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A game is a structured type of play, usually undertaken for entertainment or fun, and sometimes used as an educational tool. [1] Many games are also considered to be work (such as professional players of spectator sports or games) or art (such as jigsaw puzzles or games involving an artistic layout such as mahjong, solitaire, or some video games).
Wikipedia is a game. Essentially, Wikipedia is an implementation of the game and metagame called Nomic. The definition of winning the game is particular to each player, and the definitions of "winning" are many and varied. Some are permitted by the rules of the game; some are forbidden.
The Wiki Game, also known as the Wikipedia race, Wikirace, Wikispeedia, WikiLadders, WikiClick, WikiGolf, or WikiWhack, is a race between any number of participants, using wikilinks to travel from one Wikipedia page to another. The first person to reach the destination page, or the person that reaches the destination using the fewest links ...
The average number of links separating any English-language Wikipedia page from the United Kingdom page is 3.67. Thus, it has been occasionally banned in the game. Other common rules such as not using the United States page increase the game's difficulty. [11] The rules of wikiracing can be used as a method for studying aspects of Wikipedia. [12]
If you go back and edit a page to add a link in order to avoid a short page ending or infinite loop ending, then game over (the nobody likes a cheater ending). If, whilst following a page, you really feel you have to edit a page to update it or add an obviously missing link which really, really should be linked, then game over (the no longer ...
The history of games dates to the ancient human past. [3] Games are an integral part of all cultures and are one of the oldest forms of human social interaction. Games are formalized expressions of play which allow people to go beyond immediate imagination and direct physical activity. Common features of games include uncertainty of outcome ...
A video game, [a] sometimes further qualified as a computer game, is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface or input device (such as a joystick, controller, keyboard, or motion sensing device) to generate visual feedback from a display device, most commonly shown in a video format on a television set, computer monitor, flat-panel display or touchscreen on handheld ...
The game is played on a square board of eight rows (called ranks) and eight columns (called files). Although it does not affect game play, by convention the 64 squares alternate in color and are referred to as light and dark squares. Common colors for wooden chessboards are light and dark brown, while vinyl chessboards are commonly buff and green.