Update: The day came for the big game, but apparnetly too much interest had been generated because the game's site has been down most of the day.
Original Article: Tomorrow (September 9), a giant worldwide game of Monopoly will commence, using the real world. That is, the real world on Google Maps. Hasbro, the creators of the classic board game, are launching the game called, "Monopoly City Streets," in which players will fight for the largest empire in the world.
Let's leave Microsoft out of this and just assume their antitrust complaints to Congress are self-servingly suspect and hypocritical—after all, Yahoo acquisition timing aside, how does a company that has controlled the computer and browser market for decades suddenly earn sympathy when they can't compete in another market?
We have all played 'Monopoly' the game, as we grew up and still on weekends or on family picnics or getaways, Monopoly is one of the preferred games. However, Monopoly's 'monopoly' is about to end. Google has introduced an all new Googolopoly Game.
If you loved the board game Monopoloy, then you're really going to get a kick out of Box.net's new Internet board game: Googolopoly. Instead of purchasing property, in Googolopoly you buy shares in companies like Double Clikc, SalesForce, News Corp, Urchin, Ebay and Paypal. Remember the 4 railroads? Well they are now various Google platforms like developer, social, mobile and desktop. Below is screenshot of the boardgame (click image for larger view):
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