Jane McGonigal is brilliant. Playful genius, gamemaker extraordinaire, unusual challenge-maker. Check her latest out, called Cryptozoo:
It’s basically Parkour meets the Spore creature
creator. There’s an online social network where you learn how to run
through the streets like strange cryptids – think: Ninja Rabbits who
crouch run alongside parked cards and hop between them, or swing monkeys who swing around poles and
bound up steps… then you go out into the real world and run through the
streets like you’re chasing these imaginary creatures. You can race
species vs. species...
How? You either do it "single player", maybe where you film yourself - or, you join in with live events happening, including midnight ones in NYC. And holy cow this would make jogging (something I can't do because it's so fksing boring) so much more interesting.
I'm trying to get a group together in London, for anyone interested :)
http://cryptozoo.ning.com/events/cryptid-chase-london
Want to play... soo much... Makes boring exercise look fun.
Posted by: Marc | June 09, 2009 at 00:09