Mainstream Go Sightings

[Galation]

Go @ pi

I near missed the clue

[EdLee]

Go for fractions of a second at 0:17

[Aidoneus]

Andromeda, season 1, episode 5, starting at 27 minutes a game of 3-D Go. I guess in the future regular Go will be passe'.

[Codexus]

One of the trailers for the PC strategy game Total War: Three Kingdoms uses go as part of its narrative. The game is based on Romance of the Three Kingdoms, a Chinese 14th century novel describing, with sometimes fantastical embellishments, the historical events of the 2nd and 3rd century CE, when the Han dynasty ended and the China was divided into competing factions and eventually 3 kingdoms.

Cao Cao, one of the faction leaders in the game, and a character who in the novel is presented as a ruthless strategic mastermind is shown playing a game against Yuan Shao (another faction leader).

[Tryss]

Do we know if the game is an historic game (not necessarily played by Cao Cao of course), or if it was crafted for the video ?

What I like is that it's quite fitting the narrative here : after fierce battles, a calm move assert total dominance over the board (= kingdom)

[Aidoneus]

As a long-time fan of the novel, Chinese TV series, and all of the Koei game adaptations, this version seems to depart drastically from the history--at least according to many reviews on Steam. For myself, I will wait for a substantial sale.

[Codexus]

I'm really enjoying this game and I'd recommend it if you like this type of empire management game. Since it's a strategy game, the goal is not retell the story, but rather to use it as a background. I had no previous Three Kingdoms knowledge or expectations, but now I started reading the book and find it quite fascinating.

[fireproof]

In Down the River unto the Sea by Walter Mosley, pg 126-127 the protagonist, a private investigator, mentions playing Go with the former owner of a bar:

"Pop an' me used to play Go after he closed," I said. "He told me that his clientele wouldn't like a man of my shade playing Chinese checkers at his bar."

"Atty tried to teach me," she remembered aloud, "but I just didn't get it."

"They say Go is harder than chess. Pop said he picked it up on a tour of Southeast Asia in the merchant marines."

Later, around page 213:

I finally settled on remembering the retired merchant marine Athwart Miller and how we’d play Go in his bar after it was closed at night. I could have picked up whatever information I needed in a few minutes, but he always had hot grog ready and the board set out at the far end of the bar.

I never even came close to winning. He was far superior to me, but I was the only person he knew who’d come to the bar and play him.

I once asked why he’d even waste his time playing someone so inferior to his skill.

He said, “I play you because you’re here and every time we sit down you’re a little better. The best you can ask for is an opponent that improves. It’s like looking into a mirror with your eyes closed.”

[EdLee]

0:54 ~ 0:56: Knives Out (2019 trailer)

[EdLee]

retro Atari:

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[Aidoneus]

Qin Empire, a Chinese TV series available on Netflix, has a scene in episode 6 at about 21 minutes in which the king of Qin is playing Go by himself while discussing state matters with one of his generals.

Edit: This show has Go scenes in most episodes, sometimes used to illustrate politics.

[Vesa]

Knives Out!

No further explanation.

Cheers,
Vesa

[bayu]

Knives Out!

No further explanation.

Cheers,
Vesa

Wow, it even features in the trailer!

A pity nobody showed them how to hold the stones (I kind of hope it is deliberate, but I doubt it). And I don't think that that bump was a good move. On the other hand, everybody makes mistakes..

[fevobod152]

[Applebaps]

Back in 2014 there was this amazing little film called The Divine Move. I saw it on Netflix subtitled. It's about bangneki gamblers/cheaters and a violent conspiracy, with the game in close focus throughout. There's an amazing bit later on involving an ironic deathtrap where the code to get out is the solution to a tsumego.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcR9fJh0LCY

Definitely a must-watch if you like action movies.