더지니어스 - 같은그림찾기 (The Genius - Same Picture Hunt)

I learned the korean alphabet in high school for fun because I hung out with some Koreans, and around 2 years ago I learned to type on korean keyboard when I was desperate to understand shows without subtitles. That came in handy when I wanted to search for the Same Picture Hunt app on googleplay, since its title only exists in Korean.

The korean alphabet is actually very easy to learn; most can do it in one single day. But now let's talk about Same Picture Hunt. This is one of the death match games in the show The Genius, and it requires good memorization. Since I have terrible short-termed memory, I tried to train mentally with this game and at first it was incredibly difficult.

Memorization strategies can be to simply memorize row by row or column by column, and think of each image as an object, for example the green one on the low right corner can be thought of as a green bottle, there's a green cross above it so I make the mental note of "shaking the green bottle", and so on. Luck does play a role since sometimes it will take a long time to search for the image you need, and your opponent could gain a lead on you. Once all the images have been revealed and located, whoever has the best memory will win.

Of course, there are strategies when you're playing with another person in multiplayer mode, like trying not to open too many letters and reveal too many images because it could help your opponent progress. Breaking the game and playing "dirty" is within the realm of The Genius (there are geniuses and then there are evil geniuses afterall). I typically don't play "dirty" like this though, and it's always funny to see the other player thinking they're ahead of me and trying to use this dirty tactic by stopping opening new letters and instead stalling by re-opening the same letter again and again while I try to find my image. If I manage to gain a lead, I then have more information than they do, and sometimes win in one go.