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Story by John Voket
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Published June 22, 2011 03:09 PM
"New wave '80s artist and electronica pioneer Thomas Dolby has launched his new "transmedia" game dubbed "The Floating City," which will also serve as a platform to expose his new music.
"Based on a crazy idea I have been nurturing since I began my new album nearly two years ago, it is the fruit of several months' hard work by a dedicated all-star team of developers and writers, and it's the prelude to my album 'A Map of the Floating City,' which will follow as the game reaches its climax," Dolby said in an advance.
Dolby said "The Floating City" game is open for registration via its website. Players from around the world will form tribes and collaborate to earn free music downloads, merchandise and concert tickets.
Completely free to the public, "The Floating City" is a casual game that hooks participants into building a whole story world as they form or join an already established tribe, Dolby explained.
"It runs on a standard web browser, smartphone or iPad without additional software installation," Dolby said. "It doesn't matter whether you're familiar with my catalog. But hardcore fans will be delighted to find that 'The Floating City' integrates characters, places, and objects named in every one of my albums going back to the beginning of my career."
A few days earlier, Dolby announced that he will be making several concert appearances at the end of July along with his collaborators, The Pirate Twins, playing short electronic sets featuring some '80s classics and possibly a sneak preview of a brand new track from "A Map of the Floating City."..."
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1 comment:
The game sort of falls flat and is basically lack-luster for all its build up. Its basically just another cheap Facepuke type empty experience.
Before I get slammed; please note that I'm a huge Dolby fan from back in the day, and have followed his career and ethics since. I have a respect for his works.
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