Live Action First Person Shooter 2: Dead Skype

Posted on 30/10/2015 by Lambert Varias

Back in August, Realm Pictures shared a live action zombie game where strangers on Chatroulette, Omegle and Skype controlled the hero while viewing the adventure from his perspective. The company is back with an even more wicked horror adventure, and this time it’s set in space.

I’m not going to spoil anything, only that there’s salty language from the players:

How freakin’ cool was that? Here’s how Realm Pictures pulled it off:

The game’s third level is actually an entire game on its own. Realm Pictures is going big and is raising funds to create a multi-level and persistent world, with more characters and a more fleshed out story. Donors will have a say in the production of this new game. Best of all, when the game is finished, Realm Pictures won’t play with strangers online anymore. Instead, they’ll randomly pick 50 people from their donors to play. You get one ticket for every £1 (~$2 USD) you donate, which is a steal for such a new experience.

With the impending wave of virtual reality systems I wouldn’t be surprised if this genre explodes within a couple of years.

[via Tastefully Offfensive]

Live Action First-Person Shooter Controlled via Chat: Chat of Duty

Posted on 21/08/2015 by Lambert Varias

Realm Pictures created the 21st century equivalent of text-based games: a chat-based game. The film studio set up a live action zombie roleplaying game in their office and then had people on Chatroulette, Omegle and Skype control the hero in first-person.

Here’s how it went down (minus the random penis sightings I assume). Note that there’s some salty language in the video.

What’s amazing about this is that Realm Pictures went to great lengths make the livestream look and feel like a video game. Pretty much everything in the video happened live, including the sound effects and the HUD and other visual cues. Check out the behind-the-scenes for more:

Good job Realm Pictures! Now do Portal.

Airtime testing new video post features, improved buddy list

Posted on 15/08/2012 by Jamie Rigg

Remember Airtime, the Facebook-integrated video calling / media sharing service with a Chatroulette flavor? Well if not, we don't blame you -- usage stats suggest it hasn't quite taken off, but maybe the new features it's testing will secure a few more fans. No longer is the service restricted to the here and now, as the major change is all about video posts. Use Airtime to record a message and you can post it to Facebook, Twitter, YouTube or via a traditional email to get the conversation started. Friends can then reply to your message through Airtime with a video post of their own, and so on. Its buddy list has also been given a little love, so now it shows friends as online, idle or offline, and details your interaction timeline. Whether the features are enough to inspire wider uptake is questionable, but for the few that actively use Airtime, the updates are out in the wild now on a "limited public release."

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