Mainstream Go Sightings

[EdLee]

Reading the OED (2008), p. 168, S; among some meanings of go.

( p.214, Z; Zugswang )

[John Fairbairn]

Reading the OED (2008), p. 168, S; among some meanings of go.

Oxford University Press seems a little schizophrenic in that it publishes both an Oxford English Dictionary and an Oxford Dictionary of English, and both in various formats. I think the difference is that the OED focuses on history and etymology and the ODoE on popular usage.

My own vade mecum is a rather big Oxford Dictionary of English (2005). It mentions go but incorrectly. The entry is "A Japanese board game of territorial possession and capture. ORIGINL late 19th cent.: Japanese, literally 'small stone', also the name of the game." (The small stone bit is wrong.) But I suppose we should be grateful for any mention.

However, I have also been told that the really big OED also includes an entry for ko. I have no easy access to the big OED to check, and if it is there I'd not be surprised to see the old claptrap about Buddhist aeons.

[EdLee]

... literally 'small stone' ...

https://www.lexico.com/definition/go Origin. Late 19th century Japanese, literally ‘small stone’, also the name of the game.

[EdLee]

Shinya Shokudou 深夜 食堂, S3E7 (ep. 27) しじみ汁 (Netflix: Midnight Diner)

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[fireproof]

Shinya Shokudou 深夜 食堂, S3E7 (ep. 27) しじみ汁

I have to protest -- that character fell asleep watching a pro game! When has that ever happened in real life?

[EdLee]

...asleep watching a pro game! ...

... won't nitpick all the 'inaccuracies' in that episode, just happy they picked Go ...

... the usual complete novice stone placements by actors portraying pros...

OTOH: byoyomi voice countdown -- they did a very nice job

[ez4u]

Shinya Shokudou 深夜 食堂, S3E7 (ep. 27) しじみ汁

I have to protest -- that character fell asleep watching a pro game! When has that ever happened in real life?

It happens around 1 PM every Sunday from April to September in my case. The early rounds of the NHK Cup on Japanese television are usually a guaranteed nap.

[karaklis]

Already a few years ago, but there are two episodes of PBS Space Time that explain entropy with a goban
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfffy12uQ7g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KR23aMjIHIY

[WriterJon]

Cyberpunk 2077 - Found my first Go board ..
Lines are off, but game is solid
https://imgur.com/a/J8qEBpw

There's a bit later in the badlands, near where you first meet the fixer in that area, I think. A group of characters is watching two others play Go. There is some dialogue about the complexities of the game. Pretty sure it's the exact same board position as from that mission from the police-lass mission.

[WriterJon]

On 'Billions', a Showtime series, the Brian Connerty character has a meeting of the local go club in his office after hours. [...] Upon reflection, there are several things that lead me to think that the producers are tossing in a gratuitous go game just to advance public knowledge of go [...]

Koppelman and Levien enjoy games and have form writing in the argot of gameplayers accurately and impressively. They are the guys who wrote "Rounders", comfortably the best poker movie ever made. Doesn't surprise me that they made sure their Go scenes are passable.

[fireproof]

On 'Billions', a Showtime series, the Brian Connerty character has a meeting of the local go club in his office after hours. [...] Upon reflection, there are several things that lead me to think that the producers are tossing in a gratuitous go game just to advance public knowledge of go [...]

Koppelman and Levien enjoy games and have form writing in the argot of gameplayers accurately and impressively. They are the guys who wrote "Rounders", comfortably the best poker movie ever made. Doesn't surprise me that they made sure their Go scenes are passable.

I've heard somewhere that Paul Giamatti is a Go player, perhaps he helped to make it believable.

[WriterJon]

Just been watching Peacock's adaptation of "Brave New World" and Go features prominently in several scenes.

The stones they chose are pretty ugly, the games don't always look plausible in the close-ups, and there is a thematic reveal that uses the idea of a "suicide move" that doesn't super work as a metaphor.

The rest of the show isn't too bad though.

[EdLee]

@ 1:35. Blade Runner: Black Lotus

Ear-reddening...?

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[fireproof]

Another glowing board, just like Tron: Legacy

[EdLee]

Another glowing board, just like Tron: Legacy

Yea, the Tron one was a physical set ( ? ) but Black Lotus's was rendered -- mismatched grid lines and stone sizes, and missing star points.