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Google Instant vs Video Games

Google launched a new search service today, which returns query results as you type them in. Let’s see how it handles some of the most popular video game series.

https://gizmodo.com/what-is-google-instant-5632969

The test is simple. Keep typing in the title to a video game or series until Google Instant turns up a result. See how many letters it takes. Presumably, the bigger the series, the faster the result, though the first few letters of a game’s name help; Zelda doesn’t have much competition, for example.

The most impressive? Metal Gear Solid, Team Fortress 2 and Tetris, the first two because they show up having just typed words as common as “metal” and “team”, the latter because all it needed was a “te”.

UPDATE – Seems these results could be skewed by your browsing history, but I’ve never searched for “grand canyon”, “granite” or “teamviewer” in my life. Maybe a mix of recorded results and Google’s suggestions?

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