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Mogi Location-Based Mobile Gaming Hits Japan

Thanks to TheFeature for its article discussing the popular Japanese mobile phone game Mogi, a title which "uses both the position of players in the landscape, and the landscape itself to generate play." The French developers of Mogi at Newt Games explain: "We used the map to give [virtual] creatures some interesting behavior. Some creatures only hunt at night. Some hang around close to parks", thus: "If a player wants to find that [in-game] creature, they'll have to travel near a park [playing Mogi on their mobile phone] in the evening hours." A keen Tokyo-based player of the game also explains why he enjoys it: "All the trips I make in the city are now randomized, as I will often divert a few hundred meters to go and collect an object around me."

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  1. Rinsing the Foamy Puppet by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    THE BALLAD OF THE SAD SOMALIAN WINE TASTER

    Passenger puppet is flying high,
    crotch grabber,
    a pretty puppet on seat nearby
    is smelling good - a tasty pie!

    Racing heart and throat is dry,
    as elbows touch on the sly,
    flowing heat in full supply.

    Wandering hands start to crotch,
    they settle down amid a sigh,
    on something soft - her silky thigh.

    Silent glance, a pleading try
    seeks consent, "Please can I"?
    With impish eyes and smile so shy,
    she nods to say, "Let them lie".

    What next? Don't mean to pry,
    but a telltale spot on the fly
    grabb the crotch.
    It has been named
    after its alarm call,

    which bears a striking
    resemblance
    to the bark of dog.
    These animals

    which resemble
    a goat from some
    distance
    can also frequently
    be seen as salt licks.

    I sold this little vignette to some somalier from Canada, a menage a dealer
    in Canadian certified organic wines. My student has harvested three hours
    of sleep from a single bed, picking her puppet's detritus off the floor and
    handing it to me. She calls me Santa and her membrane has formed a placenta
    around my mangan. The time is now, I tell her. And even while I'm saying
    this my head is pounding. To think there's a muscle in there that I
    tortured at the bar! And her puppet's all fucked up on the floor, looking
    like it was stung by a pack of bees and then peed on. Hell, I've done
    crazier things under the insane influence of the nectar of Dyonysis, the
    Roamn goddes of Wine women, and somaliers.

    I tell her that my puppet case has a capacity to hold 1000 beds. At present
    250 beds have been made available. It is equipped with latest machines and
    equipments. This declaration she takes as an acknowledgemnt of our
    possible future together.

    I wiped off her large eyeballs
    and squeezed out a measure of liquid soap, frothing it up into a foamy,
    cleansing lather. After spending fifteen minutes meticulously washing off
    and rinsing her puppet, she was satisfied with the results. She squeezed out
    the bulk of the water from the fur material and laughed when the big
    eyeballs bounced and rolled at her. She placed her hand inside of the puppet
    and turned on the hand dryer, moving the puppet's arms back and forth, not
    even knwoing the puppet was actually the somalier from Canada, Todd
    Fendrick.

    We giggled, tumbled around tickling each other, and then took that Todd to
    bed and really fucked it up good!

  2. REPLY TO THIS POST IF YOU WANT TO DATE ME! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Mod this post up if you want a geek to have some companionship!

    I am a 20 year old male(obviously) geek and I am skinny. Please reply to this post if you would date me!

    1. Re:REPLY TO THIS POST IF YOU WANT TO DATE ME! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      If you only have one computer, you can't be much of a geek.

  3. Re:It won't spread. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Funny? Horseshit. Seeing this guy hanging by his fucking ankles from a tree with his head in a bucket of aborted fetii, now that would be funny.

  4. Rename Apache! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    To: The Apache Software Foundation

    Those of us who have used Apache products know what an great tools the Apache Software Foundation have produced. However, the Apache Software Foundation had decided to name themselves rather tastelessly. The title is clearly meant to refer to the Apache Native Americans, who were the victims of a large scale massacre and enslavement in 1871. In this world, it is unforgiveable that this should be allowed to happen. The idea is both offensive and morally repugnant. Hopefully, when Greg Stein and, more importantly, The Apache Group see the number of signatures on this petition, the title will be changed to something a little more sensitive.

    Sincerely,

    The Undersigned

  5. I dont know... by liamchristopher · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    I tend not to trust software companies that cant put a
    <title>
    tag on their companies front page.
  6. Re:logical extention by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You are so smart. Can I be you?

  7. Re:Take an object, leave an object by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Ah me so solly me rikea flied lice. No tikkee no washee. Hibachi hibachi toyota! Presteshon!

  8. Re:OMG by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
  9. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    First post, ballbags!

  10. Re:Reality gaming! by grazzy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    does that mean you're moderating yourself down too?

  11. Re:Further... by Patrik_AKA_RedX · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    But every asian person knows karate (or did TV lied to me again?), so perverts will add a kombat element to the game.

    Pervert flashes HotChick for 2p.
    HotChick kicks Pervert in nuts for 25p.
    Pervert wishes he was death.
    HotChick gains 12p of experience.