[guide.chat] In Reply To: Twister games to play good fun
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- Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2012 22:56:57 +0100
NO!
NO!
NO!
NO!
NO!
Don't even think about thinking about it.
We are absolutely, definitely, completely and utterly NOT doing that in that
class.
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Twister (game)
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File:1966_Twister_Cover
Early box cover art
File:Buzz_Cheerleaders_Twister?
Buzz and Georgia Tech Yellow Jacket cheerleaders playing Twister using
the floor of Alexander Memorial Coliseum
Twister is a game of physical skill produced by Hasbro Games. It is
played on a large plastic mat that is spread on the floor or ground. The
mat has four rows of large colored circles on it with a different color
in each row: red, yellow, blue and green. A spinner is attached to a
square board and is used to determine where the player has to put their
hand or foot. The spinner is divided into four labeled sections: right
foot, left foot, right hand and left hand. Each of those four sections
is divided into the four colors (red, yellow, blue and green). After
spinning, the combination is called (for example: "right hand yellow")
and players must move their matching hand or foot to a circle of the
correct color. In a two-player game, no two people can have a hand or
foot on the same circle; the rules are different for more players. Due
to the scarcity of colored circles, players will often be required to
put themselves in unlikely or precarious positions, eventually causing
someone to fall. A person is eliminated when they fall or when their
elbow or knee touches the mat. There is no limit to how many can play at
once, but more than four is a tight fit.
Contents [hide]
1 History and analysis
1.1 As a phenomenon
1.2 Globalization
1.3 Records
2 Use in fund-raising
3 Accessibility
4 In popular culture
5 References
6 External links
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History and analysis
Twister was submitted for patent by Charles F. Foley and Neil Rabens in
1966, and became a success when Eva Gabor played it with Johnny Carson
on television's The Tonight Show on May 3, 1966.[1][2] However, in its
success, Twister was also controversial. The company that produced the
game, Milton Bradley, was accused by its competitors of selling "sex in
a box".[3] That accusation was probably because Twister was the first
popular American game to use human bodies as playing pieces.[4]
Although Twister was patented by Charles F. Foley and Neil Rabens,
sources also mention a man by the name of Reyn Guyer. He claimed to come
up with the idea for Twister while working on a Johnson's Shoe Polish
promotion at his father's design company. It is said that Guyer
originally called this new game idea Pretzel, but that Milton Bradley
changed the name to Twister before they put it on the market.[5]
However, this claim that Reyn invented Twister is said to be false.
According to the United States patent office, there is no link between
Twister and the name Guyer. Foley and Rabens are credited with the
invention, and their names are the only names attached to the patent.
Their only link to Guyer is that they were employees of his father's
company.[1]
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As a phenomenon
File:Britney_Spears_-_Twister_?
Pop singer Britney Spears promoting an exclusive version of the game in
2012[6]
Twister, much like its counterpart the hula hoop, was one of the many
toy fad phenomena that came about in the second half of the 20th
century. Microsoft Encarta labels Twister as being an "industry
phenomenon" that "briefly captures the public's imagination, and sells
in the millions".[7] Being one of the earliest toy fads and a "national
craze for a short time,"[7] Twister was a game that was able to bring
all age groups together, whether children or adults. Twister being both
globally spread and highly popular is unlike other games of its stature,
in the sense that it is accepted by all social classes. In an article by
Peterson and Simkus, they state, "While the evidence of the first half
of this century suggests strong links between social status and cultural
taste, there is growing evidence that there is no longer a one-to-one
correspondence between taste and status group membership in advanced
postindustrial societies like the United States."[8]
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Globalization
Twister has been seen as a prime example of how globalization is able to
influence culture, and how the different variations of the game reflect
elements of cultural diversity. In an article by sociologists Ben
Carrington, David L. Andrews, Steven J. Jackson and Zbigniew Mazur, they
state, "?interpretations of the cultural impact of globalization can be
classified into two distinct theoretical camps: the economic and the
cultural camps."[9] From an economic standpoint, Twister does not
exclude any socioeconomic demographic, and has very little cultural
resistance, seeing as it can be easily understood globally by all cultures.
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Records
Since its release, many active participants have tried and succeeded in
setting records for the most contestants in a game, and the largest
combined amount of Twister game mats. The World's Largest Twister Mat
was put together on June 18, 2010 in Belchertown, MA on the Belchertown
High School football field. It consisted of 1008 Twister mats donated by
Hasbro and measured 244.7 feet X 99.10 feet for 24,156 square feet
(2,244.2 m2). The purpose of the record breaking Twister Mat was to kick
off a fundraising drive for Jessica's Boundless Playground.,,[10][11][12]
The previous record, as cited by the Guinness Book of World Records, the
largest game of Twister included 4,699 square feet (436.6 m2) of mats
that were combined together. Prior to that, the largest game was played
in the Netherlands in April 2005 with 2,453 square feet (227.9 m2) of
mats. The record for the largest number of contestants in a game of
Twister was once bestowed in 1987 with 4,160 contestants tangling
themselves at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. However, this
1987 Amherst claim was later disqualified upon evidence of officiating
inconsistencies. As a result, the category of "Most Contestants" was
temporarily banned from the Guinness Book.
