I don't know if this has been done here yet, but I've seen it on other forums and thought we could give it a try. If it's a lame idea, I don't mind letting it die.

The game is easy. You start at a given Wikipedia page and try and navigate your way to another destination page, and the only way to do this is by clicking on the links on each page.

For example:

Start: Jesus ->
2) Christianity ->
3) Criticism of Christianity ->
4) Carl Sagan - >
5) Contact - >
6) Jodie Foster ->
7) Star Wars IV ->
Goal: Darth Vader

The goal is to get to the destination in the least number of clicks.

I'm really bored and thought this might help. Let me know what you think.

My friends and I would do stuff like this when we were goofing off in the computer lab. We called it the Wikipedia game. Except we would pick one topic, hit random article, and see who could get there the fastest.

I've done this before.
Jesus-human rights-U.S.A-Star wars(Goes to episode IV)-Darth vader

Beat that.

This belongs in the forums games sub forum, which normally I'd link to, but I'm feeling lazy.

This would be a good idea for a forum game. Someone posts a starting article and a finish article and then the players would be given X amount of days to find the fastest way from the beginning article to the end article. The winner would then post the next starting article and finish article or call open floor.

EDIT: X-posted with azzaman

There would invariably be ties.

Start: Jesus
2 - Crucifixion of Jesus
3 - Crucifixion
4 - Cyborg (film)
5 - Science fiction film
6 - Star Wars IV: A New Hope

Darth Vader

Beat you by a step ^^

There would invariably be ties.

The person who posted the shortest one first would be the winner.

I only had 5 counting darth vader, what I was saying when you click on star wars on the american page, it goest to episode iv and not the main star wars page.

Start: Jesus -> (random page)
Goal: Dearth Vader

Or is that cheating?

I tied the OP, but got beat by several other people. I'm just posting this because I thought the different path was amusing:

Start: Jesus
1. List of people who have claimed to be Jesus
2. Heaven's Gate (Cult)
3. UFO Religion
4. Flying Saucers
5. Science Fiction
6. Star Wars Episode 4
Goal: Darth Vader

A quicker way:
Start: Jesus
1. Cultural Depictions of Jesus
2. Epic Film
3. Category: Epic Film
4. Star Wars Episode 4
Goal: Darth Vader

There already is a forum game like this, started by ainwood IIRC.

Start: Jesus
1.Messiah
2.The Chosen One
3.Anakin Skywalker
Goal: Darth Vader.

Good one OdA! :)

Can I call one? Since oda has won this...

Start: Communism

Goal: Halo 3

Communism-space race-u.s-star wars episode IV-space opera-military science fiction

Aww . .. .. .. . it I messed it up to bad.

1)Communism
2)People's Republic of China
3)Board game
4)Game
5)Video Game
6)List of best-selling video games
7)Halo 3

1) Communism
2) Ideology
3) Science
4) Science Fiction
5) Science fiction video games
6) Halo 3

Different way:

1) Communism
2) Capitalism
3) Digital economy
4) Internet
5) First-person shooter
6) Halo (series)
7) Halo 3

Shorter way

1/ Communism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist)
2/ WWII
3/ Computer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer)
4/ Video Game (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_and_video_games)
5/ List of best selling games (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_video_games#Xbox_360)
6/ Halo3 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_3)

EDIT : There's gotta be a way to short #5... And hooray for wiki tags.

Still not shorted below 6, but I have an alternate road there, and one that SHOULD short #5, but doesn't due to poor wiki editing :-D

1.Communism
2.WWII
3.Computer
4.Video Games Console
5.Halo Series
6.Halo3

Note that #4 Video Games Console specifically names Halo3 in the article, but does not link.

Ok I call that Oda has won.

NEXT!

Here's one:

Start: Oranges
Goal: Umbrella

I'll try this later.

EDIT: Ninja Dude beat me to it.

Oranges
Portugal
Water
Rain
Umbrella

1.Orange
2.Fruit
3.Banana
4.Umbrella

Similar to randomnerds, but shorter:

Orange
Water
Rain
Umbrella

Oranges
People's Republic of China
List of Chinese inventions
Umbrella

I declare a three-way tie. Catharsis or Oda can make the next one, whoever posts first.

