When games invade real life - It's already happening...

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Posted by Playa24_7 on Sep-23-2010 15:41:

When games invade real life - It's already happening...

I watched this speech about a month ago at www.TED.com by Jesse Schell who is a professor at Carneige Mellon Univeristy.

It's about the future of gaming and the future of life, how lots of our day to day activities are going to be turned into a game, rewarded, just as they are in games already. Whether for better or worse by companies and the like, it's already starting to happen.

"Games are invading the real world -- and the runaway popularity of Farmville and Guitar Hero is just the beginning, says Jesse Schell. At the DICE Summit, he makes a startling prediction: a future where 1-ups and experience points break "out of the box" and into every part of our daily lives."

An example of a ski resort company already putting this into use:
- Article -

- Actual Website For Their Program Here -

The Speech:

Posted by Summerlover on Sep-23-2010 16:40:

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Originally posted by Playa24_7
An example of a ski resort company already putting this into use:
- Article -

Inrteresting article. I think this is an amazing idea and should really develop peoples ideas and motivation towards such sports. I personally love this conept and hope it becomes more accessible to skiers in Ontario, I'd be very interested to see how much I'm snowboarding each time I go up. Wonder if it'll start tracking how many times I fall flat on my ass too?

Posted by Ravist on Sep-23-2010 16:56:

A lot of these games are to feed people's egos. It's a bad thing really, people want these achievements to have a reason to tell themselves, they are amazing. There are obviously pros as well but with a game like mafia wars, that is in my opinion a method to feed one's ego. Like in the video, if you spend so much time and money on a game like mafia, you tell yourself it's worth it when it really isn't.

Posted by Abercrombie on Sep-23-2010 17:06:

It's like taking Foursquare and Waze to the next level.

Posted by ChemEnhanced on Sep-23-2010 17:13:

Its both an interesting and yet stupid idea....but if it gets people more active then good.

Posted by geroin on Sep-23-2010 17:16:

dude you forgot part 3 which is the best one lol

Posted by Playa24_7 on Sep-24-2010 01:50:

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Originally posted by geroin
dude you forgot part 3 which is the best one lol

oh fack haha, yeah it is, oops.

Fixed.

Posted by Playa24_7 on Sep-24-2010 01:50:

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