05-05-2004, 08:00 AM
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Swami
Join Date: Feb 2004
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Hi-Tech Hide-and-Seek � Have PDA, will Play
So, what do you use your PDA for? Is it anything like described in this BBC news story? "Combine PDAs, the internet, a modern British metropolis and an imaginary uncle and what have you got? A big game of hide-and-seek. It's the most hi-tech game of hide and seek you ever did see. It is called Uncle Roy All Around You and is the invention of the Blast Theory group of artists. Led by Matt Adams, the group specialises in exploring interactivity and relationships between cyberspace and city space, the virtual and the actual."
"Street players are equipped with PDAs to help them look for Uncle Roy, who regularly supplies them with clues about his whereabouts as well as a lot of other messages. Catherine Williams, development officer for Blast Theory, says the clues can be poetry, lyrical descriptions of parts of the city, historical information or just blunt facts. Even those who think they know part of a city well can be surprised by what Uncle Roy reveals to them about the play area. "All the reference points that come through to look out for are things you would not notice walking through that part of the city," says Ms Williams. Changing the way that people think about a city - which for most people is just a backdrop for their life - is one of the professed aims of Uncle Roy. Instead of a blank cityscape, players have to interact and engage with it, asking people they have never met if they are Uncle Roy. Instead of a city full of strangers, people become potential helpers and friends."
Wow, now that's using technology in several intriguing ways! These guys have quite modest aims don't you think? :wink: It certainly sound like playing this game would be quite a blast. :wink: You can visit Blast Theory here and find out more about the game (including dates & info on games in different countries) here. Have any of you guy played this? Would you do so if you had the chance?
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05-05-2004, 09:12 AM
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Sage
Join Date: Mar 2004
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Wow! 8O That definitely looks like a *lot* of fun!!
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05-05-2004, 01:04 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2003
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Re: Hi-Tech Hide-and-Seek ? Have PDA, will Play
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Wow, now that's using technology in several intriguing ways! These guys have quite modest aims don't you think? :wink: It certainly sound like playing this game would be quite a blast. :wink: You can visit Blast Theory here and find out more about the game (including dates & info on games in different countries) here. Have any of you guy played this? Would you do so if you had the chance? |
Well I do have the chance. The game is in my city for a few more days. The question is whether to play online or on the street? I've registered to find out when the games start. If it doesn't rain tonight (Manchester is the rain capital of UK) I hope to go into the city centre and give it a try.
The instructions aren't very clear though; I can't work out whether I can play using my PPC, nor whether I can give myself a name so that anyone playing on line can identify me.
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05-05-2004, 05:59 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2003
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Speaking of high-tech games
Check out http://www.gamecontrol.com/.
It's a high-tech version of scavenger hunt. Seems that quite a few Microsoft employees play it (probably helps to be rich).
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05-05-2004, 09:27 PM
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Swami
Join Date: Feb 2004
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Re: Hi-Tech Hide-and-Seek ? Have PDA, will Play
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Originally Posted by cyclist
Well I do have the chance. The game is in my city for a few more days. The question is whether to play online or on the street? I've registered to find out when the games start. If it doesn't rain tonight (Manchester is the rain capital of UK) I hope to go into the city centre and give it a try.
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Let us know how it goes!
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06-01-2004, 12:55 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Apr 2003
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Re: Hi-Tech Hide-and-Seek ? Have PDA, will Play
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Let us know how it goes!
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It went whoosh as it went past; I didn't get to try it. The day I posted we had torrential rain so I didn't try. I got a sign up email, which talked about bringing in evidence of identity and a deposit, so I guess that loan handsets are used. I phoned several times but was told each time that tickets weren't available for that day. In the next location (Birmingham, UK) most days have been expressly reserved for already booked groups, so I guess this happened in Manchester too.
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06-01-2004, 03:15 PM
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Swami
Join Date: Feb 2004
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Thanks for that anyway. 
Anyone else attend it?
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