Fortunately for the Twister-manic community, Robert Bucci[13], a
determined Engineering student at Georgia Institute of Technology
(Georgia Tech)[14], successfully entreated Guinness World Records to
reinstate the category in 1992 by providing a comprehensively documented
event plan prior to their subsequent world record setting event during
the 1992 SAA/SF National Convention at Stone Mountain, Georgia.
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Use in fund-raising
Twister tournaments are used as a source of philanthropic events put on
by college fraternities and sororities to raise money for a charitable
cause. Many of these Greek tournaments are held annually, and are a good
way to get involved with the community. Some of the Greek organizations
that partake in these tournaments include: Alpha Xi Delta of Cornell
University, Tau Kappa Epsilon of Southern Illinois University,
Carbondale, Sigma Nu at Villanova, Kappa Delta at Ball State University
and Alpha Chi Omega at Missouri State University.
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Accessibility
There are publicly available instructions on how to alter a Twister game
so as to be accessible to color-blind individuals[15] and to completely
blind individuals.[16]
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In popular culture
?Twister is featured in Dexter's Laboratory: Ego Trip when Dexter's
parents play it. Also Twister appears in an earlier episode, "Game for a
Game", where Dexter and Dee-Dee play different games; however, to avoid
copyright, the game was called "Knotty Bodies". Their rules are slightly
different as some of the calls are unorthodox combinations such as
"Right Nose Green".
?In the "The Man Who Forget His Hand Was a Bomb" sketch from the Mad TV
series, the man is playing Twister with a woman.
?Twister is also seen in the film U Turn when crazy mechanic Darrell
plays it alone.[17]
?The title character in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
plays the game with Vanessa Kensington.
?Musician "Weird Al" Yankovic has a song "Twister" on his Even Worse
album about the board game, done in a style parody of early Beastie Boys.
?In Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, the title characters challenge Death to
a series of games in order to escape Hell, one of which is Twister,
where Bill and Ted ultimately defeat Death.
?R.E.M.'s song "Man on the Moon" features the lyrics "let's play
Twister, let's play Risk".
?In Honey and Clover, Morita decides to make his own version of a
Twister mat with way too many colors.
?In Season 1 Episode 4 of Friends, the main characters play Twister.
?The TV game show Family Game Night on The Hub uses the game "Twister
Lights Out" - a combination of Twister and "Lights Out" - as one of
their minigames.
?In an episode of the Canadian television series Corner Gas, Brent has
several fantasies about spending more time with his parents. In one
fantasy, Brent imagines himself playing twister with them.
?In Sailor Moon episode 117, the Witches 5 are seen playing Twister,
with Cyprine as referee.
?In Skins season 3, episode "Pandora", Pandora and Cook play Twister
before having sex.
?In Season 4 Episode 10 of The Big Bang Theory, Amy, Bernadette and
Penny play Twister.
?The 2009 Britney Spears song "3" features the lyrics "Twister on the
floor, what do you say". Later, Spears was the face of "Twister Dance"
in 2012.
?In Son of the Mask a game of "Super Twister" is played by Loki and the
baby.
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References
Notes
1.^ a b "Who Invented Twister?", The Twister Homepage.
2.^ Twister History, Hasbro.com.
3.^ Polizzi, Rick, and Fred Schaefer. Spin Again, Board Games From the
Fifties and Sixties. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1991. 116-117.
4.^ Asakawa, Gil and Rucker, Leland. The Toy Book. New York City: Alfred
A. Knopf, 1992. 178-179.
5.^ Hoffman, David. Kid stuff, great toys from our childhood. San
Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1996.
6.^ Catarinella, Alex (2012-04-12). "Britney Spears Looks Amazing In
$20,000 Bra". MTV. MTV Networks. Retrieved 2012-04-12.
7.^ a b http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761585920_4/Toys.html#p72
8.^ Peterson, Simkus
9.^ Carrington at al.
10.^ http://www.WorldsLargestTwisterMat.blogspot.com
11.^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-E86knrhn24
12.^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCH0m8bKRKE
13.^ http://www.linkedin.com/in/robertbucci
14.^ http://www.gatech.edu
15.^ Amanda Elizabeth Hatch (4 December 2008). "Twister: New and
Improved: Making the game accessible to all" (pdf). Retrieved 13
December 2009. "So, how do you make the game 'color-blind friendly'?"
16.^ Loretta White (Fall 2008). "How to Adapt Milton Bradley's "Twister"
Game". Future Reflections 27 (4). National Federation for the Blind.
Retrieved 13 December 2009.
17.^ Stone, Oliver (Director) (1997-08-07). U Turn (Motion picture).
Culver City, CA: TriStar Pictures. Event occurs at 98 minutes. Retrieved
2008-09-02.
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External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Twister (game)
?Torsten Sillke's Twister Homepage
?Twister at BoardGameGeek
?Patent for Twister
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