Chris (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} simon_stylites) wrote,@ 2009-02-14 03:20:00 |
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maxisingle
This is a game for two people two play who live far apart but who chat via AIM or MSN or GTalk or somesuch, and who have sufficiently large music collections. The game is called "Maxisingle". It will probably take 40 to 60 minutes to play. You can imagine any number of variations, which I encourage you to implement.
Here are the rules to the game:
1. The first player picks out a song to start with. That will be the "hit single". The first few times you play, you might want to start with a song that you love, but a song that you despise or a song that you don't care much about but which was very popular might also work.
2. The first player sends the hit single to the second player, and they listen to it. They talk about it for a while -- either the first player explains why they love it, or the second player says what they notice about it. Discussion happens.
3. The second player responds with another song, which in some way relates or contrasts with the first song. This is a "b-side"; it probably should be by a different musician. Both players listen to this song, and talk about how it compares and contrasts with the "hit single".
4. The first player then responds with another song, which relates both to the hit single and to the first b-side; both players listen and comment.
5. The second player then responds with another song, which relates to the hit single and to the previous b-side; it does not need to relate to any of the other b-sides, but it also shouldn't fall entirely out of the sway of the hit single. These follow-up b-sides, perhaps they react to the same aspect of the hit single, but in a different way.
6. How long this back and forth goes on is up to the players, but we recommend six songs, or five if the game is going to immediately be played again with the second player coming up with the first "hit single".
7. The winner of the game is the person who has the most delightful time playing it, but they score points only for the amount of delight the other player has. Afterwards, all the songs might be placed into an iTunes playlist or the like, for future reference.
We hope you enjoy playing Maxisingle!
This is a game for two people two play who live far apart but who chat via AIM or MSN or GTalk or somesuch, and who have sufficiently large music collections. The game is called "Maxisingle". It will probably take 40 to 60 minutes to play. You can imagine any number of variations, which I encourage you to implement.
Here are the rules to the game:
1. The first player picks out a song to start with. That will be the "hit single". The first few times you play, you might want to start with a song that you love, but a song that you despise or a song that you don't care much about but which was very popular might also work.
2. The first player sends the hit single to the second player, and they listen to it. They talk about it for a while -- either the first player explains why they love it, or the second player says what they notice about it. Discussion happens.
3. The second player responds with another song, which in some way relates or contrasts with the first song. This is a "b-side"; it probably should be by a different musician. Both players listen to this song, and talk about how it compares and contrasts with the "hit single".
4. The first player then responds with another song, which relates both to the hit single and to the first b-side; both players listen and comment.
5. The second player then responds with another song, which relates to the hit single and to the previous b-side; it does not need to relate to any of the other b-sides, but it also shouldn't fall entirely out of the sway of the hit single. These follow-up b-sides, perhaps they react to the same aspect of the hit single, but in a different way.
6. How long this back and forth goes on is up to the players, but we recommend six songs, or five if the game is going to immediately be played again with the second player coming up with the first "hit single".
7. The winner of the game is the person who has the most delightful time playing it, but they score points only for the amount of delight the other player has. Afterwards, all the songs might be placed into an iTunes playlist or the like, for future reference.
We hope you enjoy playing Maxisingle!
