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Relive 'Carmen Sandiego' With Lufthansa's 'Virtual Pilot II' Game
Were you a huge fan of Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego? Or maybe you just have a thing for geography? Well, Lufthansa totally understands and they're rekindling a bit of the Carmen Sandiago adrenaline with their second version of the geography trivia web game "Virtual Pilot."
In Virtual Pilot 1, you'd be given a city name and you'd have to click on a map in order to "land your plane" as close to there as possible. The first round showed city dots and country borders, the second round only had country borders, and the third round only gave you land masses to go by. We fared pretty well on it, but Virtual Pilot II is kicking our butt hardcore.
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Google Map-Based 'Monopoly City Streets' Game Launches Today
Today may be 09/09/09, and the day that a certain hyped video game releases (Beatles Rock Band, more on that later), but there's yet another game out today for which we are extremely excited: Monopoly City Streets, and it's free.
It's being called the "biggest live game of Monopoly in history"—would we be part of a Guinness World Record then?—and it's focused on using Google Maps as the gameboard, with the ability to utilize street view to aid in making location purchase decisions. And just like in the real Monopoly, this worldwide version has you buying streets and building everything from hazards to skyscrapers on them.
But how will it work? We'll defer to PC World to explain this one:
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Just What China Needed: A World of Warcraft Restaurant
We've never played, but the 1 million World of Warcraft gamers in China are sure to be booking tickets to Beijing right now: A new restaurant in the capital features screens playing animations from the game, a full-sized suit of armor, fantasy-inspired murals, menu items named after characters from Azeroth and, obviously, a place to get online and play.
And this isn't the only gamer-friendly venue you'll want to put on your Chinese itinerary. You'll also want to check out Universal Digital Carnival Valley in Changzhou, set to open in 2010:
Featuring nine digital culture and e-sports experience sectors such as Hero Gate, Taobao Street, QQ Fantasy, Mir World, Star World, Warcraft Land, Secret Island, Happy Harbor and World Digital Culture Temple.
Just remember: If you do go, don't talk about the trip in your next job interview.
Related Stories:
· WoW Restaurant in Beijing [Shanghaiist, via]
· Guitar Heroes in Manila [Jaunted]
[Photo: Dianping]
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Fall Culture Travel: Blip Festival
Our parents were wrong: They never should have donated our once-beloved Pac-Man games to the Goodwill because Pac-Man and all his buddies have made a comeback. The now-archaic games we played growing up were called 8-bit, and their designs have made their way on to T-shirts, skateboards, and have influenced countless young designers and artists.
From November 29-December 2, artist collectives The Tank and 8bitpeoples collaborate to celebrate all things 8-bit for the four-day Blip Festival in New York. In addition to visual art, the festival also includes musicians and filmmakers inspired by games.
The festival's complete schedule is forthcoming, but every day follows the same agenda: screenings and artists' workshops take place during the day, with concerts happening every night. Attending every session and concert within the four days is cheap as far as NYC festivals go at $35, and tickets to individual events cost just $10, with all ticket purchases including a one-year subscription to Time Out New York and free Singha Beer during evening/nighttime events.
What could be better? Revisiting your Atari glory days and free beer, all under the guise of art!
Related Links:
· Blip Festival [Official Site]
· Fall Festivals coverage [Jaunted]
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Fresh (News) Fruits for Rotting Vegetables
August isn't only a slow news month in the U.S. Over in Central Europe, they call it "cucumber season"; meaning, that's when news organizations over there run articles on how it's going to be a bumper crop of cucumbers this year. No, not asparagus--the communists considered it to be a bourgeois vegetable and the asparagus fields were torn up after the Second World War.
Except, as Pestiside points out, cucumber season this year happens to have a fair amount of real news, as their coverage of recent Central European events demonstrates. To wit: The Slovaks elected a Prime Minister who bears an uncanny resemblance to the lead singer of Madness. The Romanians, meanwhile, have published a video game featuring battles with the Hungarians in space--presumably because space is free of feral dogs--and, best of all, the current Polish president chose his twin brother to be Prime Minister. That last one sounds a lot like an episode of Young and the Restless, but indeed, they are all true. Sure beats coverage of shark attacks, right?
[Image via nao-cha/Flickr]
Related Stories:
· Cucumber Season [Pestiside.hu]
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Airport Insecurity
Airport Insecurity is a game/comment on current security efforts in our airports. Made to run on Java-enabled Nokia phones, the game's all about managing a line of people waiting to go through security (you can choose one of 138 airports for the simulation). Go too slow, and the people in line will start to get twitchy. The chances of sneaking in something "unallowed" (like a cigarette lighter) vary depending on the actual stats of the airport you chose. Say the makers, "To consider the game's implications fully, players are encouraged to play the game while waiting in line at airport security." Doesn't exactly sound as fun as Me and My Katamari, but we bet it's definitely a conversation-starter.
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· Take off your shoes [Collision Detection, via Knick-Knack]
· Persuasive Games [Official site]
