# Today's Google Doodle -- Anniversary of Pony Express (and game) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 14, 2015, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-google-doodle-anniversary-of-pony-express-and-game/717642 "2015-04-14T14:37:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-google-doodle-anniversary-of-pony-express-and-game/717642/1 "2015-04-14T14:37:24Z")
I can’t get the game to run on my computer now, but evidently today’s Google Doodle, which celebrates the 155th anniversary of the Pony Express, has a game that you start by clicking the arrow in the “O” of “Google”: > **[Play the adorable 'Pony Express' game on Google today](https://www.businessinsider.com/google-doodle-pony-express-game-2015-4)** > > Google is celebrating the 155th anniversary of the Pony Express in a playful fashion. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-google-doodle-anniversary-of-pony-express-and-game/717642/2 "2015-04-14T15:27:12Z")
that was fun! there are some interesting hazards. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-google-doodle-anniversary-of-pony-express-and-game/717642/3 "2015-04-14T15:45:10Z")
Fun and harder than I expected. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-google-doodle-anniversary-of-pony-express-and-game/717642/4 "2015-04-14T17:21:16Z")
> [@rocking\_chair](#): > > that was fun! there are some interesting hazards. Yeah quite tricky in parts. (Watch out for shadows!) ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-google-doodle-anniversary-of-pony-express-and-game/717642/5 "2015-04-14T19:17:50Z")
I did not do well. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-google-doodle-anniversary-of-pony-express-and-game/717642/6 "2015-04-14T20:06:16Z")
I rode right past where my house is now! ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-google-doodle-anniversary-of-pony-express-and-game/717642/7 "2015-04-14T20:14:23Z")
Here’s a brief [article on the Pony Express](http://www.vox.com/2015/4/14/8406721/pony-express-delivery) that I thought was interesting. I didn’t realize it was such a brief lived failure. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-google-doodle-anniversary-of-pony-express-and-game/717642/8 "2015-04-14T21:44:49Z")
Did anyone else go back and deliberately run into hazards they avoided the first time, just to see what the animation would be? The barrels were my favorite. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-google-doodle-anniversary-of-pony-express-and-game/717642/9 "2015-04-14T23:05:21Z")
Main page didn’t work on this computer, it does for me in the [link here](https://www.google.com/doodles/155th-anniversary-of-the-pony-express). > [@Gatopescado](#): > > I rode right past where my house is now! I rode pretty close to mine but it’s a little odd that they think cactus grows here. ---
**Author:** ![Dervorin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Dervorin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervorin)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2015, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-google-doodle-anniversary-of-pony-express-and-game/717642/10 "2015-04-15T18:05:54Z")
> [@Balance](#): > > Did anyone else go back and deliberately run into hazards they avoided the first time, just to see what the animation would be? The barrels were my favorite. Yep! I did the barrels, the snowfall and the bandits, just for fun. But come on, people, it’s a game - what were your scores? I got up to 58 once, but haven’t got close since. I wonder if anyone has made it to 100. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2015, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-google-doodle-anniversary-of-pony-express-and-game/717642/11 "2015-04-15T18:42:21Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > I rode pretty close to mine but it’s a little odd that they think cactus grows here. I was amused by that as well. ---
**Author:** ![Lorene89095](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@Lorene89095](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorene89095)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2015, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-google-doodle-anniversary-of-pony-express-and-game/717642/12 "2015-04-15T23:44:12Z")
I got 3 horses really mad at me ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2015, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-google-doodle-anniversary-of-pony-express-and-game/717642/13 "2015-04-16T00:11:53Z")
> [@Dervorin](#): > > But come on, people, it’s a game - what were your scores? I got up to 58 once, but haven’t got close since. I wonder if anyone has made it to 100. 92 was my best, I think. (Three runs, not counting the one where I was deliberately running into everything in sight.) ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2015, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-google-doodle-anniversary-of-pony-express-and-game/717642/14 "2015-04-16T01:13:36Z")
> [@Dervorin](#): > > Yep! I did the barrels, the snowfall and the bandits, just for fun. > > But come on, people, it’s a game - what were your scores? I got up to 58 once, but haven’t got close since. I wonder if anyone has made it to 100. I did [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/ZlsLcvz.png "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/ZlsLcvz) It took maybe 4 tries. The worst part is the second leg where you have to remember which way to go and no reflexes can save you. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2015, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-google-doodle-anniversary-of-pony-express-and-game/717642/15 "2015-04-16T01:28:42Z")
My high score was 60 so far. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2015, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-google-doodle-anniversary-of-pony-express-and-game/717642/16 "2015-04-16T01:36:23Z")
> [@Lorene89095](#): > > I got 3 horses really mad at me ☹ I, too. Scored 25, glaring horse at the end, and 50, smiling horse at the end. He was probably laughing. Perhaps on a 25 MHz XT, I could make a perfect score. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Dervorin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Dervorin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervorin)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2015, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-google-doodle-anniversary-of-pony-express-and-game/717642/17 "2015-04-16T07:45:09Z")
> [@Balance](#): > > 92 was my best, I think. (Three runs, not counting the one where I was deliberately running into everything in sight.) > [@Jragon](#): > > I did > > [Imgur: The magic of the Internet](http://imgur.com/ZlsLcvz) > > It took maybe 4 tries. The worst part is the second leg where you have to remember which way to go and no reflexes can save you. Clearly I’m in the presence of silver-fingered wizards whose memory and aptitude for games far exceeds my own! > [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I, too. Scored 25, glaring horse at the end, and 50, smiling horse at the end. > He was probably laughing. > Perhaps on a 25 MHz XT, I could make a perfect score. > :rolleyes: Hah. I feel the same way - when I started playing, it reminded me a bit of Frogger, which I actually did play on a 25MHz XT. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2015, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-google-doodle-anniversary-of-pony-express-and-game/717642/18 "2015-04-16T11:20:47Z")
34 was my highest score. the lasso guy hiding in the rocks was interesting. the barrels were the most fun.