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gewar.net — Cool war game using Google Earth. Players generate revenue to fund their armies. You can also start/join alliances and try for world domination. Nice idea and it's improving daily.

Who dugg this? Made popular Jan 4, 2006

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  • harrisbradley, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9There is a bug in the program which enables France to be effective.
  • vurtx, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Shhh, don't give google ideas!! jeeez :)
  • lpcustom, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2doesn't cost you anything...you have to register to digg as well
  • Rounin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"There is a bug in the program which enables France to be effective."
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    HAHAH!
  • lpcustom, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I wish people who claim "dupes" on every friggin article submitted would at least check first sometimes.
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Sweet
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I'll be there.
  • dynamist, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Just 'cause wargames are better than war doesn't make them less about war, which is what I object to.
  • seventoes, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Well NOW it got Nuked by the Digg Effect, i was looking around on their forums and it looks like the webmaster has been having traffic/bandwidth problems since this got posted here... Why does digg have to be so cool?
  • Otto, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0It's an interesting idea. I'm not too sure of the execution though. Seems like you could use the built in Google Earth web browser to greater effect.
  • ahhell, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0uh...isnt this called RISK?
  • lpcustom, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0And looks like it never made front page till now
  • subscribtion, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Pretty cool... I'll have to try it sometime.
  • seventoes, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Oh also i forgot to say this site is vulnerable to SQL injections apperently, because i tried something yesterday and now i have over 1000 geos. i had about 20 when i left yesterday, and i know oil doesnt get changed into geos automaticly.
  • ezweave, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0@lpcustom

    That's true. Random chance I guess. I think it was fp on /. so it seems more fresh.
  • KevinJ, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I prefer google maps risk
  • Arramol, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0@harrisbradley - That was the best comment I've seen all day.
  • smokeybranch, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Gwar is a musical band..
  • Chiablo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I prefer my war with a heavy dose of insanity:

    http://www.weatherwars.info/
  • Lindsay, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Think the War College will pick it up?
  • dynamist, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0edmicman :

    Bonus, on war as the sole engine of society. That's a rich (pun) perspective. Compare fossil fuel at any cost ('nother pun :-P)?
  • Echo5ive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I'd like to see a Diplomacy game on Google Earth.
  • MikeCampo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I tried it out, but it's way too slow to do anything. Still it's an interesting idea.
  • Twenty, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Call it GWar.
  • jeffremer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Better war games than actual war. Good concept, though I hope the website improves eventually. I second the need for a linux Google Earth client, or perhaps a web frontend. I foresee some kind of Command and Conquer mash-up in the near future, if not already.
  • seventoes, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Or a Foriegn relations game... whee!!
  • lpcustom, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Refresh...it's still up
  • siouxmoux, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Google Earth War got Nuked by this digg effect!
    There seems to have been a slight problem with the database.
    Please try again by pressing the refresh button in your browser.

    An E-Mail has been dispatched to our Technical Staff, who you can also contact if the problem persists.

    We apologise for any inconvenience.
  • Naveg, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0You want a good war game? Play Hearts of Iron, it kicks ass.
  • jp10558, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Isn't this basically SuperPower 2?
  • Vladek, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Is there a Google Earth client for linux? Well, how do I play this game if I'm on linux?
  • apache2, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0>Don't Like it. War is Bad, So are war games. Negative Digg.

    Meh, liberals ;)
  • Aero1, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Shall We Play A Game?
  • ElectricGrandpa, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0There already was a google earth risk, wasn't there?
  • LooterMcBeer, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0This was on /. months ago
  • dragonmortal, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0This will make those countries that didn't want their military installations to be shown even happier.
  • CanuckMakem, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0awesome... trying it now
  • MikeCampo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Seems like a cool concept.
  • TRUEPATRIOT, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0im trying it out so far its cool so digg+
  • Ianmacisaac, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Its RISK but google style.
  • theholotrope, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Where did Australasia go?
  • ezweave, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0Here are the old links.

    http://digg.com/links/GEwar
    http://digg.com/software/GEHwar_a_game_base_on_the_google_earth_platform_
  • ezweave, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0This has been listed three times over the last few months.

    NO DIGG. DUPE.
  • dynamist, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0Yay, more war. No digg.
  • edmicman, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0There sure are a whole lot of hippy pansies on here
  • edrift101, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0Virtual war is a hell of a lot better than real war and more fun too. Well maybe not for Bush...

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