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Narrative experiences

Uncle Roy All Around You

Uncle Roy All Around You Uncle Roy All Around You is a game played online in a virtual city and on the streets of an actual city. Online Players and Street Players collaborate to find Uncle Roy's office before being invited to make a year long commitment to a total stranger. It is a zone of possibility and new encounters. Building on previous work Uncle Roy investigates some of the social changes brought about by ubiquitous mobile devices, persistent access to a network and location-aware technologies. New browser window: Uncle Roy All Around You

Oldton

Oldton "When I was six, my dad killed himself and we left the old town where I was very happy. Now I go back to look for it, it isn't there..." In search of Oldton is a collaborative online story created by Tim Wright. During the last couple of years Tim's been trying to locate Oldton and make sense of what happened there. From the texts, photos and other Oldton artefacts people send him, Tim is making a map of the place, a grid of 52 cards that locate all the people, events and emotions that have been lost until now. New browser window: Oldton

Perplexcity

Perplexcity Perplexcity is an Alternate Reality Game that combines online and offline gaming - it's a virtual place, an adventure story, a game and a real-life treasure hunt. The narrative revolves around the precious Receda Cube which has been stolen from Perplex City. It's an object of immense power and importance, and the people of Perplex City want it back. The thieves have buried the Cube somewhere on Earth and there's a reward of $200,000/£100,000 for whoever finds it first. New browser window: Perplexcity

Planet Jemma

Planet Jemma Aimed at 11-16 year old girls Planet Jemma fuses the tension of good quality TV drama with the challenge of scientific endeavour. An online teen drama where users watch daily video diaries about Jemma's life - users receive regular personalised emails , get involved with fun votes and quizzes, meet a cast of friends (and enemies) get inspired by cool women scientists and sample a slice of life at uni! New browser window: Planet Jemma

Cape Farewell

Cape Farewell Cape Farewell brings artists, scientists and educators together to collectively address and raise awareness about climate change. The project has led three expeditions into the wild, beautiful and icy High Arctic, a place for artistic inspiration and scientific enquiry. From this vantage point the artists and scientists illustrate the workings of this crucial part of the planet, drawing attention to the role ocean currents play and the effect rising CO2 levels and changing weather patterns will have on us all and our climate. New browser window: Cape Farewell

Coast mobile

Coast mobile The coastline of Britain is one of the most diverse in the world, and for many people it's right on their doorstep. Coast, follows an epic journey around the shorelines of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and the website provides another way to learn more about some of the most interesting and exciting locations. Users can search the site to find different walks, get information about routes to follow and an audio commentary for their mobile phone. New browser window: Coast mobile

The Sultan's Elephant on flickr

The Sultan's Elephant on flickr An extraordinary European street theatre company, Royal de Luxe create spectacular shows involving giant figures. Shows are simple - the animal or giant arrives in town and lives its life, going about its business for a few days. Extraordinary interactions take place between passers-by and the performance; residents become enchanted with the activities of these miraculous beings and begin to follow their every move. The Sultan's Elephant is the fifth in the series of giant pieces. New browser window: The Sultan's Elephant on flickr

Machinima

Machinima Machinima is a form of machine cinema and animation created by production techniques from rendering computer-generated imagery (CGI), the use of real-time processes and interactive (game) 3D engines. Launched in January 2000 Machinima.com has grown to become the pre-eminent site serving the Machinima community. New browser window: Machinima

World of Warcraft

World of Warcraft World of Warcraft is a massive multiplayer online game, that enables thousands of players to come together online and battle against the world and each other. Players from across the globe can leave the real world behind and undertake grand quests and heroic exploits in a land of fantastic adventure. New browser window: World of Warcraft

Online Caroline

Online Caroline Online Caroline is a 24-episode BAFTA-award winning online drama about one woman's attempt to find an online friend, created through a mixture of simulated webcam feeds, personalised emails, telephone messages and interactive activities. New browser window: Online Caroline

Making the Modern World

Making the Modern World Making the Modern World brings powerful stories about science and invention from the 18th century to today. It explains the development and the global spread of modern industrial society and its effects on all our lives. The site expands upon the permanent landmark gallery at the Science Museum, using the Web and dynamic multimedia techniques to go beyond what a static exhibition can do. New browser window: Making the Modern World

The Storr: Unfolding landscape

The Storr: Unfolding landscape The dramatic natural land formation of The Old Man of The Storr in Trotternish on the Isle of Skye was transformed through illumination and sound throughout the months of August and September in 2005. For 42 nights this installation took an audience of 6,500 people on a strenuous walk to witness one of Europe's most dramatic and inspiring landscapes at midnight. The massed pinnacles and buttresses were illuminated while powerful soundscapes drifted down from the ridges above. New browser window: The Storr: Unfolding landscape

A Force More Powerful

A Force More Powerful A Force More Powerful (AFMP) is a computer game that teaches how to fight real-world adversaries-dictators, military occupiers and corrupt rulers- using methods that have succeeded in actual conflicts; not laser rays or AK47s, but non-military strategies and non-violent weapons. Produced by a unique collaboration of experts on non-violent conflict working and veteran game designers this simulation game teaches the strategy of non-violent conflict. A dozen scenarios, inspired by recent history, include conflicts against dictators, occupiers, colonizers and corrupt regimes, as well as struggles to secure the political and human rights of ethnic and racial minorities and women. New browser window: A Force More Powerful

Other links of interest

Massively Multi Online Role Play Games: MMORPGs

Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Play Game's (MMORPGs) represent online communities that emerge around computer games. Large numbers of players interact with one another in a virtual world as players assume the role of fictional characters and take control over many of that character's actions. The game's persistent world, usually hosted by the game's publisher continues to exist and evolve while the player is away from the game. MMORPGs are very popular, with at least one commercial game, World of Warcraft, reporting millions of subscribers.

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Sims Online

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World of Warcraft

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