chuff (USA)
The New Wave of Gaming
every few years a new video game paradigm must be invented to keep people entertained. as time has gone on, we spend more and more time playing games like world of warcraft, everquest, the sims, and so on. i believe that the next step in games is the game that lets you achieve something in real life while you play. it's already showing up in games that are designed to make you smarter or more physically fit.

the idea is this: a game where the quests are for things that real people need done in the real world. the rewards are points towards being able to create your own quests.

for example: fred needs help digging a ditch. he puts up a quest, questers show up and do the work, and he confirms through the game that those particular players did the work. they each get XP that let them put up their own quests for compuer repair, tax work, and so on.

properly presented the game could be made attractive to kids, and the inherent financial advantage should be attractive to adults.



Reward: just let me know it worked.

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