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Discovery Channel are celebrating 20 years of 'shark week' with a really fascinating online game called Shark Runners (http://www.sharkrunners.com). The idea being that you join up, set up a boat and set sail in search of sharks. Which could be really dull, except that the sharks are real white sharks being tracked by GPS on their fins, and the site will update your email or text you when your boat gets near a real shark. I've yet to have an encounter, so I can only hope they are using video and really bringing the whole idea alive. It's interesting to see how a 'game' that works in real time will be received though. Will people be fascinated by it, or simply find it unresponsive and slow?