Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Games of the Future

From the imagination of my youngest sister I bring you a game of the future. It has no name yet, but my six-year-old sister taught it to us with such great enthusiasm that it's preposterous to think that it won't be the next "thing". Here's how you play:
  1. One person (we'll call them person A) starts it off by asking the person to their left (who we will cal person B) the question "odd or even?"
  2. Person B answers by saying "odd" or"even"
  3. Person A then asks person be to say a number.
  4. Person B replies by saying a number, but it doesn't have to correspond with their earlier answer of "odd" or "even" (ie. if person B said "odd", they can say "four" in response to the second question even though four isn't an odd number).
  5. Now person B repeats the question from step 1 to person A.
  6. Person A must choose whichever answer person B did not choose.
  7. Person B now asks person a to name a number, and the same guidelines from step 4 still apply.
  8. Person B now turns to the person on his/her left and starts the process anew. This is repeated indefinitely. It is sure to provide endless hours of distraction.

No goal or end point is clear, but Amanda assures us that it's fun. After being stuck at the dinner table for a full cycle through my family of nine people, I admit that the intrigue still escapes me, but it must be something revolutionary.

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