{"id":625,"date":"2006-03-16T19:52:06","date_gmt":"2006-03-16T23:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=625"},"modified":"2006-03-16T19:52:06","modified_gmt":"2006-03-16T23:52:06","slug":"the-toronto-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/03\/16\/the-toronto-game\/","title":{"rendered":"The Toronto Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"475\" height=\"130\" src=\"http:\/\/www.torgame.com\/title.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As the weather warms up we are starting to see some of the great plans people have for this coming spring, summer, and fall. One of my favourite things is <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/navigatethestreets.com\/\">Navigate The Streets<\/a>, a city-wide scavenger hunt that uses cell-phones and the TTC to help you figure out clues. Another event we just got wind of is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torgame.com\/\"><strong>The Toronto Game<\/strong><\/a>. It&#8217;s described as &#8220;a plot-based competition between teams to solve a series of puzzles that are based on the landscape and geography of Toronto&#8230;. For those of you familiar with <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alternate_reality_games\">ARGs<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Puzzle_hunt\">Puzzle Hunts<\/a>, the Toronto Game is something similar. The primary distinguishing factors of this game are the emphasis on exploring public spaces, and our goal of accommodating casual players.&#8221; The Toronto Game will take place in August, but it is never to soon to start entering these events into your daytimer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the weather warms up we are starting to see some of the great plans people have for this coming spring, summer, and fall. 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