history 101 - the first thing people do with new technology..is what they have done with the old technology. bet you've heard that a time or two. You know, the TV shows in the 50s (still shown today) that began with a curtain pulled back to reveal the subject (like a play). Newcasts that were more like radio shows. It took decades for TV to find itself. So...mobile games. hmmm...let's take an arcade game and shrink it to a handheld device (gameboy). Just not the same. The first truly mobile game was cleverly called the Nokia game In this game you collaborate with other places using your phone. As it should be. (I always thought that all the new GPS phones should be used for group treasure hunt games.) also in the "smart mob" dept. I think setting up the location database to allow you to access voice messages from fellow freeway drivers on the same freeway going the same direction would be fun. I honestly believe that if you could call the guy next to you it would avoid needless anger. It's simply eaiser to get mad anonomysly.
Remember the game Majestic? It was a role playing game that was mobile, but without phones. You would get calls on landline phones, faxes, etc., all about a fictional story you were dropped into. It was one of those things I thought was a great idea, but before I had a chance to try it it went belly up. It was one of those games that was more like being in a fantasy baseball league - you get out of it what you put into it...and...your fellow players have a big impact on your experience.
On that note, I tried the Sims online and found it was more like a chat room where you don't know anybody. I also tried (as I've written here before) XBOX live and found that:
1. I suck
2. at 42, I'm 20 years older than the average player
3. there are either guys that kick my ass, or, guys that drive backwards.
To demonstrate to a visitor recently I donned the headpiece and plugged everything in (my xbox uses a linksys wireless bridge to connect). I did not notice that the "no volume" key was on and I started talking. "this is strange" said I, "I don't hear any voices" whereupon I pressed the operative button just to hear a bunch of guys that sounded drunk in Mississippi "what other voices do you hear, dude?". I'm still blown away that I can have a motorcycle race with a guy in Mississippi over broadband while sitting in my living room...and talk to the guy too.
TheFeature :: New Devices, Same Games
Remember the game Majestic? It was a role playing game that was mobile, but without phones. You would get calls on landline phones, faxes, etc., all about a fictional story you were dropped into. It was one of those things I thought was a great idea, but before I had a chance to try it it went belly up. It was one of those games that was more like being in a fantasy baseball league - you get out of it what you put into it...and...your fellow players have a big impact on your experience.
On that note, I tried the Sims online and found it was more like a chat room where you don't know anybody. I also tried (as I've written here before) XBOX live and found that:
1. I suck
2. at 42, I'm 20 years older than the average player
3. there are either guys that kick my ass, or, guys that drive backwards.
To demonstrate to a visitor recently I donned the headpiece and plugged everything in (my xbox uses a linksys wireless bridge to connect). I did not notice that the "no volume" key was on and I started talking. "this is strange" said I, "I don't hear any voices" whereupon I pressed the operative button just to hear a bunch of guys that sounded drunk in Mississippi "what other voices do you hear, dude?". I'm still blown away that I can have a motorcycle race with a guy in Mississippi over broadband while sitting in my living room...and talk to the guy too.
TheFeature :: New Devices, Same Games
posted by Spasssmeister at 8:00 PM
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