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Monday Mind Teasers: Redux

10:17 PM on 01.19.2009   |   Fronz

Monday Mind Teasers: Redux photo

You know how it works! With the help of each other, try to figure out all of the disguised game covers. They all share a common theme that, once solved, can help you figure out the harder ones.

This week I was about thirty minutes into making the teasers when I realized "game titles based on CBS TV show names" wasn't crazy enough of a topic, because I've already friggin used it. This Dtoid column has been running for almost three years now and I'm finally starting to struggle for new themes a bit. It's possible that I may resort to doing game jumbles and/or crosswords like I used to do back in the day. Would you guys be up for doing something like that?

The theme this week is entirely simple, and it's one I'm sure I've done before, but this time with mostly (but not entirely) new game covers. As usual, don't be afraid to shout out ideas and work together as a team to solve them all. Good luck!

P.S. If you haven't voted on last week's Ninja Gaiden VS Jade Empire game debate yet, then tonight is your last chance.

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garison's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/19/2009 22:56
garison
Damn, Fronz. Why do you have to make this so hard? I'm guessing the theme is like ninjas or something. But I don't really know.
Fronz's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/19/2009 22:59
Fronz
Don't worry garison, the Mind Teaser regulars are savages, who tear apart my hours of pain-staking art in a matter of minutes and dance around my theme-corpses like precocious wizards until I cry myself to sleep.

In other words, stick around and see if you can get any of them once the teasers is solved. Which should be in 5..... 4.... 3... 2.. 1.
ThunderHeartXI's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/19/2009 23:01
ThunderHeartXI
Easy 4, Fable 2. Derp.
ThunderHeartXI's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/19/2009 23:02
ThunderHeartXI
Sorry, medium 4 is Rock Band 2 and easy 3 is Diablo 2 Lord of Destruction.
SnakeDude4Life's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/19/2009 23:03
SnakeDude4Life
Easy 1: Reservoir Dogs?
ThunderHeartXI's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/19/2009 23:04
ThunderHeartXI
Hard 3, Ninja Gaiden 2. Not sure of the theme though... Whoo, triple post.
ThunderHeartXI's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/19/2009 23:08
ThunderHeartXI
Damn it, easy 1 the Godfather 2. I'm terrible with themes.
Fronz's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/19/2009 23:15
Fronz
Easy 4 -- solved
Medium 4 -- solved
Easy 3 -- solved
Easy 1-- solved (Godfather 2)
Hard 3 -- solved

Theme -- not solved... surprisingly. ThunderHeartXI you should have it by now man :) Don't overthink it!
Celdurant's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/19/2009 23:15
Celdurant
Sequels possibly =?
Pyroph's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/19/2009 23:15
Pyroph
Easy 2: skate 2

Theme: 2's? or sequels for that matter? Mayhap sequels with only 2 in the series at the time being?
ThunderHeartXI's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/19/2009 23:16
ThunderHeartXI
They're all squeals. Dear god...
A New Challenger's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/19/2009 23:17
A New Challenger
Yeah, theme is #2.
ThunderHeartXI's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/19/2009 23:17
ThunderHeartXI
Squeals? Damn you Firefox dictionary and my retardedness.
ThunderHeartXI's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/19/2009 23:23
ThunderHeartXI
Medium 1 Mercs 2. Sorry about the theme, sequel numbers mean nothing to me in the short term.
Fronz's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/19/2009 23:23
Fronz
Hehehe, yep. The theme is sequels. Game number 2 to be specific, not the 3rd or more in a series.

Easy 2 -- solved.
Fronz's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/19/2009 23:26
Fronz
Medium 1 -- solved.
OpTiMaL's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/19/2009 23:32
OpTiMaL
Hard 5 - Saint's Row 2
maarken's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/19/2009 23:33
maarken
Just thought I'd get it all re-organized.
The hard ones are living up to their namesake...

Theme: #2

Easy 1-- solved
Easy 2 -- solved
Easy 3 -- solved
Easy 4 -- solved

Medium 1 -- solved
Medium 4 -- solved

Hard 3 -- solved
Gyrael's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/19/2009 23:40
Gyrael
Hard 4 - Far Cry 2
ZMTToxics's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/19/2009 23:41
ZMTToxics
Reservoir Dogs isn't a sequel to anything, its a movie game.
Fronz's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/19/2009 23:42
Fronz
Hard 5 -- solved.

