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Google Maps Meets Carmen Sandiego
Craig Miller writes "What better way to end the weekend than by playing a game of Brewster Jennings Protects America? This new game is a Google Maps mashup with the classic 'Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego' style of game. Run around the world trying to stop a terrorist from carrying an attack. Pretty amusing game and it shows what you can do with the Google Maps API and a little imagination." Despite the jingoistic title and concept it's a lot of fun, and quite challenging on hard.
This would be so much cooler with real time satellite feeds and orbital laser command at your control
...Brewster Jennings couldn't stop the incoming terrorist attack on his server...
Is that Bostons roads are REALLY messed up.
Run around the world trying to stop a terrorist from carrying an attack. Expect a full-fledged investigation from the Patriot Act police soon.
Google helped me found her.. She's in Cairo, Egypt.
Then again, perhaps if anyone knew where the name "Brewster Jennings" came from, it might put things in a different perspective.
If you want to find out where she is hiding herself right now, just ask Google: Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?
Man is a slave because freedom is difficult, whereas slavery is easy.
Ho yeah ! It was even shown on french TV... What's the link with Carmen Sandiego ?
2.1 is definitely a non-functional requirement, I'm going to dock you points for putting it in your use case...
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Well, holy fuck, it's a game, not a goddamned graduate level course at Yale!
Where does CCH Pounder fit into all of this?
(Obscure...?)
To be fair, neither did history class in high school.
My favorite part of this game was looking up the word "jingoistic".
So says ToeNipples
That's right - somethis is missing! A terrorist has stolen the White House! Your job is to track the theif to his hideout, arrest him, and recover the loot! A white man was seen leaving the scene of the crime...
--LWM
I don't know whether to feel too old or too young for this comment.
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I think you misspelt "has nukes and no oil" ;-)
Justin.
You're only jealous cos the little penguins are talking to me.
IIRC, it was mostly a geography game, and we played it when we were in 4-5th grade. Getting 4th and 5th graders to know the locations of various countries, cities, and landmarks on a map is all they were striving for, and that they succeeded at that goal is quite an accomplishment in itself.
I remember playing it in 9th grade...in French. That just added a whole new level of difficulty to the game.