The Great Escape

March 19, 2006 9:25 AM

La Fuga - "The Escape" - can be found inside an old bank in Madrid. A "live immersive gaming" experience, its players try to "escape" equipped only with a networked PDA and their wits. Think of it as a cross between the Tactile Dome and The Game, with a bit of Myst and a dash of Cube mixed in.
posted by TunnelArmr (17 comments total)

You made me lose the game.
posted by luftmensch at 9:32 AM on March 19, 2006

argh!
posted by tiamat at 10:11 AM on March 19, 2006

Sounds like a big budget take on the sort of stuff Blast Theory have been doing since the mid-90s, albeit with more emphasis on the gaming side of things.
posted by jack_mo at 10:38 AM on March 19, 2006

Cool.
posted by delmoi at 11:00 AM on March 19, 2006

Dammit.
posted by Astro Zombie at 11:02 AM on March 19, 2006

luftmensch - explain the game to me.
posted by Artw at 11:36 AM on March 19, 2006

The Game is not to be confused with The Game linked in the post. Except, if you want to lose the former.
posted by luftmensch at 11:42 AM on March 19, 2006

Best of the Web?

This was in last months Wired Magazine.
posted by oddman at 11:42 AM on March 19, 2006

Damn It. You just made me lose the game. grrr.... and I was doing so well too.
posted by oddman at 11:43 AM on March 19, 2006

As I said on Slashdot, this sounds like it was designed to the same exacting standards used by most professional videogames.

It's just not a proper high-tech prison without a baggage carousel.
posted by Malor at 12:52 PM on March 19, 2006

Damn, I was expecting The Game linked in the post to be The Game. So confusing...
posted by Pryde at 1:21 PM on March 19, 2006

Everyone reading this post has already lost the game. If you followed luftmensch's link, you saw that Wikipedia is about to delete "The Game" definition. Is it time for action? Is it time to insure that random browsers will encounter The Game on Wikipedia and therefore lose?
posted by Cranberry at 1:28 PM on March 19, 2006

The only way to win the game is not to play.
posted by Astro Zombie at 1:35 PM on March 19, 2006

I totally just won the game.
posted by stenseng at 1:40 PM on March 19, 2006

Cool article, TunnelArmr. Thanks for posting it. Makes me want to go to Madrid!
posted by yankeefog at 3:14 PM on March 19, 2006

I'm sold. can't wait for the manhattan one.
posted by shmegegge at 6:19 PM on March 19, 2006

The only way to play the game is not to play.
posted by Pendragon at 6:02 AM on March 20, 2006