As we have mentioned in our other posts, hidden object games became a very popular genre in the causal game industry.
How about mixing part of the game into the real life?
Wired Magazine recently began a contest to hunt down the guy above. Ratliff, 34, a reporter for Wired magazine is on a hideout for 30 days started on August 15, 2009. Everyone has until September 15, 2009 to look for him and get the code word from him. The winner will receive $5000 as reward. Ratliff continues to go on blog, twitter and facebook to leave hints for readers. There are also clues from his editor with Ratliff’s credit card transaction history.
Wired hired Teeuwynn Woodruff as the lead for this hunt. See more of what the scouts are finding here: http://twitter.com/EvansVanished
It is quite interesting how a group of people come together on the cyberspace and all trying to solve this puzzle.
This is just like a real life hidden object game. Look for the hints and clues and see if you can find out the final answer.
Click here to find out more about this “manhunt”.
