Zounoashigames Releases Information Volume Derby Browser Game
The game turns Wikipedia's uneven pages, from thin disambiguation stubs to long articles, into an odds-based prediction race, with the pageview-derived odds giving a measurable basis for a bet on content volume.
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TomozoP of Zounoashigames released the experimental browser game Information Volume Derby for free on September 23. Eight random Wikipedia article titles appear like a race card, and players bet chips from an initial 1,000 on which has the most characters. The game runs three races, pays out on odds calculated from each article's pageviews over the past 30 days, and supports local play for up to four people.
The game's in-game explanation states that odds are set from each article's Wikipedia pageviews over the past 30 days, and checking the articles used showed that more-viewed articles carry lower odds. Character count and pageview count are not necessarily proportional, so the odds can act as a guide rather than an answer.
Race cards can also include disambiguation or redirect pages that lead from variant spellings to the correct article. Those hold almost no content and tend to be eliminated early. Results can be shared on X through the hashtag #情報量ダービー, where other players' scores and strategies are visible.
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