Week 14: Your Mission, Should You Choose to Accept It

The World Without Oil characters have been suggesting “missions” for us, actions we can undertake in response to the oil crisis.  And the players are coming up with missions of their own.

I am totally taken up in this “building community” mission by PeakProphet. He is an organized guy and has broken it down step by step. The first step is just to walk around your neighborhood and map out its resources - where are the fruit trees? Berry bushes? Available land? Which neighbors have gardens? I have been taking an hour each day to do this. I have a pretty good map now of everything you can see from the street for four blocks in any direction.

The best part actually is that I have talked with about half a dozen people, they see me out front and come out wanting to know what is going on. At first I was hesitant to tell them the whole story about WWO but it turned out I shouldn’t have worried. People say “oh, it’s like emergency preparedness” and then they ask to see my map! Two different ladies took me on a tour of their backyard gardens. I think one of them is now playing the World Without Oil game

This is my favorite post from today, by MonkeyWithoutOil. I love how he used an online church sign generator! Clever.

 

Week 10: Games to Dispel the Gathering Gloom

Echoing my own feelings, player Avantgame writes in horror about the latest stories. As shortages spread and fuel prices skyrocket, the country seems to be in free fall. But Avantgame has an idea to counter the chaos: games. Because they bring people together and build a common purpose.

And then I discovered PeakProphet, too, who has calm words to pour onto the troubled waters.

I’m glad they posted these. I know this is just a game, but… to be honest the latest accounts on the WWO site have been getting to me. I look at the price of gas now – over $6 a gallon! – and just know that would just wreck the lives of a LOT of people that I know. This game has a way of looking just like real life.