I’ve been invited to give some short talks at two upcoming events. The first one is Ignite Amsterdam 4 on Wednesday 22 December 2010 which is organized by the good folk at Mediamatic. This edition is devoted completely to games as part of their Arcade program. I’ll probably go into some of the recent things [...]
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Join us for a game of Bocce Drift
So we have five sets of bocce balls lying around (or jeu de boules, as we like to call the game in the Netherlands). They’re left over from our little stint at NU Grounds. We were planning to run Bocce Drift there, but did not get around to it. So let’s play it anyway, in [...]
Join us for playful meanderings through Leidsche Rijn this saturday
I’ve always found neighborhoods under construction curious places. There is a strange tension between the place as planned and the place as executed and subsequently lived in. Leidsche Rijn is a new neighborhood being built in Utrecht (which is my hometown and also where Hubbub’s studio is located). When it is finished in 2025 it [...]
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Upcoming lecture on pervasive games at CIID
Finally, I get to lecture at my favorite interaction design institute, the CIID. If you’re in the Copenhagen area, do come along. Here’s the description: It seems that the brave new playful world promised by pervasive/urban/locative/alternate-reality games mavens of the past decade hasn’t really materialized. Gaming hasn’t left the living room much, it still mostly [...]
You’ll find us at Kunstgras 2010
On Wednesday 2 June you’ll find me at Kunstgras 2010; an event where creative entrepreneurs from the Utrecht area and beyond meet and exchange ideas. The We Love Creatief Utrecht book, which includes an interview myself, will be presented there as well. (Many thanks to Karel Millenaar of FourceLabs for making that happen.) It’s not often that [...]
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Talking about game design at Visible Cities #03
Head over to TrouwAmsterdam tomorrow for what is sure to be another interesting Visible Cities. I can’t think of another event in NL at the moment that is more at the forefront of urbanism and interaction design. So I’m pleased to announce I’ll be there to provide a short overview of what we’ve been up [...]
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Architects vs. Game Designers – Fight!
If you’re like me and consider the city to be a playground, then I’d love to have you join me in two weeks at the Waag for the first Best Scene in Town workshop. The aim of this event is to explore the potential of location-based media in the city. We’re looking for participants with [...]
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Kars Alfrink speaking at RaumschiffEr.de in Hamburg
On February 21 I’ll be speaking at RaumschiffEr.de in Hamburg.1 It’s is a little brother of Reboot, a conference in Copenhagen I love for its relaxed atmosphere, eclectic mix of people and slightly countercultural leanings. RaumschiffEr.de aims to help designers and technologists become more aware of the many networks they rely on — people, technologies, [...]
Play with our paper toy at Game in the City
If you’re attending Game in the City this thursday and friday, keep an eye out for a little toy we’ll be handing out to all attendants. The event organization commissioned us to design something for a light-weight playful experience.1 We came up with a set of small collectible paper cards with a twist. Hopefully it’ll [...]
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Join us for Christmas drinks in Belgie
We’ll be heading to Kafe België this Friday (December 17 from 6pm) to celebrate the Wright Brothers making their first powered and heavier-than-air flight, the airing of the first episode of television series The Simpsons, an eventful and productive year at Hubbub with projects such as NU Grounds, the Learning Lab and of course PLAY [...]