Drawception

April 1, 2012 4:02 AM

Draw Something meets the telephone game: Drawception.
posted by jchgf (27 comments total)

Cute. This makes for a fun lower-level ESL activity, by the way.
posted by Kevtaro at 4:08 AM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]

also called 'telephone pictionary'
posted by oonh at 4:20 AM on April 1, 2012 [2 favorites]

Previously. Previouslier.

Though this is a different version of the game and I would be telling a fib if I said I didn't already jump into several games.
posted by Joey Michaels at 4:29 AM on April 1, 2012

Proof (as if we needed it) that everything is better with Batman.
posted by ShutterBun at 4:32 AM on April 1, 2012

Also this. But I love the web interface.
posted by duffell at 4:39 AM on April 1, 2012

WOO! I love these games mainly for the delight of reading finished games. My faves so far:
- White boys trying to be Asian women in Africa
- Titanic fights Optimus Pryme
- Hot Dog likes to watch himself in the mirror
posted by ClarissaWAM at 4:56 AM on April 1, 2012 [2 favorites]

Is there no way to register outside of FB/Twitt, etc? Ugh...
posted by jet_manifesto at 5:38 AM on April 1, 2012

I was all ready to try this, but I'm not willing to register via some other site. They could at least support OAuth. Oh well.
posted by Zarkonnen at 5:39 AM on April 1, 2012

How To Lose $210m In Two Seconds
posted by GallonOfAlan at 5:50 AM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]

Oh god. Don't miss the archives of the top 50 most favourited and popular games.

President Santorum saves the world from gay pope
Batman punching the Easter bunny
All glory to the Hypnotoad
posted by tickingclock at 6:29 AM on April 1, 2012 [2 favorites]

Also: The relatively unknown EatPoopUCat, which supports image uploads (Advantages: use your favorite drawing program and also thereby (theoretically) play it on your phone; Disadvantages: clip art).
posted by Jonathan Harford at 7:02 AM on April 1, 2012

Better than my name for it, "Draw-y Sentence-y"
posted by betaray at 8:08 AM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]

Used to play this with physical post-it notes and pens during church youth group meetings 30 years ago.
posted by hippybear at 8:29 AM on April 1, 2012

(we used post-it notes so after everyone was done we could stick all the components of the chain up on the wall for maximum hilarity and group viewing.)
posted by hippybear at 8:29 AM on April 1, 2012

I've been waiting for the day when refusing to join things like Facebook and Twitter might exclude me from something socially enjoyable, and it's only fitting that day is April Fool's Day.
posted by Johann Georg Faust at 8:48 AM on April 1, 2012 [3 favorites]

Yeah, I was introduced to this as "Broken Telephone Pictionary" at a campus social event several years ago. Nice to see it making its way online, though.
posted by spitefulcrow at 9:48 AM on April 1, 2012

Compared to Doodle or Die, which was posted a few days back, this is amazingly free of trolls. Actually fun to play, rather than sonic style cccccombo breakers in every single one.
posted by jonbro at 10:50 AM on April 1, 2012

I'm on there as defenestration.
posted by defenestration at 12:41 PM on April 1, 2012

Also previously, Doodle or Die.
posted by Algebra at 1:31 PM on April 1, 2012

The trolls are out in force today, which seems to be the problem with this sort of game. Alas.
posted by Joey Michaels at 4:49 PM on April 1, 2012

This is fun! One of my first drawings was in a game that started with "Reddit".
posted by youngergirl44 at 8:16 PM on April 1, 2012

This needs to be an app now that I've deleted Drawsomething because the CEO of OMGPOP is a dick
posted by AzzaMcKazza at 9:30 PM on April 1, 2012

I know this isn't a support thread, but I wonder if there is a way to halt signups, or be on notice for your first few chains or something. Or maybe you can only play with other people in your social graph? Or there is a premium section that costs 5 dollars? How do you deal with trolls?
posted by jonbro at 2:48 AM on April 2, 2012

Wow... the drawing interface is really, really bad.
posted by codacorolla at 2:52 PM on April 2, 2012

Draw Something as (early) 90s desktop game. Man alive do I miss those disk sounds.
posted by curious nu at 2:56 PM on April 3, 2012

For what it's worth, I've improved my experience slightly by magnifying the window by an extra 30% or so, which makes the window less small, and less prone to getting screwed up by losing focus.
posted by codacorolla at 4:34 PM on April 3, 2012

My drawing hand is numb now and I blame all of you.
posted by Marit at 4:49 PM on April 3, 2012