We are a social platform that automatically updates a person’s gaming status in real-time, so when your friends start playing a game, you will know about it instantly. Raptr also aggregates your real-time gaming activity on the PC, Xbox Live, Mac, flash games, Steam, World of Warcraft, and many other games and platforms. It is an automated process, so once you input your details of a game or platform, Raptr will automatically keep up with your activity from that game.

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The Lost Ring is an alternate reality game (ARG) revolving around a fictional Olympic sport that disappeared 2000 years ago that was created by McDonald’s as part of their marketing for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China.

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The Geograph British Isles project aims to collect geographically representative photographs and information for every square kilometre of Great Britain and Ireland, and you can be part of it.

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The Social Gaming Summit is a one day conference focused on the intersection of gaming, immersive worlds, and social networking. Games are becoming one of the most popular activities within social networks and game developers are spending more energy figuring out how to build compelling social interaction into the games they are developing. The conference will bring together leaders in the social networking and gaming spaces to share insights into the convergence of these two worlds.

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Hi, I’m Ian Bogost. I am a videogame researcher, critic, and designer, as well as an author and an entrepreneur. I am a professor at Georgia Tech (a university), a Founding Partner at Persuasive Games (a videogame studio), and a Board Member at Open Texture (an educational publisher).

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See what’s been discovered by Liberty City locals! Check the categories on the right to show markers for just about any person, place or thing in Liberty City.

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The first location-based role playing game for mobile phones – The Shroud. Build a thriving community based on real world locations, defend it by any means necessary and venture out on heroic quests. For the first time, a truly immersive gameplay experience comes to wireless.

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GeoUniverse® Mobile brings the worldwide phenomenon of geocaching to your gpsOne-enabled mobile phone. Join millions of other explorers searching the everyday world for hidden treasures, known as caches. Create and submit your own caches for explorers to find!

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The Urban Challenge experience grew from a birthday game Kevin created for his twelve year old daughter, Katie. “For her birthday, we created an adventure that had Kate and her friends racing all over town taking photos and solving clues. Kate and her friends had so much fun that I decided there must be away to create that experience for a lot more people.”

“I wanted to combine the best of reality television, endurance racing, and adventure in a format that was accessible by not just the athlete or lucky few.” Urban Challenge grew from these efforts. Like any great game, one can train for months to play Urban Challenge or just go for it.

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Navigate the Streets is Canada’s original urban race.

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