Scotland Yard July 14, 2008
Posted by James Webster in : gadgets , trackbackI have many childhoold family memories sitting around the dining table playing board games. Some of the games we played more frequently were classics like Trivial Pursuit and Monopoly but also less well-known games like Rum Rebellion and Scotland Yard.
With Friday’s release of the iPhone 3G with integrated GPS the big question is whether this heralds the moment that location-based services (LBS) take off or whether they will be consigned to be a plaything of the digerati.
One of the aspects of LBS that haven’t been explored in great depth so far are location-based games. So I wonder if a GPS and Google Maps enabled version of Scotland Yard, played in London itself, would actually be enjoyed by anyone, other than perhaps the LARPing community? Traveling on London’s public transport network is frequently an exercise in frustration so running around town trying to track down someone playing the role of Mr. X might not be that much fun. It could be an interesting one-off event in conjunction with something like the London Festival of Architecture however.
Apparently a group of students in Germany, the home of the game’s publishers Ravensburger Spiele, have already had a go at implementing a GPS-enabled Scotland Yard.
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