World Without Oil: the online game

“Play it – before you live it”

There’s a “very real possibility” that someday soon people will wake up worrying how they’ll get to work . . . because the world ran out of oil the night before. If you want to know how you and your neighbors will react, tune into the web. An “interactive month-long alternate reality event” is underway to explore every aspect of how prepared, or unprepared, society is to face a World Without Oil. The event began April 30.

The participation architect for this project is Jane McGonigal, who was named by MIT in the Fall of 2006 as one of the top 35 innovators changing the world through technology.

Game play is open to people of all ages and Web savoir faire. Here are the websites where the game is now being played.
Official Game Blog
Player Wiki
Player Forum
MySpace page

Teachers can incorporate the game into class activities. Check here for details.

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