Monopoly Gets A Social Media Edition!

 

Over the years, Monopoly, the classic Hasbro board game, has been re-imagined in a plethora of different ways — there’s even a UCLAOLOPY edition for Bruins fans — and also exists in Google Maps form. Crystal Gibson just one upped them all with her own ingenious version, the Social Media Monopoly Board game.

The game, which Gibson posted to Bite, is an elaborate version of Monopoly that includes direct and indirect references to our favorite — and not-so-favorite — social media entities. The game even comes with a complete set of Chance and Community Chest cards that play upon Technorati’s and Mashable’s themes.

In this unofficial edition of Monopoly, the traditional jail is replaced with a “Just Visiting” MySpace holding cell, and a cross-board Cyperpolice space which instructs players to, “Go to Myspace. Go Directly to Myspace. Do not pass Wi-Fi. Do not collect $200.”

The savvy social media user will recognize both popular and niche sites highlighted in spaces across the board.Facebook and Twitter are the priciest social properties, comprising the spaces generally known as Boardwalk and Park Place. YouTube, Vimeo, Metacafe, Foursquare and Gowalla also come with hefty price tags, butLinkedIn, Digg and Reddit are priced a bit more economically.

The Technorati and Mashable-themed cards are a spirited set of game instruction cards that make the social media side of the game really come alive. One Mashable card reads, “You’ve unlocked the ’stalker’ badge on Foursquare, collect $100.” Another Technorati card laments, “Your video has become MySpace video of the week. No one cares. Don’t do anything.”

There’s no word on whether Bite readers have printed out the board and the cards to play offline. But, Gibson confirms the Social Media Monopoly game is making the rounds inside the office. “We’ve cut them out and played at the office … Wouldn’t you want to play?” asked Gibson.

via MASHABLE – literally, I copied and pasted from them