Sunday, August 13, 2006

Google Games

Here is a list of Google-related games. If you know more, please add them in the comments!

• Google Image Quiz
  Guess what was being searched for by looking at Google Image result
• Tripods
  A multiplayer Google Maps Game
• 55 Ways to Have Fun With Google
  My book contains different Google games and more
• Guess the Place
  You will be presented Google Maps spots and need to guess the location’s name
• Battleship Google Earth
  Google Earth as platform for mobile gaming
• Google Earth Game
  “The earth’s biggest game”
• Montage-a-Google
  About the same as the Google Image Quiz
• Goggles
  Fly over Google Maps satellite images (and shoot the scenery)
• The eBay Ad Search Game aka EBads
  Get points for finding funny Google ads
• The Google Face Game
  Just goofy faces via Google Images
• Google Adventure
  Play a text adventure taking place inside the Googleplex
• Google Wildcard Search Game
  Enter a phrase with a wildcard, and the missing word is shown
• What’s Searched for More?
  A Google Trends game
• Googlewhack
  Find a two-words search query with exactly 1 result
• The Google Snake Game
  A group game with Google results
• Capture the Map
  A strategy game
• Google Blackjack Game
  Guess whose page count is higher
• Google Caricatures
  Shows caricatures of celebrities via Google Images
• Google Rotated
  View Google... rotated (needs Internet Explorer)
• Theorybot
  Shows a randomt theory with a little help from the Google API
• Egobot
  Chat with the web
• What am I searching?
  Guess what was being searched for just by looking at a Google result page
• Gwigle
  Like above game
• The Google Maps Risk Game
  This one got Cease & Desisted by Hasbro, so it’s offline now
• Egogoogling game
  Enter your name followed by the word “is”, and put the search into quotes. Now look at the result snippets...
• Find Skull Island
  A game for the King Kong movie utilizing Google’s maps
• Google Earthing
  Locate the image on Google Earth
• Brewster Jennings Protects America
  A “Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego” spin-off on Google maps
• Needle in a Haystack, Pick a Number, and In Other Words
  Three different games proposed by Scott Kim
• Google Personalized Homepage Games
  Games you can play on the Google homepage
• Google Fight
  Pitch two search terms against each other
• Google Battle
  Similar to above
• Guess the Google
  Also like above
• Endgame
  Play world war on Google Maps
• The Gmail Memory Chain Game
  Tests the memory of players

[Hat tip to Amit Agarwal!]

Google Games by Philipp Lenssen | Comments (8)

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