Cory Doctorow is the author of Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, Overclocked, Stories of the Future Present and other interesting books.  He radically affected my thoughts on copyright and what is possible in a collaborative medium.

His article at Fortune called Giving It Away explains his thoughts better than I can.

What I'm not sure if is whose game it may be inspiration for.

Apple - Trailers - The Host - Trailer

It looks completely hilarious.

Check out this very large picture.