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Gaming for the good of Mankind...?

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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... 8)
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ClymAngus wrote:
Ooo I wonder what other scientific discombobulations. That this; "make it a game" method could work for.
Book Translations of ancient texts has also been turned into a game.

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DaddyHoggy wrote:
ClymAngus wrote:
Ooo I wonder what other scientific discombobulations. That this; "make it a game" method could work for.
Book Translations of ancient texts has also been turned into a game.

Goes off to look for a link...
Don't forget recaptcha getting the user to identify alphanumeric characters in really old documents to enable them to be digitized. :)
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DaddyHoggy wrote:
ClymAngus wrote:
Ooo I wonder what other scientific discombobulations. That this; "make it a game" method could work for.
Book Translations of ancient texts has also been turned into a game.

Goes off to look for a link...
Fails to find link, my Goolge-fu is weak today... :(
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DaddyHoggy wrote:
DaddyHoggy wrote:
ClymAngus wrote:
Ooo I wonder what other scientific discombobulations. That this; "make it a game" method could work for.
Book Translations of ancient texts has also been turned into a game.
Goes off to look for a link...
Fails to find link, my Goolge-fu is weak today... :(
This it, not a game, but still!
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).
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The later is the one I was thinking of (I think!)
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