The Wrath Posted June 23, 2009 Report Share Posted June 23, 2009 (edited) I got bored, so I devised a new game. Here are the rules: Start with any article on Wikipedia and, using only links available on that article, try to navigate to another pre-chosen article, in as few steps as possible. For example, I'm starting with "Venezuela" and trying to get to "Indiana Jones." Here are the steps I went through to get there: Venezuela --> Hugo Chavez --> Time 100 --> George Clooney --> Ocean's Eleven --> Brad Pitt --> The Devil's Own --> Harrison Ford --> Indiana Jones That's 8 steps. Whoever can get it in 7 or less steps gets to make the next challenge. Edited June 23, 2009 by The Wrath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eiuol Posted June 23, 2009 Report Share Posted June 23, 2009 Venezuela --> Indigenous peoples -> Pre-columbian -> Prehistory -> Archaelogy -> Indiana Jones Five steps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wrath Posted June 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2009 Nice. I went the easy route, because I knew I could link it to Indy if I just found my way to an actor. You get to make the next challenge now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eiuol Posted June 23, 2009 Report Share Posted June 23, 2009 How about... "June 23" linked to "Evolution" June 23 -> US House of Representative -> Republican Party -> Evangelicals -> Christianity -> Bible -> Creation -> History of Creationism -> Evolution 8 steps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 (edited) June 23 -> Harriet, tortoise -> Charles Darwin -> Human Evolution -> Evolution 5 steps Edited June 24, 2009 by Zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian0918 Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 (edited) This is not a new game. It has a name, although I don't recall it now, but I played it with friends as long as 5 years ago. Here's a version here, although not by the name I remember: http://www.cs.mcgill.ca/~rwest/wikispeedia/ However, to play the game properly, you should pick two random pages. You can get these by going to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random Edited June 24, 2009 by brian0918 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softwareNerd Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 I think it was Dr. Peikoff who mentioned a game where one would name two philosophical ideas that are seemingly unrelated and the other person has to connect the dots. The underlying premise is that philosophy is an integrated whole; therefore, a route can always be found. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thales Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 Right, SoftNerd. The game in that case is to improve your integration skills. Good game idea, Wrath. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 (edited) So since I seem to have the Conch I'll go next. Following Brian 0918's amendment... Salar Abdul-Jabar -> Type 091 submarine Edited June 24, 2009 by Zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Roark Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 Salar Abdul-Jabar, Iraq, Outline of geography, Exploration, List of maritime explorers, Ship, Submarine, List of submarine classes, Han class (Type 091) Well, this was the best I could do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thales Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 Used Howard's last steps: 1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salar_Abdul-Jabar 2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq 3 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I 4 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unrestricted_submarine_warfare 5 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine 6 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_submarine_classes 7 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_class Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas M. Miovas Jr. Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 I think it was Dr. Peikoff who mentioned a game where one would name two philosophical ideas that are seemingly unrelated and the other person has to connect the dots. The underlying premise is that philosophy is an integrated whole; therefore, a route can always be found. It's called "Concepts in a Hat" and the idea is to place pieces of paper with key Objectivist terms on them and then see if you can find a legitimate relationship between any two concepts pulled out of the hat. You might have to go up or down the hierarchy from one to the other. I used to play that at Objectivist parties. Of course, these are conceptual links, not hyper links Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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