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Traveler IQ Challenge : ウィキペディア英語版 | Traveler IQ Challenge
''Traveler IQ Challenge'' is a free geography game made by Travelpod. ==Development==
''The Wall Street Journal'' explained the game was "created as a marketing gimmick in June by TravelPod, a travel Web site owned by Expedia". It noted Traveler IQ Challenge fit into the growing category of ''casual'' games, and contextually came at a time when there was a "renewed interest in geography, stimulated by new technologies like GPS satellite-based navigation devices and Google Earth".〔http://online.wsj.com/articles/SB119764674563829575〕 Luc Levesque, a Canadian programmer, traveler and founder of TravelPod, was inspired by a game he played on long train trips where he "would randomly name a country and one of his travel companions would attempt to name another country or capital city that starts with the third letter of the previous country's name".〔http://online.wsj.com/articles/SB119764674563829575〕 After Facebook opened up its site so independent developers could create games for the social networking site, "Two programmers created the game for TravelPod in just under three weeks".〔http://online.wsj.com/articles/SB119764674563829575〕 In 2007, Traveler IQ had "more than four million people a month who play it on sites across the Internet, including Facebook's popular social network". As a result of the game, Travelpod saw "huge increases in registrations and traffic".〔http://online.wsj.com/articles/SB119764674563829575〕 By 2013, the game had "netted 7800 links from almost 1000 root domains".〔http://books.google.com.au/books?id=gloAAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA204&lpg=PA204&dq=%22traveler+IQ+Challenge%22+review&source=bl&ots=B9Rf-xdAk3&sig=9ZpvJ5zb0c5ko3pYDpbHGPa7u1U&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Rh8mVKadNcfX8gWoyYHYBg&ved=0CE4Q6AEwCDgK#v=onepage&q=%22traveler%20IQ%20Challenge%22%20review&f=false〕
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