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Not a bad PR stunt to kick off a new service that combines online gaming with online dating. Word is spreading fast, I found out about it from one of my students who presented it in class as an example of online innovation. By the end of the day I heard it being referred to in a number of conversations – perhaps because it promises a new method for young people to make money.
Whether the reality lives up to the promise remains to be seen. For $6.60 gamers can connect by 2 way video link with an online date while they play a game. Playdates can earn up to $5 for taking part in a ten minute session. According to my students this “sounds better than flipping burgers”.
And if you’re still able to concentrate on the gameplay the online gaming experience will range from casual online games all the way through to Call of Duty and GTA. The service is apparently going to be offered on the XBox Live Network and will be extended to the PS3 and even WOW according to the press release.
Who’d have thought that webcam stripping and online gaming would meet in this kind of sandwich? I didn’t spot it, but then again, my server isn’t falling over.
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Billed as a knockoff of Chatroulette (Chatroulette without the Perverts, Wired Campus), Campus Live (http://www.campuslive.com/) seems to be trying to be a student-driven communications platform. Don’t know if it will catch on… it’s not anonymous and may be limited to your existing Facebook friends etc.
thanks helpfull.