Gaming for the good of Mankind...?
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DaddyHoggy
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Gaming for the good of Mankind...?
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Re: Gaming for the good of Mankind...?
Ooo I wonder what other scientific discombobulations. That this; "make it a game" method could work for.
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Looks like a good way to trick the me generations into contributing to the betterment of society by having them play a game. Now if only dogfighting pirates in oolite could be linked somehow to other spacial puzzles that need to be solved... 
Take an idea from one person and twist or modify it in a different way as a return suggestion so another person can see a part of it that can apply to the oxp they are working on.
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Book Translations of ancient texts has also been turned into a game.ClymAngus wrote:Ooo I wonder what other scientific discombobulations. That this; "make it a game" method could work for.
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Don't forget recaptcha getting the user to identify alphanumeric characters in really old documents to enable them to be digitized.DaddyHoggy wrote:Book Translations of ancient texts has also been turned into a game.ClymAngus wrote:Ooo I wonder what other scientific discombobulations. That this; "make it a game" method could work for.
Goes off to look for a link...
Take an idea from one person and twist or modify it in a different way as a return suggestion so another person can see a part of it that can apply to the oxp they are working on.
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Fails to find link, my Goolge-fu is weak today...DaddyHoggy wrote:Book Translations of ancient texts has also been turned into a game.ClymAngus wrote:Ooo I wonder what other scientific discombobulations. That this; "make it a game" method could work for.
Goes off to look for a link...
Oolite Life is now revealed hereSelezen wrote:Apparently I was having a DaddyHoggy moment.
Re: Gaming for the good of Mankind...?
This it, not a game, but still!DaddyHoggy wrote:Fails to find link, my Goolge-fu is weak today...DaddyHoggy wrote:Book Translations of ancient texts has also been turned into a game.ClymAngus wrote:Ooo I wonder what other scientific discombobulations. That this; "make it a game" method could work for.
Goes off to look for a link...
Edit: Or maybe this. (Is a game)
"A brilliant game of blasting and trading... Truly a mega-game... The game of a lifetime."
(Gold Medal Award, Zzap!64 May 1985).
(Gold Medal Award, Zzap!64 May 1985).
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The later is the one I was thinking of (I think!)
Oolite Life is now revealed hereSelezen wrote:Apparently I was having a DaddyHoggy moment.