Tag: games
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After the Games: what happens to Olympic venues?
I mapped all 1,153 Olympic venues that Wikipedia lists, from Athens 1896 to Brisbane 2032. The Winter Games have spread from one resort to whole regions, 88 venues served more than one Games, and where the sources say, 70% are still in use.
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Does anyone play your town?
Volunteers have documented 7,615 UK concerts in MusicBrainz. I mapped every one by council area. 70 of 167 big council areas have no documented tour date, and arena towns hold 53% of them.
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Whereabouts World and Higher or Lower: World
My two daily games go global: find the mystery country, capital, city, town, village or region anywhere on Earth, and pick which of two countries is higher on 67 measures from beer to bananas.
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Whereabouts: guess the mystery UK town
A daily map game: guess the mystery UK town in six goes. Every guess tells you how far off you are and which way to go, every miss unlocks a clue, and at the end you find out what the name means.
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Higher or Lower: a daily game of UK places by the numbers
Two places, one number: which is higher? A daily game built on 66 measures for every UK council, from pay, house prices and sunshine to the Leave vote, sheep farms and Druids, with a map so you know where they are.
