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Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 1:59 PM
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Subject: Re: Museums: The Video Game?


>I'm thinking a resourceful collaborative effort could
>pull this off with the help of some sort of a Museums
>whiz kid--like uh, let's just hypothetically say ROY
>HEMMAT of http://www.museumstuff.com

If only I shared your confidence in my whiziness .. dear Indigo ;-)

Interestingly enough .. the "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiago as she
travels the museums of the world in search of cool artifacts and ancient
treasures to one-up Lara Croft with at the next International Conference of
Role Player Game Icons" .. is *simliar* to one that has been in development
by my own agency for more months than I care to think about .. in a low-key
beta form .. using Javascript for the neato interactives. The Beta test was
"supposed" to go online last month .. in the San Diego region, with area
schools and museums/zoos forming the participant/content dynamic duo.

In essence, the "game" consists of daily trivia and treasure hunts ..
taking the participant through both virtual and real worlds of art,
history, science, etc .. prizes awarded to both individuals and teams .. a
"here is MY museum" feature .. (participants can GRAB art+artifacts that
they successfully "win" and display them in a virtual museum of their own
creation .. which provides an e-mail announcement feature so they can "tell
their friends" .. i.e. viral marketing)

It's being pitched to corporate sponsors at the moment (perhaps .. not
strenuously enough, however. Sigh)

So many differant and interesting .. and potentially effective ways to
develope interactives for museums in this "brave new world".

Roy Hemmat
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