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

https://aftermath.site/payphone-tag-australia-telstra/

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 · 18 pts · 103d (2 replies)
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maxprime@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 102d (1 reply)

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.

outandinburger@ttrpg.network · 1 pts · 102d
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silverchase@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 103d

This would very much be Jet Lag: The Game material!

truxnell@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 102d

This looks fun, I miss the ingress days so I'll give it a go