Imagine a world where oil reserves are running out and you must cope by developing alternative ways of getting through your day. Some people might call that reality, but it's also the premise of an upcoming Alternate Reality Game,"World Without Oil," set to launch April 30.
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Tuesday, 17 April 2007
World Without Oil: An ARG
Saturday, 7 April 2007
Future games to harness players' collective wisdom
SAN FRANCISCO--The future of games, particularly of games in education, government or industry, might well lie in players' ability to work together to solve problems.
That's the prediction of Jane McGonigal, a longtime developer of alternate-reality games who has now gone to work as the in-house game developer for the Institute for the Future, an independent nonprofit research group that forecasts future trends.
"I'm officially the first person in the world "whose job title includes the phrase, 'I design games from the future,'" McGonigal told the packed house during her keynote speech at the Serious Games Summit of the Game Developers Conference here Tuesday.
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