P Kishor wrote: > On 11/15/08, Che-Wei Wang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> http://turfbombing.com/ >> >> Turf Bombing is a location-based war game which rewards and encourages >> traveling and learning about different neighborhoods. >> >> This game requires a laptop and works anywhere in the world where there's a >> wifi connection. Your laptop's wifi connection is used to triangulate your >> position. >> >> Teams are assigned by the zip code of your home address. The goal of each >> team is to gain as much territory as possible. >> >> Territories are acquired as players plant time bombs at different locations >> in physical space. If the bomb is not diffused by a local team member in >> time, the bomb will explode and the territory will be turned over to the >> team that planted the bomb. > > > I wish some other metaphor were used here. I can imagine sitting down > in an airport, and starting to "plant time bombs at different > locations in physical space" to while away the layover, and then... > > > ...being led away in handcuffs.
Yeah, this was my reaction too. The game sounds great, and encouraging exploration of neighbourhoods is a very very worthy goal. But the bomb planting bit kind of kills the mood. Shoot-em-up games are all very well when confined to fantasy land, but when brought into reality it's a bit more erm, icky... Dan _______________________________________________ Geowanking mailing list [email protected] http://geowanking.org/mailman/listinfo/geowanking_geowanking.org
