http://www.psfk.com Your Go-To Source For New Ideas And Inspiration Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:35:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.psfk.com/2011/04/the-go-game-app-possibly-the-best-researched-location-game-in-history.html Mon, 11 Apr 2011 15:33:05 +0000 The Go Game App is location based, about urban adventure, and apparently more like ‘a scavenger hunt on steroids.' Available only on the iPhone, users are able to integrate video into the core of game play resulting in a plethora of possible scenarios.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/05/interview-pegshot-founders-on-combining-location-with-content-generation.html Mon, 10 May 2010 17:20:32 +0000 Phil Thomas Di Guilio and Christian Sterner of Pegshot share their insights on how people are using their platform.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/11/scvngr-powers-location-based-experiences.html Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:59:10 +0000 SCVNGR's services power mobile gaming experiences, as well as iPhone and Android apps that allow users to build similar location-based games with their friends. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2008/12/location-based-game-encourages-players-to-explore-the-real-world.html Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:35:34 +0000 As GPS enabled devices continue to evolve, we expect the trend of online applications that engage us in unique ways with our actual physical environments to continue developing increasingly novel uses for our lives.  One of the obvious ways is through play.  We’ve previously written about Parallel Kingdom, a location based game where users’ real world wanderings correspond to in-game movements. More recently we came upon Turf Bombing, a game that forms players into loosely associated “gangs” through shared zip codes, and whoseultimate goal is to control the most territory. Participants complete these tasks by exploring different neighborhoods, cities and even countriesRead more...]]>