The latest version of Google Earth includes very decent looking 3D buildings and terrain with full time-based sunlight simulation. It won’t be that long before a hybrid of all this satellite and terrain data will be accessible in some sort of game, I suspect. I want to play a massively multiplayer persistent FPS, sort of like a giant Battlefield, where we fight for the world’s resources on a 1:1 scale.
[via the sharp-looking new Waxy]
“I want to play a massively multiplayer persistent FPS, sort of like a giant Battlefield, where we fight for the world’s resources on a 1:1 scale.”
I’ve played it – it’s called Real Life. Got bored of it when everyone on my team insisted on being a sniper or stealing all the jeeps when I need to get to work on time.
Still, it’s truly the most massive of the massively multiplayer games. And the mini-games – like eating pizza or riding a Razor scooter – are fun. If they’d just nerf the multinational CEO player class, I might think about getting back into it.
And oh yeah! WTF is up with that monthly fee!? Outrageous!
LOL @#1- reminds me of this helpful guide from “the Onion”.
Seriously though, I remember contemplating what it would be like to play one of Sid Meyer’s Civ games on Google Earth.