There’s a great flash-based web game making the rounds this week called Famous Objects From Classic Movies. The mechanic is simple: you’ll see a minimalist silhouette of an iconic image or prop related to a movie, and in a little hangman-style text box you need to fill in the name of the film.
The game isn’t wildly difficult, though it throws a few curve balls, like an image of a tiger for The Hangover. Some of those curves are pretty clever, though, especially for truly classic films. I loved the one used for Breathless. Many of you will be able to get through a couple dozen without taking a hit, but it’s worth a few minutes just to scan through all the images, and you’re bound to be stumped eventually.
Play the game here. [via Badass Digest]
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