Posts Tagged ‘performance’

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 2 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 of [...]

My Mobile Game Directions Pecha Kucha

In Articles on 26 October 2006 tagged design, gaming, interaction design, IxD, Japan, mobile, Off_Corso, Pecha Kucha, performance, presentations, SlideShare, YouTube with 11 comments

Yesterday I presented my talk on mobile gaming at the 6th Pecha Kucha Night in Rotterdam’s Off_Corso. I was programmed as the first speaker, which was exciting (and also allowed me to benefit from the primacy effect, as my girlfriend pointed out). Colleague Iskander was kind enough to record the whole thing on his N70 [...]

An Invitation to the Sultan’s Elephant

In Articles on 4 September 2006 tagged art, performance, The Sultan’s Elephant, theatre with no comments

A while ago, my friend Hessel posted this excellent photo to Flickr. I’ve noticed this insanely cool performance around the interweb earlier. Now, just as back then I really wish that giant elephant and the accompanying girl will frequent one of my country’s small cities even though that doesn’t seem likely. Please Sultan’s Elephant, come [...]