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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Aleks Krotoski

#backgames: videogame plots in reverse in 140 characters or less

It's Friday: time for another silly game-themed afternoon-waster.

Raph points the gamesblog to another amusing game design meme from a few weeks ago (hey, I've been out of the country; sue me), the #backgame, or games described backwards in 140 characters or fewer. Inspired by #backflick, a movie-based meme on Twitter (championed by @wittertainment, aka Simon Mayo and Mark Kermode), the aim of the, er, game is likely easier than the last one Raph pointed us to. This one doesn't require in-depth knowledge of game designers' oeuvres, just the products themselves.

So, if I was to describe Super Mario Bros, I'd say,

"Plumber escapes girlfriend and hides stars in hard-to-reach places whilst tripping on hallucinogenics"

Geddit?

Here are a few more from the Twitter massive to get you started.

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