Picture too on September 2nd, 2009 with Nokia N95 8GB, early winter morning, Auckland, New Zealand
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Monopoly game launches on Google (boardgames, entertainment, fun, David Lim, Auckland)
A massive multi-player version of the popular property game Monopoly has been launched online.
Monopoly City Streets, developed by toymaker Hasbro, will go live on 9 September for four months.
The free game uses Google Maps or the open source Open Street Map as the playing board.
The toymaker claims it will be "the biggest game of Monopoly of all time" and will allow players to purchase almost "any street in the world".
The goal of the game, like the real-world version, is to earn money on real estate and become the richest property magnate.
Game of chance
New players are given three million Monopoly dollars to build their virtual empire.
Every street in the world is, in theory, available for purchase.
Once a player has taken control of a street, they are able to charge rent and build new virtual properties. Streets can also be traded and sold with other players.
The game makers have introduced chance cards, which allow players to sabotage neighbouring rivals by building rubbish dumps, prisons or wind farms on their property to reduce the rent value of their neighbours.
Players can only remove a hazard by bulldozing it off their property, again through the use of chance cards. The game will close on the 31 January 2010
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
The art of Googling (unreal, unbelievable, human achievement, artistic, Auckland, New Zealand)
A US artist who cannot afford to travel is using Google Street View to visit stunning locations around the world and capture them in paint.
Bill Guffey, 45, from Burkesville, Kentucky, has spent hundreds of hours travelling thousands of virtual miles to visit places he will never get to in person.
He has walked through every state in his home country as well as England, Scotland, Italy, France, Switzerland and Portugal.
After electronically hiking through some of the planet's most beautiful spots, Mr Guffey sits down to paint them at his home studio.
He has created over 100 paintings of scenes including a red phone box in Trafalgar Square, a lonely house in Scotland, a yellow taxi in New York City, and a canal boat in Amsterdam. His pieces sell for up to £1,500.
Mr Guffey said: "Having to look after my family and hold down a job have meant that my travelling days are numbered.
"Street view has really changed everything for me because it means I can go to all of those places I am in love with, sit and paint them as if I am really there.
"Travelling is what really does it for me. When I was younger and single I travelled around Europe and other countries across the world and it is the best thing I have ever done.
"Now that I have become a painter I would love to revisit some of those places and capture them in paint. But for the present, Google is an amazing substitute.
"We have always been able to look up pictures of famous buildings and places around the world. What's great about street view is that I can go to those places I would go to myself, to those places where tourists don't normally go."
Bill Guffey, 45, from Burkesville, Kentucky, has spent hundreds of hours travelling thousands of virtual miles to visit places he will never get to in person.
He has walked through every state in his home country as well as England, Scotland, Italy, France, Switzerland and Portugal.
After electronically hiking through some of the planet's most beautiful spots, Mr Guffey sits down to paint them at his home studio.
He has created over 100 paintings of scenes including a red phone box in Trafalgar Square, a lonely house in Scotland, a yellow taxi in New York City, and a canal boat in Amsterdam. His pieces sell for up to £1,500.
Mr Guffey said: "Having to look after my family and hold down a job have meant that my travelling days are numbered.
"Street view has really changed everything for me because it means I can go to all of those places I am in love with, sit and paint them as if I am really there.
"Travelling is what really does it for me. When I was younger and single I travelled around Europe and other countries across the world and it is the best thing I have ever done.
"Now that I have become a painter I would love to revisit some of those places and capture them in paint. But for the present, Google is an amazing substitute.
"We have always been able to look up pictures of famous buildings and places around the world. What's great about street view is that I can go to those places I would go to myself, to those places where tourists don't normally go."
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