Starting this fall Sci Fi channel is putting on the biggest game of adult tag yet. Or maybe a big manhunt. Or just a run around the town. It all depends on your mindset going into Cha$e. The show, which will have a six episode trial run starting November 11th is set up like a video game. Except this is real life, and the power-ups and enemies you encounter are just as real. Fortunately for us here for Sci-Fi’s Digital Press Event the producers didn’t have any finished video to show off. What this meant is a select few of us got to experience the game first hand.
The game is simple, just like some of the best video games. The contestants, known as Runners, are given select equipment: a backpack, an iPhone, a compass, a flashlight, and other necessary survival items. Ten of us got to play a 20 minute version of the typically 60 minute game. In essence we got to play the game stripped down to just the chase aspect. Each of us were given an iPhone and a backpack so that the Hunters (scary dudes in suits that are elite athletes in real life) could identify the players for our exercise. |