(CNN) -- When the name of the game is escape, one gamer's boredom is another gamer's boon. Sony PlayStation 3 game Afrika's stunning graphics are virtually photo-realistic. On August 28, Sony released for PlayStation 3 in Japan its long-announced, shrouded-in-secret game "Afrika," in which a single player assumes the role of a National Geographic photographer on an African safari to shoot wild animals in the grassland. Each of the player's photos is then judged on angle, target, distance and technique, and the photographer is rewarded in "cash," which can be used to upgrade his or her camera to models based on Sony's latest Alpha-branded single-lens-reflex cameras and lenses.
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Sony releases PlayStation 3 game Afrika, simulating a photographer on safari
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Contemplative nature games are nothing new to successful competitor Nintendo
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Sony lags behind Nintendo in console sales, hopes game will revive PlayStation 3
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