
So I’m worried that this thread will turn into a giant post-padding exercise. Not on purpose, but every time I see the title, I lose the game. There, I just lost again! Frankly, this thread will eventually become sentient and destroy the Earth. Joe ---
**Author:** ![Open\_Your\_Eyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e8c25b/32.png) [@Open\_Your\_Eyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Open_Your_Eyes)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2009, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-game/495898/28 "2009-05-22T23:20:44Z")
NO! it had been months! months, i tell you! -sob- ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-game/495898/29 "2011-11-04T02:10:21Z")
How’s everyone doing at The Game? I was doing great. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-game/495898.md?page=1)