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The real-world payphone game taking over Australia’s streets | 9 News Australia
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4:31Now PlayingWhat happens when you mix modern map technology with forgotten 20th-century payphones? You get Payphone Tag, a massive territory-capture game that is turning public infrastructure into a giant playground.
We decided to go out into the streets to see how the game works, capture payphones, and lock down a section of our neighbourhood turf before another player steals it from us.
With thousands of players joining the leaderboard, the race is on to see who can control the map. Have you spotted anyone playing this at a payphone near you?
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