A REAL-LIFE REALITY GAME

A REAL-LIFE REALITY GAME

NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (Wireless Flash) – You may never be cast on Survivor but now you can participate in your own real-life reality game. Robert Yates, a 21-year-old man in Niagara Falls, New York, has just created a board game called Morton’s List, that’s billed as a “reality game for folks who can’t spend three months on an island.” Like Big Brother and Survivor, Morton’s List requires players to participate in silly stunts – like starring in a homemade porno or making a citizen’s arrest. Other potential “quests” include teasing children, following random strangers home and getting drunk. Sound more like juvenile delinquency than a game? You’re not alone. Morton’s List has been banned from game conventions for supposedly encouraging “vigilantism,” “real-life spell casting” and experimentation with “potentially illegal substances.” But Yates defends the game, saying it’s only as dangerous as real life.

Fri 09-21-01