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"This Is Really Something": East Boston Friends Are The Minds Behind Popular Online Trivia Game Movie Grid

Inside their small East Boston apartment, two buddies from high school are at the center of an online addiction called Movie Grid.

(CBS Boston)

January 8, 2024

EAST BOSTON - Inside their small East Boston apartment, two buddies from high school are at the center of an online addiction called Movie Grid.

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Sam Shulman and Alex Nunan are the brains behind Movie Grid, a daily online trivia game that's exploded in popularity. "It's a daily movie trivia game and it gives you nine grid boxes," said Nunan.

The rules are simple. You get nine guesses to fill up the nine boxes, all about movies. The more obscure movie titles, the better. The super addictive game has sucked in more than 20,000 daily users since its launch just a few months ago. But this was an idea that was never meant to go anywhere.

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