Kill (and spam) your Twitter friends with Spymaster - Time Waster

Twitter has a lot of untapped potential in the world of play. A fast, nimble social network could spawn all kinds of cool games, but I don't think it's there yet. Spymaster, a new game that quickly flew up the ranks of Twitter's trending topics this week, lets you play spy and assassinate your Twitter friends, but for those of us who aren't playing, the notifications for it are pretty annoying.

You may have already received DMs from your friends asking you to join their spy rings, or seen level up announcements and assassination attempts posted under the #spymaster hashtag. There's a way to turn the announcements off, but most people apparently haven't found it yet. As for the game itself, you score points and gain power based on the number of people in your Twitter network who are also on Spymaster, and by completing missions or attacking other players.

Spymaster is in private beta right now, but if my Twitter list is any indication, it's not that hard to get in.

Tags: games, social-networking, spymaster, time-waster, timewasters, twitter