WikiAsteroids

April 15, 2025 1:03 PM

Arcade asteroids game powered by real-time Wikipedia edits. Every Wikipedia edit produces a new asteroid. Game is by Kevin Payravi. His article describes installing the game in a Wikipedia-themed arcade cabinet, and links to other Wiki games and visualisations. Via The Signpost at the English Wikipedia.
posted by paduasoy (8 comments total)

THIS IS SO COOL.

Kolby suggested that, “Facts should occupy more physical space in our lives.” How could we bring Wikipedia into the physical realm in a similar fashion to the Internet Arcade?

And a shout-out to the classic Listen to Wikipedia!
posted by brainwane at 1:10 PM on April 15 [2 favorites]

This is so ridiculous...

And yes, THIS IS SO COOL.
posted by Windopaene at 1:16 PM on April 15 [3 favorites]

Killed by "Baked beans."

I have so many questions...
posted by yellowcandy at 3:49 PM on April 15 [3 favorites]

Weird! Killed by the number 70.
posted by soylent00FF00 at 4:58 PM on April 15 [2 favorites]

died to White Chocolate. *shakes fist*
posted by Pastor of Muppets at 6:49 PM on April 15 [1 favorite]

And this is how I found out about The Museum of All Things, the closest thing we have to an actual Museum of Everything (previously).
posted by BiggerJ at 7:19 PM on April 15 [3 favorites]

This is so awesome. I love Asteroids. When I was a kid, my dad had a bar for about a year and when I went to stay with him, I would get up at the butt crack of dawn, go downstairs, and plug in the Asteroids machine and watch the rocks fade in. Looking forward to this
posted by toodleydoodley at 8:49 PM on April 15 [1 favorite]

Very fun OP! I found the asteroids were appearing really fast when I played (died to Big Dam Bridge).
posted by NoiselessPenguin at 10:50 PM on April 15 [1 favorite]