Google Earth 4.3 features include sunlight, improved 3D terrain and buildings, still no jetpacks or guns

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]

[#1 posted by castewar , April 16, 2008 2:23 PM]

"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!

[#2 posted by tallpat , April 17, 2008 9:11 AM]

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.