Author: PatientRock

Traipsing

Posted on October 15, 2017February 3, 2019 by PatientRock

Turns out it’s a good thing to put yourself out there. After last appearing on the GeoGearHeads Podcast a friend of mine, knowing that I love geolocation gaming, connected me Darren Smith, the creator of Traipse, an app.

Searching for Shakira’s Gold

Posted on September 26, 2017February 3, 2019 by PatientRock

I discovered that a locative augmented reality experience with hidden “treasure” had been launched to promote Shakira’s album EL DORADO. The nearest treasure chest? The White House.

A case of the Mondays with Garfield GO

Posted on September 17, 2017February 3, 2019 by PatientRock

I got a spam press release about a new augmented reality game with geolocation elements based on a hot new property: Garfield. I HAD to investigate further.

Seek_Map_AugmentedReality_PatientRockDotCom

Seeking THE MUMMY

Posted on September 14, 2017February 3, 2019 by PatientRock

Lured by their promotion of THE MUMMY movie I checked out the geolocation based SEEK augmented reality game. Sorry, Tom Cruise, but this didn’t help.

Redoing UNDO OTHELLO

Posted on September 11, 2017October 9, 2019 by PatientRock

With the return of STC’s OTHELLO, I saw a chance to revive UNDO OTHELLO, this time turning it into an interactive lobby experience.

Where are you going to keep all those?

Posted on May 26, 2017 by PatientRock

Board game expansions are a trap. You shouldn’t buy them for you’ll never satisfactorily recapture that magical first encounter with the game you love. Never. And yet…

Turn Metro’s logo into poop.

Posted on May 17, 2017November 28, 2022 by PatientRock

Using augmented reality I’ve set it up so you can turn Washington Metropolitan Transit Authority’s logo into the smiling poop emoji.

Playing From Another Room

Posted on May 16, 2017 by PatientRock

I’ve been obsessed with TRNTBL, a clever website that streams music modified to sound like it’s playing from another room. There’s something voyeuristic about it. It’s annoying even, as you may love a song but when someone else is playing it from afar, like some idiot neighbor, it forms some

I actually finished a fairly new game.

Posted on May 3, 2017 by PatientRock

I just finished THIMBLEWEED PARK, the new adventure game from the makers of MANIAC MANSION, the game that probably kept my local video store afloat.

GeoGearheads Podcast

Posted on April 21, 2017February 3, 2019 by PatientRock

I was a guest on the GeoGearHeads podcast to talk about the intersection of geolocation gaming and storytelling! Please give it a listen.