Welcome to the Internet Response League (IRL)
It’s a fact of life: disasters happen almost every day. Somewhere in the world a house is on fire, a city is being devastated by a storm, or maybe even an explosion has gone off. Today, these disasters...
View ArticleIRL Plugin Demo
As the work on the Internet Response League Plugin continues, we’ve decided to record a video demo, showcasing some of the ideas that we’ve had in development. The video is below for you viewing...
View ArticleIRL in Search of Artists
“A call goes out around the world. A call to those doing epic quests, to those farming gold, to those ranking up, to those refreshing a website, and to those endlessly shooting each other. A symbol...
View ArticleIRL and Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda
Late last week Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda struck the Philippines. With wind speeds up to 315km/h (195mph), reports are saying that it was the strongest tropical cyclone to ever make landfall. Over 1,500...
View ArticleTyphoon Haiyan/Yolanda Update
After a rigorous five days of crisis mapping, volunteers from all around the world made a total of 105,000 individual tags on the MicroMappers applications. These volunteers, from locales such as...
View ArticleCCP Games Typhoon Relief
CCP Games, the developers of EVE online, has re-launched its “PLEX for Good” campaign in response to Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda. PLEX, which is short for Pilot License Extension, is a usable and tradable...
View ArticleIRL Test Phase Incoming
Hello everyone! We haven’t had an update since late November, but this post is here to let you know that we’re still slowly but steadily working on IRL. There is also some news: we may be quickly...
View ArticleIRL Ideas/Recap
Hello everyone, the test phase is still in the works! The partners with whom we will be working with are still in the process of readying the images for use. In the meantime, we figured we would bring...
View ArticleIRL in Team Fortress 2
Team Fortress 2 (TF2) will be the game to kick off this series. While it may not be the most played title currently released by Valve Corporation, it certainly can be considered their most iconic,...
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