Scrabulous on Facebook
Katrina and I play Scrabble at night on Facebook, she on her computer and I on mine. Yep. It’s a lot easier this way. No messy tiles. Still plenty of conversation. And I can take the game with me when I travel. I have about seven games going right now, with other friends as well.
This all reminds me of the Ze Frank episode on Scrabble Families:
I miss Ze Frank.
For the record, Katrina still prefers the real live board. For you Facebookers, check out Scrabulous, which seems to crash a lot lately, due to it being a favorite of Facebook staff, and others.
Do you play?
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LOVE Scrabulous on Facebook. Keep a running game going with my mom (she’s 83, and yes, she’s on Facebook) and a bunch of folks I know from Twitter. I’d love to challenge you some time!
We’re scrabble people. The kids are getting good, and playing cooperatively with them and letting them kick your butt in the process is great fun, too.
I miss Ze too. A lot.
That was without a doubt one of my all time favorite Ze Frank episodes. I was blown away by it then and now again! Thanks for bringing it back. (you think he picked the name Ze for the Z points?)
the top comment said “Keep it real”
and then i thought about it beyond what the comment meant
what is real?
not in that “Mystery Men” kind of way
but rather
what is real with regards to online interaction?
are the friends real?
are the moments you play scrabble with a far away friends real?
is any interaction over this computer real?
i don’t know
sometimes i think they are
sometimes not
IM is instant connection but the quality is usually so insignificant that does it really take the place of “real” communication?
i personally don’t think so
so maybe in this cyber world “real” is something that brings quality into your life?
how convenient though
that means anything trivial or negative can be dismissed
hey!
i like that!
I fell in love in a chat room
what do i know?
-kat
chris
my 6 year old says scrabble on the computer is *silly*. keep it real. :)
Mukund