Using Google Wave allows newsrooms to reach out to their audiences and invite their active participation on news stories. In the process, waves become a vehicle to create an engaged local community who can also play a role in the newsroom. That may redefine how news is gathered, reported and presented to its audience, blurring the boundary between newsroom and community bulletin board.


via Mashable – How Google Wave is Changing the News
There are currently 11 games listed here in various stages of planning and/or play. Most of these are indie games, but there is one 4th Edition D&D game and one Shadowrun game listed. For my first attempt at lurking a Wave-based RPG, I jumped into the Mouse Guard game and watched.



Google Wave: we came, we saw, we played D&D – Ars Technica.
With an app store specifically for Google Wave however, the potential for something as great, if not greater then than the iPhone App Store is a distinct possibility. Already, independent software developers have built and tested Wave applications that handle such tasks as teleconferencing, videoconferencing, and multiplayer gaming, but while the Apple App Store sells software only for the iPhone and Touch, a Wave marketplace could stock in-Wave applications, along with desktop applications, browser extensions and a world of devices, from laptops, phones, tablets and more with built in Wave support.
It’s Official. Google Wave to Get Its Own App Store with potentially more than just apps.