Posts Tagged ‘improvisation’

Announcing a Hybrid Game Opera for Monster

In Articles on 29 May 2009 tagged Dario Fo, games, improvisation, Monster, music, narrative, opera, performance, play, rules, story, theater with 3 comments

I never thought I would make an opera. But now I have. In a few weeks time the above market square in the town of Monster will be transformed into an arena where fighters duel each other using their pet monsters. If this sounds familiar, it is no coincidence. Mega Monster Battle Arena is one [...]

Play in Social and Tangible Interactions

In Talks on 8 May 2009 tagged adaptation, embodied, game design, improvisation, interaction design, meaning, play, social, tangible with 2 comments

Now that the IxDA has posted a video of my presentation at Interaction 09 to Vimeo, I thought it would be a good idea to provide a little background to the talk. I had already posted the slides to SlideShare, so a full write-up doesn’t seem necessary. To provide a little context though, I will [...]

Embodied Interaction and Improvised Information Displays

In Articles on 30 July 2008 tagged adaptation, embodied interaction, hacking, hospitals, improvisation, information displays, interaction design, IxD, meaning, social, tangible with 3 comments

Recently a good friend of mine became a dad. It made me feel really old, but it also lead to an encounter with an improvised information display, which I’d like to tell you about, because it illustrates some of the things I have learnt from reading Paul Dourish’s Where the Action Is. My friend’s son [...]