You Don't Know Jack to become part of Yahoo! Games

If in-game statistics are to be believed, most of you don't know jack about the new, online version of You Don't Know Jack. Something is seriously wrong with the state of gaming when even the most-played editions of the funniest, cleverest, and overall best trivia quiz ever created can't even top 100,000 plays after over a year on the interwebs (despite being absolutely free to play!). The show even has an RSS feed to remind you of the daily updates, for goodness sakes. What's are you waiting for, people? Halo 3 will still be there in five minutes. Broaden your gaming horizons!

Luckily, someone at Yahoo! recognized the genius of Jack more than all of you, because Fortune Small Business is reporting that the company has signed on to distribute the game on its popular casual games network. No details on exactly how the alliance will work, but hopefully some of the site's 17 million monthly users will be able to stray away from hits like Dress Shop Hop and Sally's Salon for some delightfully raunchy trivia fun. Hmmm ... then again, maybe Yahoo!'s audience isn't the best fit for this kind of content. Note to Microsoft: we would not be adverse to the idea of an Xbox Live Version of this game. Nope, not adverse at all ...

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That has to be one of the most irritating things I have ever experienced.

You spelled "brilliant" incorrectly.

YDKJ is amazing, I for one admit I had no idea it was on there! It'd be nice to see a Wii version or XBOX 360 (with scene it remotes) sometime in the future, but it prolly won't happen :(

When I first got Scene-It for 360, the first thing I thought was, "They should make YDJK for 360 and use these things." It would be AWESOME.

Ugh, that was the most annoying trying-too-hard-to-be-funny quiz I have ever played. It was like listening to a bad radio host; you just want him to shut up and play some darn music.

omg, now I'm never going to leave this site...

So THIS is where Phil Harrison works now!

So much for it not getting any attention... the site's so busy right now I can't even get on!

That was surprisingly entertaining. It reminds me of one of the talk radio stations on GTA. Only problem is that it felt like a modern day gameshow, in that they take ages to ask you, what was it, 8 questions?

I haven't even got 1 question right

:'(

Jeeze...it's been a good 11 years since I last played this.

I feel old. :(

I was a beta tester for the original game waaaaay back in the day. I still have my free copy they sent me with a t-shirt. The songs for each number were great, especially for 11 since nothing rhymes with it.

Nothing rhymes with 'eleven'? Did words like 'heaven' and 'leaven' leave the English language when I wasn't looking?

I forget, which question was "The Question That Cares?"

Embedded games on the site are AWESOME!

Huh, i played it without my speakers on

Damn i miss a lot, but i got all the multiple choice questions right and 6 out of the 7 Bonus questions

I miss Acrophobia.

I loved YDKJ back in the day. We could use a TV version of it for sure. The closest we get right now is Deadly Knowledge on Channel 4, and that doesn't come close for its smarts.

I did not know such a thing even existed! I loved YDKJ, I think I had every version of it sans sports.

To think of all the time I could have been playing that I've missed out on!

*sob*

DAMNIT! The site got Joystiq'd on the last question of the Jack Attack!

Huh. And here I always thought "You don't know Jack" was a trivia game base solely around the life and career of Michael Jackson.

Insulting your audience often does not lead them to agree with you, Mr. Orland, even if in jest.

Well then my audience shouldn't be so darn easy to insult!

Seriously, the tone was meant to get your attention and get you to notice what I think is a freaking great, under-appreciated game. And I think it worked.

Hahaha, well-played.

YDKJ is a classic. A classic I tell you!

But we need a XBLA version or even release it in the stores for the 360 or PS3. But I will settle for Yahoo for now though.

I got $8,584. Messed up couple times at the Jack Attack.

Gah, how about putting that thing behind a cut? That thing took ages to load :(

$14,178, mostly on the the Jack Attack. Only one I didn't know was Murderball.

What did the rest of you get on that one?

And yes, this game absolutly needs to come to the Xbox and make full use of Live.

7,821...I suck...BUT I LOVE YDKJ and I always forget about the webisodes.

YDKJ is on my short list of the greatest game franchises of all time (but then again, I am a trivia nerd).

And I would buy a Live version of this game. I would buy it *so hard*.

Wow, I didn't get a damn question right.

This game is awesome btw.

If you guys never played it on the PC, the best is when you tell the game your name is some obscenity, and it closes the game and tells you to **** off.

I know Jack.

Once upon a time, I emailed them and BEGGED the, to release a console version. Their response. "We did!" It was YDJK MOCK 2. It was on the Playstation. It sold HORRIBLY (Again, according to Jellyvision). So I looked everywhere for a copy of that game, nothing. It's like it no longer exists.

So if you want a console version, please bug the fine people at Jellyvision. Not only are they incredibly nice people with a twisted sense of humor, but we may just get a WII version yet!

You Don't Know Jack to become part of Yahoo! Games

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