The game created nearly three decades ago by three Albright College students will be featured in a Super Bowl commercial.
It was the kind of conversation that’s been had millions of times by millions of people.
A play on the idiom six degrees of separation, the game posits that any actor can be connected to Kevin Bacon in six steps or less. It challenges players to make those connections with the actor who grew up in Philadelphia and whose brother lives in Phoenixville. “It’s amazing that something so minimal has had such a legacy and has lasted so long,” said Brian Turtle, one of the creators of the game. “It feels good, it’s really neat.”Turtle tells the story with ease, recounting the events of that day in January 1994 with the clarity of someone who has done it many, many times before.
“We were like, ‘Wow, Kevin Bacon is everywhere. He must have worked with everyone,’” Turtle recalled. There was a “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon” book. There was a “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon” board game. There were references on television shows and movies.“It’s amazing that is has become such a part of the cultural lexicon,” said Turtle, who now lives in New Jersey and works in the toy industry.
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