# Whoa! Very cool new Google game **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [October 9, 2008, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-very-cool-new-google-game/467168 "2008-10-09T14:52:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ErinPuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@ErinPuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ErinPuff)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-very-cool-new-google-game/467168/21 "2008-10-09T19:54:10Z")
I’m not very good at this game, but I did finally get a picture where I actually knew where it was - Speaker’s Corner in Hyde Park. 986 points! 😃 (I managed to be off by 0.1km.) I got 2,262 for that round, which is my highest so far. …actually, no. I just tried again, and 3 of my 5 pictures were from that car show in Paris. 2,739! ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-very-cool-new-google-game/467168/22 "2008-10-09T19:57:18Z")
I hit thre pictures of the Paris auto show. Whee. Still, it feels good to get really close on gut. ---
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-very-cool-new-google-game/467168/23 "2008-10-09T20:03:18Z")
Ha! I just got a naughty pic in one of my rounds! Some nude chick spread open. Hmmm, let see, I can take a random guess… or I can make a wish and click on my home… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Figaro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ea666f/32.png) [@Figaro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Figaro)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-very-cool-new-google-game/467168/24 "2008-10-09T20:18:17Z")
> [@Kinthalis](#): > > Ha! I just got a naughty pic in one of my rounds! Some nude chick spread open. Hmmm, let see, I can take a random guess… or I can make a wish and click on my home… 🙂 Heh - that was the first picture I got. I thought I had been whooshed! My first score was 1768, btw. It’s a pretty fun game. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-very-cool-new-google-game/467168/25 "2008-10-09T20:22:18Z")
> [@Kinthalis](#): > > Ha! I just got a naughty pic in one of my rounds! Some nude chick spread open. Hmmm, let see, I can take a random guess… or I can make a wish and click on my home… 🙂 I was just wondering if I was going hit a NSFW pic. Maybe I’ll resume this game when I get home. I got one that was a closeup of a baby in a crib or something. I guessed someplace in Europe, but the answer was in the middle of the Atlantic. No land for hundreds of miles. Unless they were on a cruise, I’m thinking there is some fudging involved in the location. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-very-cool-new-google-game/467168/26 "2008-10-09T20:24:39Z")
I got a NSFW picture- plus I had thought about grabbing my kids to play– maybe this should be labeled NSFW or adult content? It looks like a harmless geography game… a bit of notice would be helpful! ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-very-cool-new-google-game/467168/27 "2008-10-09T20:31:16Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > I got a NSFW picture- plus I had thought about grabbing my kids to play– > > maybe this should be labeled NSFW or adult content? > > It looks like a harmless geography game… a bit of notice would be helpful! Wonder if it’s a function of Google’s Safe Search being ON or OFF? I also got a very NSFW picture, but at least I got 466 points on it. I was a few hundred kilometers away from the pic of the lady masturbating on the floor, somewhere between Metz and Nancy, France. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-very-cool-new-google-game/467168/28 "2008-10-09T20:31:21Z")
When in doubt, guess somewhere in Europe. Over 75% of mine were there. ---
**Author:** ![vintageloveletter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@vintageloveletter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vintageloveletter)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-very-cool-new-google-game/467168/29 "2008-10-09T20:32:31Z")
Careful where you’re playing this game. I had a very NSFW pic come up. ---
**Author:** ![been\_lurking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8dc957/32.png) [@been\_lurking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/been_lurking)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-very-cool-new-google-game/467168/30 "2008-10-09T20:33:08Z")
> [@Kinthalis](#): > > Ha! I just got a naughty pic in one of my rounds! Some nude chick spread open. Hmmm, let see, I can take a random guess… or I can make a wish and click on my home… 🙂 I got one of those two. While at work. Not at my desk. Facing the hall. Ooops! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Anonymous\_Coward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/94ad74/32.png) [@Anonymous\_Coward](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anonymous_Coward)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-very-cool-new-google-game/467168/31 "2008-10-09T20:44:19Z")
