The world, pre-Google, abounded in serendipitous quests to find one piece of information offline.
The world, post-Google, abounds in serendipitous quests to find many pieces of information online, such as starting at a given book on Amazon and moving down the chain of Amazon's "Customers Also Bought", or embarking on a semi-infinite dive through Wikipedia.
Any of these can turn into a game given the right mindset. Who can connect Klein bottles to the Gettysburg address in the fewest links?
The world, post-Google, abounds in serendipitous quests to find many pieces of information online, such as starting at a given book on Amazon and moving down the chain of Amazon's "Customers Also Bought", or embarking on a semi-infinite dive through Wikipedia.
Any of these can turn into a game given the right mindset. Who can connect Klein bottles to the Gettysburg address in the fewest links?
Of course, that's not to disparage the fun of lacking access to proper information. Just look at these bodybuilders arguing over the number of days in a week: http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/233107/two-body-builders-arg...