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Dude, She's Nude

I've been in the development of one of those "party" games where you invite some friends over and everyone plays along over chips and beer. I haven't thought of a name yet, but "Dude, She's Nude" would be the less clever choice, and since I've just woke up, it will suffice for now.

Basically, all you need for this game is a television (the more channels the better), at least two computers (only one for practice), and an internet connection (high speed is, as always, is better).

Here's the game: you're watching TV, one team goes first and picks a celebrity off of the TV after a short while of channel surfing. The teams go to their computers and try to find a nude photo of that celebrity. The rules are: No subscription websites and no "fake" nudes.

The ideal setup: two laptops on a wireless connection in front of the TV.

Example: You're flipping through the channels and Superman (1978) shows up on WGN. Lex Luthor's female companion, Eve Teschmacher appears on screen. Player/team 1 picks her. You don't know the name of the actress, though, so you go to www.imdb.com and look up Superman. You find out that the actress' name is Valerie Perrine.

GO!

Each player goes to their respective machines and tries to find a nude photo of this obscure actress. A time limit (10 or 20 minutes) should be set up so that the game doesn't drag on.

As you play the game, you'll realize that the more obscure the actress, the more likely she's done a nude scene/photo shoot. Gillian Anderson? You'll find her topless from a scanned photo from some punk rock party she was at in the early eighties. The chick at the lingerie counter in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation? You'll find a topless screen shot from a B movie in the mid-nineties.

I should find some way to package this and sell it, like compile a list of actresses and assign points to each one (Anna Nicole Smith = 1 point, easy; Helen Hunt = 5 points, medium, etc.) on a set of index cards. This would have to change yearly: Halle Berry would have been a 10 pointer before Swordfish and Monster's Ball came out, now she's a 2 pointer. I could package it with one of those Boggle hourglasses, too.

One variation could be that each team shows up with a case of beer, and the winner of each round gets a beer from the loser(s) and the loser ends up making a late night trip to a convenience store.

Other variations: Dude, She's Nude: Oscar Edition; Genus Editions, Disney Edition.

More on this as I develop it.