I had this idea a bit earlier today, and figured I'd post it on the Game boards.
This is a DS-themed variation of the party game Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon. For those unfamiliar with the game, the objective is to create a "chain" of links to a certain thing in as few links as possible, the maximum being six. For example:
John Linnell (1) is a member of the indie pop-rock group They Might Be Giants. He produced the group Common Rotation's album The Big Fear; actor/musician Adam Busch (2) is a member of Common Rotation. Adam Busch appeared on Buffy the Vampire Slayer with Sarah Michelle Gellar (3), who had starred on All My Children with Louis Edmonds (4).
Direct links, as seen above, are ideal, but stretches are fine, too:
Goo Goo Dolls member John Rzeznik (1) received inspiration for the title of the song Iris by flipping through a magazine and seeing the name of country/folk singer Iris DeMent (2). DeMent's song Our Town was played at the end of the last episode of the television series Northern Exposure. James Marsters (3) appeared in two episodes of Northern Exposure, and was also a regular on Buffy, where he worked with Sarah Michelle Gellar (4), who had worked with Louis Edmonds (5).
I apologize for using SMG to Louis Edmonds in both my examples, but anyway, feel free to post your own here. The only rules are to not exceed six links and not to do simple things like "Joan Bennett (1) worked on Dark Shadows." Sorry if this is a boring game.