In 2009, we were involved with one of the 11kernenoperas produced by Dario Fo for the fifth anniversary of the Westland municipality. The result was Mega Monster Battle Arena™, a mix between a game and contemporary music theatre for youth. The music was written by Daniël Hamburger, who also performed it live at the shows [...]
Monthly Archives: November 2010
A taste of Mega Monster Battle Arena’s music
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Much obliged, +1 banana
The past two months we’ve been designing applied games for an honors course called the Learning Lab. The games are designed to offer a structure in which things are learned through play and reflection. That’s the idea, anyway. Another thing that supports this reflection is a portal where all students have a blog that is [...]
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Things we’re working on (volume 1)
So I decided to make a little ‘what’s on deck’ area on the wall behind my desk today. These are all listed in my Things and stuff, but I like having things around me physically as a kind of ambient reminder, also to all the other folks in the studio. And now I’m thinking, why [...]