Foursquare is the iPhone app that rewards social behaviour.
It’s not out yet, but according to The New York Observer, it should be available in time for SXSW.
“What we wanted to do is turn life into a video game. You should be rewarded for going out more times than your friends, and hanging out with new people and going to new restaurants and going to new bars—just experiencing things that you wouldn’t normally do.”
So, a video game that rewards being adventurous and outgoing in, you know, real life?
Kottke is calling it the new Dodgeball. One significant change I’m wondering about, will it work in Canada?