Have you ever been walk around in your city , and encounter somebody in a masque dead begin dancing ? Or perhaps a whole grouping of multitude ? No , it ’s not foreign mind control – it ’s in reality mass being controlled by a vast online confederacy . They ’re participating in an alternate reality game calledTop Secret Dance Off , where players are issued odd quests like " dancing in a crossing " or " terpsichore using only your finger . " unremarkably they vid their exploits and upload them to the site , so you’re able to participate in this secret dance conspiracy while hidden late in your subway bunker , far from the infestation - infested zombies .
And I ’m only half - joking about that . Game designerJane McGonigalinvented this game as part of a futuristic scenario where she was adjudicate to imagine how hoi polloi would entertain themselves in a future where eyeshade vegetable oil and plagues ram would - be night club goers to stay at home . So she stargaze up theTop Secret Dance Off , a club that you could go to via the vane . So many people liked the idea that they started dally the game for real , and so now you may have post - apocalyptic sport before the apocalypse .
Yesterday at the Etech Conference in San Jose , McGonigal confessed that of all the games she ’s helped design , this is her favorite .
Check outTop Secret Dance Offand begin trip the light fantastic toe !
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