Superstruct is the first in a new genre: Massively multiplayer forecasting game. In other words, an MMO with a conscience.
A project from the Institute for the Future, the idea is to forecast possible human disasters on a global scale – presented in the form of an interactive virtual world – with the goal of bringing people together to generate possible solutions.
The game is set in 2019, with economic collapses overwhelming the world's populations, and a supercomputer predicting the extinction of the human race 23 years down the line.
The game is played by accessing forums, blogs, videos, wikis and other online spaces – all staples of alternate reality games (ARG) – with players interacting with each other, trying to make sense of the world that is presented to them.
Superstruct is set to run for six weeks, ending on November 17.
Superstruct [Institute for the Future, via Boing Boing]
