Comments on: Games With A Purpose http://paralleldivergence.com/2008/05/17/games-with-a-purpose/ just when you think you've got it all together Sat, 21 Jan 2012 09:00:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: JonC http://paralleldivergence.com/2008/05/17/games-with-a-purpose/#comment-10362 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:55:20 +0000 http://stuhasic.wordpress.com/?p=113#comment-10362 We’ve recently released a collaborative game similar to the von Ahn work that aims to collect judgements on anaphoric coreference. It’s not as glamorously presented or as inherently interesting a task as tagging images or music, however the results could be just as useful for text summarisation and search engines. We’ve done a lot of work to collect robust judgements in the most efficient way possible.

You can play the game and find out more information at http://www.phrasedetectives.org

]]> By: Jeroen http://paralleldivergence.com/2008/05/17/games-with-a-purpose/#comment-10355 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:49:57 +0000 http://stuhasic.wordpress.com/?p=113#comment-10355 Yes, great stuff from the GWAP team!
They’ve inspired me to make my own game. It’s somewhat like Peekaboom, but generates more precise results.

Check it out! http://www.name-it-game.com

]]> By: GWAP Team http://paralleldivergence.com/2008/05/17/games-with-a-purpose/#comment-10268 Mon, 19 May 2008 15:07:40 +0000 http://stuhasic.wordpress.com/?p=113#comment-10268 Hi,

Thanks for forwarding the blog. We’re glad you like the site, and we’ll be continuing to improve it daily. Thanks for your support and feedback.

– The GWAP Team

]]> By: Marko http://paralleldivergence.com/2008/05/17/games-with-a-purpose/#comment-10267 Mon, 19 May 2008 12:02:52 +0000 http://stuhasic.wordpress.com/?p=113#comment-10267 Great Brad & Phil cartoon! Did you you know Solitaire is probably the most played computer game in the world? I used to train people how to use computers and I always used it with new computer users to teach them how to use a mouse. Here’s a recent article I found about it.

http://www.slate.com/id/2191295/

]]> By: Jenny W http://paralleldivergence.com/2008/05/17/games-with-a-purpose/#comment-10264 Sun, 18 May 2008 03:32:56 +0000 http://stuhasic.wordpress.com/?p=113#comment-10264 Great find PD! But you’re getting me hooked on it. Just been playing Verbosity for 3 hours straight. My husband thinks I’m having an affair!

]]> By: Green Lantern http://paralleldivergence.com/2008/05/17/games-with-a-purpose/#comment-10263 Sun, 18 May 2008 03:31:50 +0000 http://stuhasic.wordpress.com/?p=113#comment-10263 I tried playing the ESP game a little while ago, but it was broken. THe images weren’t appearing. Guess they’ll fix it soon. Really like the music one. It’s very funny when you both agree you’re listening to the same piece of music, but you’re both wrong!

]]> By: Mary V http://paralleldivergence.com/2008/05/17/games-with-a-purpose/#comment-10262 Sun, 18 May 2008 03:30:16 +0000 http://stuhasic.wordpress.com/?p=113#comment-10262 I’ve been playing these games for a few days now as well. You are absolutely right. Some people are totally stupid. Playing Verbosity, the clue was CAKE. So I say “It’s a BIRTHDAY FOOD”. “It has ICING CANDLES”. The person palying with me said “ORANGES”, CHERRIES and PINATA before finally UNDERSTANDING all the clues and typing CAKE. Sheesh.

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