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OMG, that's so 2003, haven't you heard of Web 2.0?

Another approach - currently more fashionable - is to look at public sources of data, say photos on Flickr, and plug them into a game engine and hope the novelty factor alone will bring the link-hungry web twits clicking.

Ok, to be honest, this produces mostly crap as "eBay Invaders" sounds pretty uncompelling. After a few rolls of the dice it becomes clear that "quiz" is producing the most workable results.

IMDB QUIZ - which movie quote is from which films? Could be a great little rounds based game in the style of Famousr.

RSS QUIZ - Allow the user to take two headline feed from any website, and then have to guess which headline is from which website. E.g. Is this the Daily Mail or the BNP? Sounds good to us, as customisable games are always a win for a bit of extra traffic.

WIKIPEDIA QUIZ - which image is from which page?

FLICKR INVADERS - pick any tag on flickr, say 'robmanuel' and shoot the poo out of it.

"One more thing" as Steve Jobs / Columbo says...

We just had a brain-wave, what happens if instead of using available data sources, we plug a game into a Wiki and allow the users to create their own levels?

Suddenly we've got movie quizzes where the quotes are genuinely from peoples favourite movies, and best of all, a maze game where players can create their own mazes.

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    Fri Mar 6, 2009 at 02:42 am
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    Thank you. My brain's needed jump-starting all week. I don't know if this will have done it, in the end, but is seems like it has a good chance of it. :)
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    Mon Sep 1, 2008 at 07:59 am
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    I'm sorry to say this but this game is sokoban with different graphics!It's not a new game,there's nothing original about it.a new game should have something different in the game-playing, otherwise why would anyone switch from the original?
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    Sat Aug 16, 2008 at 02:46 pm
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    Just thought I'd point out that it'll never sell to the Merkins as they use 911 to call the emergency services. Other countries mainly use 112 but just to be different, Australia uses 000. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_call
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    Fri Aug 15, 2008 at 08:37 am
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    ...there's something weirdly addictive to us about sorting, ordering, fixing. I think most truly addictive games fall into this 'tidy up gaming' categry. So there you go, secret to making the next tetris. No need to be tabloid friendly.
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    Fri Aug 15, 2008 at 08:34 am
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    There's something in our human nature that drives us to tidy up. Throw in some simple rules and you're on to a winner. It could be clearing the scattered balls on the pool table, solving a rubik's cube, aligning shapes, ordering cards, eating dots..
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