MetaFilter posts tagged with Google and games

Who needs network television?

Protocols of the Elders of Awesome — Thu, 09 Feb 2006 16:12:13 -0800

GameLife Video Game Review Show Episode 1

We Just Performed a Quirkafleeg: ZX Spectrum Walkthroughs

nthdegx — Sat, 04 Feb 2006 13:27:26 -0800

ZX Spectrum Game Walkthrough videos. For those that, like me, have read that Jet Set Willy can be done, but never really believed it. Also, Manic Miner, Skool Daze, Sabre Wulf and Atic Atac constitute must-see viewing to the would-be Sinclair completist. Via GameSetWatch.

Take a RISK

KevinSkomsvold — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 07:30:35 -0800

Play RISK using Google Maps. From the FAQ: For some reason I decided a bit after the API for Google Maps came out that it would be awesome to be able to play Risk on it... I've always been a gamer and thought this was the perfect step.

Scavangeroogle

Suparnova — Wed, 03 Aug 2005 13:22:01 -0800

Scavengeroogle - a scavenger hunt using google maps. Theres even geography themed prizes.

google: the next gardener?

kaibutsu — Thu, 29 May 2003 11:10:24 -0800

Need a job? The winner of the Google Puzzle Contest might recieve a prestigious spot in the Google engineering labs. So whip out all your old Martin Gardner books and get practicing, because the competition is on May 1st (and registration closes today).

Morphic — Fri, 18 Oct 2002 15:56:58 -0800

People continually invent new games to play with Google and Amazon.com to find curious content and excercise the system. First there was Google Whacking (here and here). Then there was Google fighting, Google sets, Google image whacking, Google Bombing, Google Grokking, Amazon whacking, and Google poetry. What similar games have you played, invented, or enjoyed?

thewittyname — Thu, 22 Aug 2002 09:26:41 -0800

It starts with Delaware... Over at Google Answers, a Microsoft Games Studio employee has posted a most interesting puzzle to solve. Over the course of the last twenty months a list of states has been gradually revealed by his boss, but under what criteria are they listed? He's giving $200.00 to the winner; just think of what you could buy. The fine folks at the Straight Dope are already on the case. To the Googlemobile! [via Cardhouse]