Bering Glacier to obituary

1- Bering glacier
2- North America
3- Africa
4- South Africa
5- Nelson Mandela
6- List of premature obituaries
7- Obituary

Solution # 2

1- Bering glacier
2- Alaska
3- Juneau
4- Evergreen cemetery
5- Cemetery
6- Funeral home
7- Obituary

Not bad, but there's at least one way to do it with two fewer moves ;-)

1. Bering Glacier
2. U.S. state
3. Florida
4. List of Florida-related topics
5. Music of Florida
6. Obituary (band :D)

Nice try, but Obituary means the actual article of that name, not the article titled Obituary (band) :-p

I'll proclaim a winnter tomorrow morning

1. Bering Glacier
2. Alaska
3. United States
4. Citizen Kane
5. Obituary

I proclaim Toda the winner :-D

Then I proclaim open floor.

Start: Large Hadron Collider
Goal: Polar Bears

1. Large Hadron Collider
2. National Geographic Magazine
3. Polar Bear

I have way too much time on my hand.
Edit: I am pretty sure I have won, in which case it'll be open floor again and I'll step away.

I'll take it..

Turnip - Briefs - Back to Turnip again, but with different wiki pages.

Have fun :)

Perhaps too hard, we'll see though..

Lets see...

1. Turnip
2. Livestock
3. Bazaar (heh)
4. Category:Persian loanwords
5. Cummerbund
6. Category:Sports clothing
7. Jockstrap
8. Undergarment
9. Briefs

Beat that! :D

I'll take the turn back to Turnip later, I guess

Colour me impressed! :hatsoff:

I'll accept, you have seen enough of turnip. You're up.

Hey thanks! I thought I was far off when I stumbled into the Persian loanwords, but Cummerbund saved the day. :sheep:

How many turns did you use?

New one:
Rollo to Pen Huo Qi
It might sound very hard, but once you find a common thing about Rollo and the weapon, it's easy.

1- Rollo
2- 885
3- Emperor_Zhuangzong_of_Later_Tang
4- Tang Dynastie
5- list of chinese inventions
6- Pen Huo Qi

Yet better

1- Rollo
2- Rouen
3- China
4- List of chinese inventions
5- Pen Huo Qi

1) Rollo
2) 911
3) 10th Century
4) 919
5) Flamethrower
6) Pen Huo Qi

And the winner is... Rhymes!

My suggestion:

1. Rollo
2. Viking Age
3. Viking Age arms and armour
4. Category:Medieval weapons
5. Pen Huo Qi

I clicked on random articles:

- Joint Reconnaissance Pod (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Reconnaissance_Pod)

- Nicolas Levasseur (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Levasseur)


Edit: I found a way of doing it in 7.

-Joint Reconnaissance Pod.
-SEPECAT Jaguar
-France
-Franco-Prussian War
-1871
-1871 (category)
-1871 deaths (category)
-Nicholas Levasseur

1. Joint Reconnaissance Pod
2. Bury St Edmunds
3. Picardie
4. Category:Picardie
5. Category:People from Picardie
6. Nicolas Levasseur

Olav wins!!!

Two random:

Feria de San Telmo to KJZZ-TV

I got it in 7...

6, although IMHO the counting is not correct and those should count as 5, same as post #51 should count as 5 IMHO.

Feria de San Telmo
Argentina
United States
Utah
Salt Lake City
KJZZ-TV

Good one! Over to you!

:D

More randomness:

From Tim Child to Troy Ready.

Start:Polymer Physics
End:The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Edit: Our internet was out so my email linked me to the end of page two. Sorry about that.

Tim Child
United Kingdom
Association football
Lists of association football players
List of current MLS players
List of current American soccer players by US state
Troy Ready

There has to be a way of bypassing some of those lists.

Polymer physics
Physics
Particle physics
Quark
Quark (disambiguation)
Quark (Star Trek)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno