Above and Below Hamburg

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:46:55 GMT

(Tunnel below river Elbe, Hamburg; picture via wikipedia)

GPS-Mission even works in the tunnel below the river Elbe - as has been shown by the German TV show "Rund um den Michel" on NDR.

Yesterdays edition of the Hamburg based show was themed around "traces and tracing". Yago, a Hamburg based player and his friend were chased through town in a nice mission the TV team came up with - going deep down under the Elbe and high up to a bar with an excellent view over Hamburg as well as exploring an old Bunker.

In the tunnel they had to find out how deep it is at its deepest point - and surprisingly they could send their answer right away from down there. Which of course was a trick - in reality players have to get out of the tunnel until they can post the answer to the riddle since there is neither internet nor GPS reception down there.

By the way, this was the second time GPS Mission was on German TV - a few weeks ago it has been on 3Sat, in a short feature on Location Based Games which can be watched online.

Playing Cops and Robbers

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:26:45 GMT

(parking deck as playground)

If you take a look at the GPS-Mission map of Bremen, you´ll find quite a few missions that either make you play a gangster or a police officer.

More Cable Salad

Thu, 05 Feb 2009 12:46:12 GMT

Just started teaching a course on Location-Based Gaming at the University of Applied Sciences in Bremen. While the students are out in the streets I am busy with all the cable salad...

...playing around with my phone.

Above and Below Hamburg

Playing Cops and Robbers

More Cable Salad