The first video game designed specifically around Twitter allows real-world Twitter feeds to impact the game itself. Mind freak!

First there was Super Mario Land, and now a company has announced Tweet Land, a new iPhone video game that, as its name suggests, is designed around the popular social media network.

Currently in development by a small team, Tweet Land seeks to establish the genre of "real-time gaming," by allowing the game to be impacted by real-world Tweets. For instance, if your nephew Tweets about how he was struck by lightning while running naked through a field, the game will somehow incorporate virtual lightning into the experience.

Here's a blip from the official press release:

"Tweet Land turns people's comments around the world on Twitter in a scene or activity on the game, redefining this way the concept of 'real-time gaming.'"

The way Tweet Land uses Twitter, and real Twitter feeds, sounds similar to Scribblenauts' system of creating in-game objects when key words are introduced.

Can't wait to play the game based on Kanye West's Twitter feed.

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