So, the first full week of working in Copenhagen is behind me. I’ve mostly been working from our apartment in Nørrebro. Which is fine for now but I am looking forward to getting out more, and maybe doing some coworking here and there. Wouldn’t want to turn into a real hermit here. Let me have [...]
Copenhagen Game Collective – Tryl: Videogame of the Future "a multi-player spell dueling game designed for the physical game controllers. The game lets players sling spells at one another in a game of dexterity and strategy. Using their controller as a wand, players draw fluid, emergent gestures – in their own personal style – to [...]
Educational Simulations Products: Real Lives 2010 "You might die as an infant, you might make it to old age. You might be able to marry the person of your dreams, and have a rewarding job, or you could be stuck in poverty." Not sure what to think of this, but is sure is a curious [...]
Well, the volcano did mess with my flight. Despite that, I am still writing this from an apartment on Birkegade in CPH, where I’ll be spending the coming 5-6 weeks. Here’s what my workspace looks like: Traveling here took up the whole of wednesday. We went by train; Utrecht to Duisburg, Duisburg to Hamburg, Hamburg [...]
russell davies: steal other things "…we're going to encounter a bunch of crappy sorta-games foisted on us. Those rudimentary game schemes are going to be rolled out by everyone with a rewards card, CRM system, loyalty scheme or something that can be plotted on a graph. And they're going to be no fun." I agree [...]
Last week we announced the sixth edition of This happened – Utrecht. The program was up on our Dutch site already, here’s the program in English (soon available on our international .org site, too). As always I am very excited about the line-up. Can’t wait to hear what stories these people have to share about [...]
A hidden geography " squareglasses blog Good stuff on ways a city can be understood. (tags: Cities Geography Urbanism)
Crazy, crazy week I am glad to have survived. But wait, it’s not done yet. Tomorrow (saturday) I’ll be running a workshop in Leidsche Rijn with local young folk, for Cultuur19. The aim is to design a little social game that’ll function as a viral marketing tactic for our upcoming urban games design workshop in [...]
cityofsound: Design. Architecture. Football. Dan Hill on what football can tell us about the role of improvisation in design and architecture. (tags: Design Architecture Football Games Play Improvisation Adaptation)
Jaron Lanier – You Are Not A Gadget – RSA – Events Incredibly thought-provoking talk by Lanier that challenges many of the assumptions underlying current technoculture. If you're a geek, please watch this and give it some thought. (tags: JaronLanier videos talks technology culture future internet) Why games will take over our lives – CNN.com [...]
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