115: The Making of World Without Oil

Chimaera

Niche Game Fangirl
Oct 28, 2005
210
0
0
The Making of World Without Oil

"'Players were happy to do stuff if our characters did it first. By the time we realized this simple truth, however, it was too late for some challenges. One of my characters was a 15-year-old girl, for example, so to show her with a WWO sign I needed to hire an actor, and I just couldn't arrange for an actor to play her in time.'"

Nova Barlow speaks to the creators of the ground-breaking Virtual reality Game, World Without Oil.


Read Full Article
 

Bongo Bill

New member
Jul 13, 2006
584
0
0
If you want to find out what the world would be like when petroleum is no longer economical, I'd say that the last people you'd want to ask about it would be laymen.
 

writerguy

New member
Sep 19, 2007
3
0
0
Bongo Bill said:
If you want to find out what the world would be like when petroleum is no longer economical, I'd say that the last people you'd want to ask about it would be laymen.
Hmm. Why? Seems to me the "laymen" determine what sort of oil shock you will have. If they buy bicycles, it will go one way. If they buy guns, it will go another.
 

Bongo Bill

New member
Jul 13, 2006
584
0
0
I think that mainly it is because laymen, as a general rule, A) are easily influenced by politics and sensationalism, and B) haven't the slightest idea what oil is used for outside of fuel.
 

writerguy

New member
Sep 19, 2007
3
0
0
I'm sure there was enough of that going in, but less coming out, I think. Which was the point of the game - one of them, anyway.