The Internet Game is Finally Here!

Except that you’ve probably already been playing it for years.

We sure have! It’s where everyone’s sitting around just jawboning, then someone says “Hey, I gotta show you guys this!”. They pull up some random video or whatever from the Internet and show it to the room on the telly. Everyone says “Wow!”, “OMG!”, or whatever, and then someone else says, “OK yeah, but look at THIS!”. From there, it just goes, and almost inevitably becomes an unstructured contest:

“Right, you guys aren’t gonna believe this.”

“Dude, that was actually lame, but check this out.”

Etc. etc. etc.

So, we made an official game out of this process, complete with rules and a scoresheet. We’ve also created a PDF scoresheet for those who prefer pen and paper. The game is in fact a microcosm of the Internet itself. More popular things get more hits, and more hits may eventually turn into advertising cash. Cha-ching, you win! And this just in: you can play The Internet Game over the webs through platforms like Watch2Gether https://w2g.tv/ . So, please give TIG a try and let us know what you think.

DISCLAIMERS

1. A Google search showed a few hits on “the internet game”, but nothing screaming of ownership. However, if our use of the phrase twists anyone’s knickers in a way that would summon legions of lawyers, we give up, and we’ll gladly rename our game. Maybe something like “Webshiz” or “Search and Enjoy”?
2. Data from focus groups tells us we should stay focused on our raison d’etre: data-driven art and custom poetry. But it’s hard. So, we randomly come up with weird stuff like this. Hey, we did create a data-driven artwork specifically for the game.