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Link Ladders

Link ladders is a game I made recently. The rule is simple, you choose two Wikipedia articles, or two YouTube videos, or two Twitter users, or other 2 pages on same site. Your goal is to go to the second page by only clicking the links, for Wikipedia or other wiki articles, you can only click on blue article links. On YouTube videos, you can only click on the links of the Related Videos. On Twitter/Facebook or profile pages, you can only click on the friends or followers. If you want a challenging puzzle, you can choose two different websites sites and get there by clicking any links.

You can play Link Ladders now, try to get from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess.

Here is the solution: (4 clicks)

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Project
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_GNU_packages
3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Chess
4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess

The skill required for this game is classification and knowledge. There are no difference between Linux and chess. However, there is a chess-playing program on Linux called GNU Chess, and GNU Chess is part of the GNU Project, and GNU Project is primarily for Linux.

One advantage of this game is that you can play in school or work while not being found. You only need Wikipedia, or your school/company’s official site.

Tags: Link Ladders, Wikipedia, YouTube