Over two weeks have passed since dConstruct 2011 so it’s high time I post my talk. I felt a bit apprehensive about this one: dConstruct tends to have a pretty heterogeneous audience, so it’s hard to know what kind of talk to shoot for. In addition, I was slightly worried about how people would react [...]
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New Games for New Cities at FutureEverything
Last week I was in Manchester for FutureEverything. I presented on games and how they can be used to improve city life. Below are my notes and a selection of slides. It’s longish, but hopefully informative. I’ve tried to connect criticism of gamification with the virtues of open-ended play, and show how the latter can [...]
Posted in Talks Tagged cities, citymagic, executive function, games, gamification, pervasive games, play, self-regulation, strangers, urban games, urbanism Comments closed
A few predictions for the future of urban games
On Wednesday 14 April I co-hosted the first Best Scene in Town workshop on invitation of Waag Society’s Ronald Lenz. The other co-host was The Mobile City‘s Martijn de Waal. Best Scene in Town is a design contest wherein participants are asked to create an urban game, narrative experience or tour using 7scenes; Waag Society’s [...]
Posted in Talks Tagged 7scenes, architecture, ARGs, game design, games, play, urbanism, Waag Society, workshops Comments closed
Shaping the city with urban games at Visible Cities #03
Last week I had the pleasure of being able to speak at Visible Cities, which is a series of events on emerging technologies and the city. The third edition looked at urban gaming and brought together architects, designers and technologists to explore how these games can be used to shape cities. Michiel de Lange kicked [...]
Posted in Talks Tagged architecture, cities, game design, games, play, urbanism, Visible Cities Comments closed
‘The Social Contract Put at Play’ at Lift12
This is a long overdue blog post for my talk at Lift12. It’s about what games can do for society. As such it builds on what I talked about in 2011 at FutureEverything and at dConstruct. What I tried to do here is to be more articulate about why I think the public sphere is [...]