Acrophobia (game)


A screenshot of the game. Given the acronym "GMBD", players suggest phrases including "Great Miami's Beaches, Delightful" and "Great Men Born Dead"

Acrophobia is an online multiplayer word game. The game was originally conceived by Andrea Shubert,[1][2] and programmed by Kenrick Mock and Michelle Hoyle in 1995.[3][4] Originally available over Internet Relay Chat, the game has since been developed into a number of variants, as a download, playable through a browser, via Twitter or through Facebook.[5]

  1. ^ "With acronym game Acrophobia, WYSSIWYG". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. September 10, 1998. p. 59. Retrieved August 17, 2021.Closed access icon(Subscription required.)
  2. ^ "Andrea Jennifer Shubert". Retrieved 2011-12-02.
  3. ^ "Just the FAQs: Acrophobia(TM)". 2002-11-25. Retrieved 2006-12-23.
  4. ^ "Chat Games: Alphabet Soup". Talk City. 2006. Archived from the original on 2006-12-30. Retrieved 2006-12-23.
  5. ^ "TAG: The Acronym Game". play140 INC. Retrieved 2011-12-02.