Medium 2, 3, 5 -- unsolved.
Hard 1, 2, 4 -- unsolved.

Keep going!
GoS-CPT-Stewart's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/19/2009 23:45
GoS-CPT-Stewart
Hard 1 - Need for Speed Underground 2?
ZMTToxics's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/19/2009 23:49
ZMTToxics
Is medium #5 tomb raider? Or possibly Oni?
GoS-CPT-Stewart's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/19/2009 23:50
GoS-CPT-Stewart
Medium 3 - Forza 2
ThunderHeartXI's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/19/2009 23:51
ThunderHeartXI
Medium 3 Forza 2
GoS-CPT-Stewart's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/19/2009 23:52
GoS-CPT-Stewart
Medium 5 - Sims 2
ZMTToxics's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/19/2009 23:55
ZMTToxics
Ya, totally sims 2. Dang.
ThunderHeartXI's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/19/2009 23:55
ThunderHeartXI
@GoS

Haha, I just looked at the Sims 2 cover to see if it was hard 4. I always figured medium 5 was a girl crouching and holding a gun. Boy, was I ever wrong.
ZMTToxics's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/19/2009 23:58
ZMTToxics
I want to say god father for number medium 2 but i am sure its wrong...
GoS-CPT-Stewart's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/19/2009 23:58
GoS-CPT-Stewart
I thought the same thing :P I must have done like 15 google searches before trying the Sims 2.
ZMTToxics's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/20/2009 00:01
ZMTToxics
Hard #4 is gta 2
ZMTToxics's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/20/2009 00:02
ZMTToxics
Hard #4 is GTA 2. (this might be double post, stupid firefox).
GoS-CPT-Stewart's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/20/2009 00:04
GoS-CPT-Stewart
Am I the only one that keeps seeing a Pokeball when they see Medium 2?
Fronz's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/20/2009 00:06
Fronz
Hard 1 -- solved (NFSpeed 2)
Hard 4 -- solved (FarCry 2)
Medium 3 -- solved (Forza)
Medium 5 -- solved (The Sims 2)

Medium 2 -- unsolved.
Hard 2 -- unsolved.

Keep going!
Nintendragon's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/20/2009 00:09
Nintendragon
You were...but now I see what you are saying. These ones are really hard...
ThunderHeartXI's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/20/2009 00:11
ThunderHeartXI
Fronz, which cover did you use for Far Cary 2? I looked all over but I can't find one that matches hard 4. Doesn't help that Far Cry 2 has something like twenty covers.
GoS-CPT-Stewart's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/20/2009 00:14
GoS-CPT-Stewart
Hard 2 - Call of Duty 2
GoS-CPT-Stewart's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/20/2009 00:19
GoS-CPT-Stewart
@ThunderHeartXI

My PC version of Far Cry 2 matches the image in the gallery.
And apparently the 360 version had the same one: link
ThunderHeartXI's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/20/2009 00:20
ThunderHeartXI
Never mind, I see the cover on the official website now. I don't think I've ever seen that cover before, but then again I haven't wandered out to the store for a long while now.
ThunderHeartXI's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/20/2009 00:31
ThunderHeartXI
I'm lost on medium two. I know I've seen it somewhere before but I can't quite place it.
Fronz's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/20/2009 00:34
Fronz
Yep, GoS linked the one I went with.

Hard 2 -- solved!

Medium 2 -- unsolved! It's technically a sequel of a spinoff of a series.

Keep going!
vApathyv's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/20/2009 01:29
vApathyv
...Is Medium 2 Command and Conquer: Red Alert 2?
Nintendragon's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/20/2009 01:35
Nintendragon
Yes it is! Thank you! I can rest easy now.
vApathyv's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/20/2009 01:44
vApathyv
Oh thank God...it took me forever. After I realized that was supposed to be an eyepatch though, thinks just kinda...clicked.
Fronz's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/20/2009 03:33
Fronz
Ok, all solved. Great job everybody!
Holyetheline's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/20/2009 13:14
Holyetheline
medium 4 is definitely some kind of rock band.
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