Dark Optimism on Facebook

Dark Optimism on Facebook

by | Nov 4, 2010 | All Posts, Uncategorized

Despite my serious misgivings about Facebook and the way it is run, I have decided to bow to popular pressure and trial a Dark Optimism Facebook page. While my Twitter feed has proved a useful tool, whether or not I retain the Facebook page will depend on its...
Dark Optimism on Twitter

Dark Optimism on Twitter

by | Apr 19, 2010 | All Posts, Uncategorized

Yes, after much cajoling from friends and colleagues, I have finally set up a Dark Optimism Twitter account. Now that the glut of big TTK events is out of the way, I should soon be able to find time to post some original writing here again, but hopefully Twitter will...
Superstruct – phase 1 completed

Superstruct – phase 1 completed

by | Nov 19, 2008 | All Posts, Uncategorized

On Monday the six-week first phase of the Superstruct experiment came to its conclusion. The Superstruct game website remains open to visitors, but will no longer be updated with new plot points, missions, weekly updates etc. During phase 1 the site received over 50,000 visitors, with almost 7,000 players registering on the site, who between them told over 1,250 stories of their lives in 2019 and created over 500 superstructures in response to the challenges they were facing. Below the cut more details of events in 2019 so far, and a video of the Superstruct awards ceremony. If you want to catch up with the events in 2019, the easiest way is to visit the page for the Superthreat(s) you are most interested in - Power Struggle, Quarantine, Ravenous, Outlaw Planet or Generation Exile - and take a look at the five weekly updates submitted by the Superthreat Guides (me in the case of Power Struggle). These provide link-rich updates on the main happenings around the world of 2019 in each week of phase 1. If you've been following or contributing to Superstruct you might also be interested in the below video presentation of the Superstruct awards and honours, given to some of the most inspirational or astonishing participants in the game to date, and awarded by such luminaries as Tim Kring (creator of the TV series "Heroes"), Jimmy Wales (founder of Wikipedia), Warren Ellis (comic book writer) and Tim O'Reilly (originator of the Web 2.0 concept), among others. In actual fact the game is still continuing, and a number of participants have 'escaped' from the main site, creating spin-off sites like Reconstruct and the Foundation of Hope, where they plan to continue shaping our future. In addition, the Ten Year Forecast team at the Institute for the Future will now analyse the player-created game content and prepare an official Superstruct Report featuring the most important collective insights about the year 2019, and the best tactics for superstructing society. Highlights from this report will be emailed to all registered Superstruct players in April 2009.
Superstruct

Superstruct

by | Sep 22, 2008 | All Posts, Uncategorized

Superstruct is a new massively-multiplayer online game in which players like you will invent the future of our world. In 2019 the Global Extinction Awareness System (GEAS) has just reported that humanity may face extinction by the year 2042 and people around the world...
Climate Camp 2008 – Kingsnorth

Climate Camp 2008 – Kingsnorth

by | Jul 29, 2008 | All Posts, Uncategorized

The Camp for Climate Action starts this Sunday and runs for just over a week, until Monday 11th August. I will be there giving a workshop in partnership with the Zero Carbon Britain team (on the Wednesday – full workshop list here), and I urge all of you in the...