Mobile game combines GPS, music and narrative

Combining elements of alternate reality gaming, podcasting and geocaching, location33 is a game that requires players to wander the streets of Culver City, California, looking for musical clues that will allow them to piece together a sci-fi story involving a robot that wants to put out a record for Sony Music. The developer, Will Carter, put the game together as a thesis for his degree in Interactive Media at the USC School of cinema and TV. We're not sure whether he's angling for a job with Sony, or added the label for a greater degree of verisimilitude. Regardless, if you're one of those rare individuals who actually walks in L.A., now you have something interesting to do while you wander.

[Mojo @ Dec 19th 2005 1:38AM]

I walk around LA all the time. My pimp might be a little upset if he caught me playin' games, though.

[Aaron @ Dec 19th 2005 1:38AM]

i wonder if he'll get tagged for vandalizing property with that L33MOVIE stencil

[Will @ Dec 19th 2005 1:38AM]

The tags are all done with temporary chalk spray a la josh kinberg's bikes against bush (~14 day life span) so I have to re-tag the place every once and a while. The city actually let me do this without too much convincing, but I'd like to have a less temporary solution at some point (trips to culver city beginning to cost serious gas $$$)