Wow, not safe for work at all. I won’t say what picture I got but I guessed [Dildo, Newfoundland](http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=dildo+newfoundland&sll=49.891235,-97.15369&sspn=46.455551,135.351563&ie=UTF8&ll=47.569114,-53.402481&spn=0.377572,1.057434&z=11&iwloc=addr) ---
**Author:** ![jk1245](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@jk1245](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jk1245)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-very-cool-new-google-game/467168/32 "2008-10-09T20:51:03Z")
I got a picture of a sunset. Let’s see, that narrows it down to someplace on Earth where the sun is visible. I was only off by ~10,200 km. Kind of fun, in a tilting at windmills kind of way. Plus, the occasional naughty photo makes it seem more dangerous. ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-very-cool-new-google-game/467168/33 "2008-10-09T20:54:15Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > When in doubt, guess somewhere in Europe. Over 75% of mine were there. I had the same experience - only ~10% were not in Europe (and one was in the Azores, so not terribly far off). I got bored just clicking vaguely somewhere in Europe every time. Another one clearly had an American flag in the picture, but I figured they were trying to trick me. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-very-cool-new-google-game/467168/34 "2008-10-09T21:07:49Z")
> [@Kinthalis](#): > > Ha! I just got a naughty pic in one of my rounds! Some nude chick spread open. Hmmm, let see, I can take a random guess… or I can make a wish and click on my home… 🙂 Funny thing, I got this one and it was my highest scoring picture. (my highest score was 1945) ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-very-cool-new-google-game/467168/35 "2008-10-09T21:13:48Z")
If in doubt, click Europe, apparently. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-very-cool-new-google-game/467168/36 "2008-10-09T21:20:15Z")
A really high percentage of the pictures seem to come from the Alps, at least in my experience. I can routinely get over 1500 points just by clicking on that area, no matter the picture. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@Just\_Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-very-cool-new-google-game/467168/37 "2008-10-09T21:38:53Z")
> [@pedescribe](#): > > After a while, I deliberatly started clicking Greenland, or Elephant Island, or the middle of the pacific… > > I think I got 0 for an entire round once. There’s your problem. The vast majority of the pictures I got were central European so you have to randomly click there to get points. Seriously in six rounds I got two that were in the US, two in Brazil, two in Scandinavia, one in the Middle East, one in Spain, and the rest in in a few hundred mile radius of Berlin. ---
**Author:** ![WF\_Tomba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d9b06d/32.png) [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-very-cool-new-google-game/467168/38 "2008-10-09T22:02:34Z")
> [@Just\_Some\_Guy](#): > > There’s your problem. The vast majority of the pictures I got were central European so you have to randomly click there to get points. > > Seriously in six rounds I got two that were in the US, two in Brazil, two in Scandinavia, one in the Middle East, one in Spain, and the rest in in a few hundred mile radius of Berlin. I have found the same thing. When in doubt, click somewhere in Germany, Romania, Hungary, Czech Republic, Poland, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Kobayashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-very-cool-new-google-game/467168/39 "2008-10-09T22:03:28Z")
> [@panamajack](#): > > I had the same experience - only ~10% were not in Europe (and one was in the Azores, so not terribly far off). I got bored just clicking vaguely somewhere in Europe every time. Another one clearly had an American flag in the picture, but I figured they were trying to trick me. Ditto; although about 50% of mine seem to be from Austria. Had one of two shadows on a concrete floor! No NSFW stuff yet though… ---
**Author:** ![TheBoltEater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@TheBoltEater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheBoltEater)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-very-cool-new-google-game/467168/40 "2008-10-10T00:11:59Z")
Ok, in the same round I first got a picture of the welcome to Las Vegas sign that is very clearly on Las Vegas Blvd. right outside the Mandalay Bay hotel. I zoomed way in to try and nail it exactly… and it told me I was off by 9 kilometers. No way. I’ve been there a dozen times, and I know I had it to within a few feet. So I’m stewing about that one, and two pictures later I get a close up of the Eiffel Tower. Zoom in to Paris, get right to the spot (I’ve been there too)… and it tells me I’m off by 340 kilometers, cause the picture was taken in the middle of the English Channel, just south of the isle of Jersey. Grr. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-very-cool-new-google-game/467168.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-very-cool-new-google-game/467168.md?page=3)