Glupod: Online Game Lets Players Save Real Lives
25/02/2008 08:02
PR Newswire
ATHENS, Greece, February 25 /PRNewswire/ -- If you could help end world hunger, save endangered species or reverse
global warming by having fun playing a game online, would you do it?
Beginning this summer, you can.
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A small group of socially conscious people from three continents have
developed an online game designed to help the environment and fight poverty
in the real world by turning game rewards into real-life help for social and
environmental causes.
The game, called Glupod, will debut worldwide on May 30. It's the
brainchild of Ioannis Tsiokos of Athens and a small band of colleagues at
Something, Inc. who collaborate online from Greece, India, the United States
and the United Kingdom.
Glupod players will be able to provide food for a starving child in
Africa, protection for a whale species going extinct or offset carbon
emissions and help fight global warming - all by playing Glupod, the first
Video Game to deliver direct emotional fulfillment to the player.
In a nutshell, Glupod gives gamers a variety of real-world causes to
choose from and enables them to convert their in-game winnings into actual
help for that cause.
"A Glupod gamer has a real purpose and a human mission," says Ioannis,
managing director and co-founder of Something Inc. "Glupod is more than a
game. It's a simple, fun way to do good that anyone with a computer and
access to the Internet can participate in."
"Being a casual game at its core, Glupod is a simple and emotional online
experience that both children and adults can enjoy in their free time" says
George Rokas, an angel investor in Something Inc. "Glupod fosters human
fulfillment by enabling players to make substantial difference in the world
in small chunks of time. Giving back has never been so much fun."
About Something Inc.
Something Inc was founded on January 20, 2006, in Nevis. Today, it is a
small company dedicated to making a big difference. Its main development
office is in India, while employees also work from Greece, the United States
and the United Kingdom. For more information or to request press material,
contact Ioannis Tsiokos or visit http://www.glupod.com. To see a video
showing how Glupod works, go to http://youtube.com/glupod.
http://www.glupod.com
Contact:
Ioannis Tsiokos, Managing Director
Something Inc.
Tel (UK): +44-7768987053
Tel (GR): +30-6945479393
Fax: +1-(888)-845-9303
Contact: Ioannis Tsiokos, Managing Director, Something Inc., Tel (UK): +44-7768987053, Tel (GR): +30-6945479393, Fax: +1-(888)-845-9303.