Australia's 'Payphone Tag' Game Is An Excellent Use Of Public Infrastructure

Submitted ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨QuadratureSurfer@piefed.social⁩ to ⁨games@lemmy.world⁩

This game looks like a hybrid of Ingress and Payphones, or as the article describes it “Pokémon Go x The Matrix”.

California had a similar game running, but it shut down a few months ago:
https://walzr.com/payphone-go/

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outandinburger@ttrpg.network ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

not only did the network’s operator (Telstra) make using the phones free, but they also turned every single booth into a free wi-fi hotspot.

Fucking socialism and it’s nice things. ;)

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- maxprime@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  I am not anti socialism, but is this not a privately owned company, just doing something nice? People don’t own the booths, they’re just allowed to use them for free, for now.
  
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  - outandinburger@ttrpg.network ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Well it’s not market capitalism masquerading as communism, ML.
    
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silverchase@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
This would very much be Jet Lag: The Game material!

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