Pointless Games

Fun for no reason

Things we do fun, for no particular purpose, or goal, or score, even. See http://tinyurl.com/pointlessgames

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Started by MajorFun Mar 25.

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Fun with GrapeVines 2 Replies

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Defining Pointless Games 2 Replies

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MajorFun

A Modest Collection of Simply Pointless Games

For the mutual furtherance, now online, a Modest Collection of Simply Pointless Games.

Enjoy!

Posted by MajorFun on May 8, 2009 at 7:37am

Bex

A beautiful interactive online music piece

I thought this was magical and beautiful - a compelling interaction that goes along with the song.

http://soytuaire.labuat.com/

Interactive but without goal or score - just the joy and experience of being. There is a touch of magic here.

NOTE: It does take about a minute to load - but it is worth the wait. You'll know when it is loaded.

Posted by Bex on March 25, 2009 at 2:57am — 2 Comments

Bex

"Ha" - A pointless family game

I was on a road trip back to (hometown) NewOrleans with two friends and we stopped by one's house to have lunch and drop him off. We had finished lunch and the family was gathered around the table and a young girl suggested playing "Ha!". We weren't familiar with it and the rules were pretty simple. Hold hands in a circle (around the table worked great) You say "HA!" and then look at the person to your right turn right and go "HA! HA!", the next person "HA!HA!HA!" - I don't remember if you went… Continue

Posted by Bex on March 20, 2009 at 3:24pm — 1 Comment

MajorFun

Washing Dishes

In line with Bex's post about solo pointless chore-related games, I find that washing dishes has become something like that for me. Only for me it's kind of like a very, very gentle bungee jump - I suspend thinking and just kind of hang there, dish after dish, fork by fork. And then, when the last pot is scrubbed, the last glass put away, it always takes me by surprise that the ride is over.

Posted by MajorFun on March 20, 2009 at 12:04am

Bex

Around the house

Some of the pointless games I play around the house are Home Olympics. Because I am easily distracted when doing boring things I usually try to make a game out of any household chore. Maybe it is laundry-room basketball with socks - maybe it is the dishwasher loading event.

While 'pointless' as solo games where I only keep score with myself - making a game out of chores lets me stay on task and have a bit of fun.

Posted by Bex on March 18, 2009 at 9:16pm — 2 Comments

 
 

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I thought this was magical and beautiful - a compelling interaction that goes along with the song. http://soytuaire.labuat.com/ Interactive but without goal or score - just the joy and experience of being. There is a touch of magic here. NOTE: ...
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Playgrounds. Yes, of course. The very apotheosis of pointless play!
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I was on a road trip back to (hometown) NewOrleans with two friends and we stopped by one's house to have lunch and drop him off. We had finished lunch and the family was gathered around the table and a young girl suggested playing "Ha!". We weren...
March 20
Thanks Nick - I'm familar with ChoreWars - I guess I'm not competitive enough to add one additional step to my chores of accounting for them. It would have been a lot of fun when I was in college with roommates all working toward the same goal - g...
March 20
Sounds like you may need to sign up for Chore Wars. http://www.chorewars.com/ And then you can claim Kudos points for a clean laundry room! Things become more fun when they are competitive. And much less pointless :)
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After perusing another Games blog I follow and seeing them mention playgrounds, I thought that I would share an extraordinary one Mark and I recently serendipitously discovered in Escondido. Extraordinary in the literal sense, since all ordinary ...
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Some of the pointless games I play around the house are Home Olympics. Because I am easily distracted when doing boring things I usually try to make a game out of any household chore. Maybe it is laundry-room basketball with socks - maybe it is th...
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