Claimtheearth

The gameplay is either entirely brilliant or totally unserious. But claiming bits & pieces of the earth turns out to be immediately addictive, anyhow...
It somehow holds a promise that participants will receive many more clues, clarifying the concept. Calling it a game may be an insult to John Lu, founder of the company behind Claim the Earth, who says that it's a 3D journalism platform, and explains that this environment is powered with data from Google Map, translation services (also from Google), blogging from Yahoo, and transactions from eBay. Come and try it out!