Wikihop! (Boing boing boing)

The ultimate racing game for Denizens of the Desktop (or the Notebook Natives or the Laptop Lodgers)!

Basically, two Wikipedia articles are suggested (cool sounding ones are recommended!) by any means agreed by the players, for example: debating, dice throws, and fighting. 

The race then begins on the one of the suggested articles. 

Players are to click links - the keyboard (and on-screen keyboard too you lousy cheater) is strictly out-of-bounds - in the aim of reaching the other suggested article. The winner is the one who reaches it with the least amount of clicks, not the one who reaches there first (unless there is a draw for amount of clicks), so it may be wise to predict and plan your moves.

(NOTE: no editing of Wikipedia articles!)

I'll do a quick demonstration, solution courtesy of the WikiHop!: Puzzle 3 webpage. The two articles here are Chola Dynasty and Cola Wars (I told you so! The articles must be cool sounding ones).

So it goes like this: Chola Dynasty --> Southern India --> Coffee --> Caffeine --> Coca-Cola --> Cola Wars.

Success! Wikihopping is a fantastic time killer, and a mummy pleaser too - after all, how many other games get you to sit down and read so intently (and willingly)? It not only trains your critical thinking, but your general knowledge too, so try it today!

What You Need:

- Time (lots and lots and lots and lots of it)

- A few buddies (it's pretty lame when you're all alone. I mean, who are you going to boast to?)

- Imagination (somebody has to think up the articles. and the forfeits xD)

- A kickass internet connection (it's a serious sport, so you'll want all the optimisation you can get haha)

Resources:

- Wikipedia!: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (do I really have to spoonfeed you? Tsk)

- Wikihop!: http://wikihop.blogspot.com/ (5 puzzles and the rules posted here. Site seems rather dead, however, which is a pity. Perhaps someone can adopt the format and create a new site?)