Thursday, February 4, 2016

New Game - Ingress

I don't know whether to curse or thank my co-worker Jason.  He suggested I looking into a game called Ingress that had been developed by Google originally.  It's now run by a company that split off from Goggle as far as I understand.

There are a couple of other co-workers that play it here as well.
It's a fairly simple thing, but it has caused me to get out of the house more, walk around and get exercise I hadn't been getting, and I really did need.

To play it, you must have a GPS enabled device, such as an iPhone or equivalent. It's sort of a geocaching on steroids, but all the objects are virtual and you don't need to dig anything up.

It's also an amazingly social experience. I'm encouraging Laura to join as I think she is not happy with the level of friends she's developed here in Charlotte.  I think Kate will enjoy this too.

I'm playing for the Enlightened.  That was purely an accidental choice.  Everyone in my workplace in on the green team, so I thought it would be best to join them.

This video also gives a decent idea of how it's played.  I like this team as they are willing to show their mistakes and how they fixed them.

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