World Without Oil
A very interesting online game/community/collaborative work. It will be very interesting to see where this goes…
“WORLD WITHOUT OIL is an alternate reality event, a serious game for the public good.
It invites everyone to help simulate a global oil shock. People participate by contributing original online stories, created as though the oil shock were really happening.
The game’s masters rank the participants (“players”) according to their contributions to our realistic portrayal of the oil shock. The game also places value on player-created communities, collaborative stories, and collective efforts.
Each contribution helps the game arrive at a larger truth. No team of experts knows better than a given individual what effect an oil shock would have upon that individual’s life, or what action he or she will take to cope. Personal reactions to our simulated oil shock, placed in context with many other points of view, will help us all realize what’s at stake in our oil-fired culture.”