This is a must-try for anyone who wants to explore alternate-reality games (probably one of the more highly complex forms of game play to create!). This game starts TODAY, October 7th, and it’s an experiment funded by the Robert Wood Foundation. The goal of the game is to see if the community can pool together ideas to begin to identify cures for neurological diseases – a group of diseases that cost our country billions – and devastate the lives of millions.
The game starts with a scenario in 2020 – a video clip
that shows a message from the president of the United States – announcing that he, along with millions of other Americans, have an incurable disease. Once you watch the introductory scenario, you can register to play the game. You’ll receive an email with your first set of instructions.
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Let me know if you play – and what you think about how this type of approach could work inside organizations trying to teach employees analytic/problem-solving skills as well as skills in collaborating virtually.
Hey all,
It may not be kosher to reply to your own post – but I wanted to update everyone on how the game went. Two BLPers – myself and Brandon Penticuff, our Technology Director, played – as well as a few of our clients.
We all thought the game was interesting…but disorganized. Lots of ideas got generated, but it wasn’t clear to us how the best ideas would bubble to the top. I got immediate validation as a player for posting my first idea (10 points!), and I quickly rose to “brilliant” status by posting several more. I gained most points for using positive imagination and momentum; I still gained points – but only 1 at a time – when I used “antagonism” (e.g. disagreeing with someone) or “dark imagination.”
All in all, I enjoyed playing and I liked the short-term nature of the game – only 24 hours. If you ended up playing, let me know how you thought it went. One of our client’s commented that he thought it was a neat brainstorming tool…but he couldn’t quite figure out how a company would use the results.
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