![]() ![]() ![]() I like the idea of learning the crafting game and I understand there are puzzles to be solved as part of it, which also appeals to me, but a lot of the pleasure I get out of playing has to do with wandering around different areas, particularly new ones. If you think about how games appeal to us as represented in the Bartle Test, there is no 'Killing' in this game, but there is also very limited Exploring. However, I don't think I'll be doing that now. When I downloaded the game a week or so ago I thought I'd subscribe for a month or two and see how it works. ATOTD would allow me to do both of those things without having to deal with killing things which sounds good in practice. The two things I do the most in World of Warcraft is crafting and questing. The game is subscription based with 24 free hours and then $11.95 a month (with discounts for buying more than one month at a time). You can play the 6th Telling for free until the September 8th (when it ends) and I've probably played for 30 minutes in a couple of sessions, so I know very little about the game. The game first appeared in 2003 and has had 6 approximately 18 month tellings since it's inception. There is no combat in ATOTD, it is built around crafting and working together to accomplish goals. I often hear people asking for more variety in their MMOs and have always heard of A Tale in the Desert (ATOTD) as an example. "They see a high-resolution image of their food environment that literally allows them to point out disparities and geographical challenges in their communities.A Tale in the Desert is planning to start it 7th Telling on September 11th and the Beta that doesn't have a reset already started on August 28th. "When people see a map, people gravitate to their neighborhood and make a decision about how it stacks up to others," he said. Having a highly detailed method to examine each city's food environment provides a graphic illustration of areas where produce is abundant and where it's lacking, Howard said. The maps give residents, city officials and community organizations an outreach tool to visualize their food environment. "The Lansing food model definitely favors drivers because the stores with the best selection of produce are furthest from the densest population areas." "I like to think of it as a nutritional CAT scan at the urban scale," Goldsberry said. First, people with cars can overcome many geographical obstacles to obtain fresh produce while pedestrians' ability to obtain fresh produce is becoming increasingly challenging, Goldsberry said. What was revealed was a tale of two food environments. They took into account everything from urban party stores, which may offer lemons and limes, to suburban box stores, which offer nearly 250 different produce items.īy taking actual food inventories and pairing that data with geospatial inputs, the team was able to precisely measure geographic access to produce sections. The researchers also looked at the cost in reaching those stores as well as the availability of produce at each retail location. It showed that less than 4 percent of the population lived within a 10-minute walk of a supermarket. One aspect on which the study focused was store locations. cities, you're going to have to drive to get it." ![]() So if you want lettuce in Lansing, or in most U.S. "The best selection of produce and the lowest prices have moved to the suburbs. "The change in food environments is recurring all over the nation," said Howard, whose research is supported by MSU's AgBioResearch. They also showed that Michigan's state capital is a model for what's happening to food environments around the country. They found that many supermarkets have closed their stores that serve urban areas and have moved to the suburbs. Phil Howard, assistant professor of community, agriculture, recreation and resource studies, and Kirk Goldsberry, assistant professor of geography, conducted their research in Lansing. By using GIS (geographic information systems) technology, they are showing, rather than simply telling, how urban residents are losing access to fresh produce and balanced nutrition. Two Michigan State University professors have developed interactive maps that offer a visual perspective of urban food deserts. ![]()
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