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Jeremy Nelson:
It's been a minute since we've done a hypothetical.

You've been given one minute with the team at Price as they prep for next season, and during that minute, you can suggest changes to one pricing game. They could be quality of life updates, changes to physical appearance, adding a $10k bonus...whatever makes sense to you. What's your pitch?

Mine is simple. Start Pathfinder off by pricing all three prizes. Give the contestant some kind of insurance marker/pendant of life for each one they get right, then take them away as they misstep on the disco floor.

And while I don't think it needs the standard blue/yellow/orange color scheme so many games got refurbished with, I do think it needs a new coat of paint and a better floor font.

SuperSweeper:
Set Hot Seat on fire. The end.

MSTieScott:

--- Quote from: Jeremy Nelson on May 05, 2025, 06:33:39 PM ---Start Pathfinder off by pricing all three prizes. Give the contestant some kind of insurance marker/pendant of life for each one they get right, then take them away as they misstep on the disco floor.

--- End quote ---

Except if a contestant gets all three prizes correct and then steps to the second and third digits in the price of the car without making a mistake, they've guaranteed themselves a win. So either the game ends awkwardly with the contestant celebrating without having finished walking the correct path (and the host having to explain why) or everybody has to wait while the contestant finishes walking the path -- possibly having to backtrack in the process -- before the foregone conclusion.

BillCullen1:
3 Strikes - give the contestant one of the numbers to start with. The contestant can choose which number (1st, 2nd, etc.). As Drew said the first time he ran this as host, "This game takes forever."

JasonA1:
My longstanding suggestions were to update Grocery Game and Range Game for inflation's sake. They got to Grocery Game within the past decade, so now it'd be Range Game's turn. It's gone so long without changes, a $1000 rangefinder on a $4000 scale would be most inflation-appropriate. For someone who grew up with '90s shows, that's sort of eye-opening as to what the original intent of the game was.

-Jason

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