Over the years, I’ve run a variety of game design workshops, both standalone and as part of larger events.1 They’re typically aimed at creating simple, analog games that can be played inside or on the streets. I enjoy doing workshops because I get to see how others deal with the unique challenges of designing physical [...]
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Making physical games at Playgrounds Festival
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Occupy the future at Playful 2011
After making the many different creative industries out there take games seriously (and subsequently sort of regretting the consequences) Playful was back this year and decided to look towards the future. Ever since I presented there in 2008 this has probably been my favorite event of the year. So I returned after a much-regretted hiatus [...]
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Speaking at dConstruct 2011
I am really pleased to be speaking at dConstruct this year. I’ve attended the conference myself several times and always enjoy the well-curated program and the good things offered by the event’s home, lovely Brighton. You’ll find the abstract I submitted below. Have a look at the conference site for the rest of the program [...]
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Human desire in the cognitive city
As I write this I am on a train to Utrecht, the last leg of my journey home from Berlin. I was there for Cognitive Cities, a conference on urban computing, data visualization and related subjects. It’s been a hell of a weekend – a few minor flaws aside, the conference was great and I [...]
Looking back on a serious symposium
Last week the KNAW (Royal Dutch Academy of Science) organized a symposium on serious games. Something we’re dealing with a lot right now, so we checked it out. Here’s some thoughts on what was talked about: David Shaffer was the first speaker. He made an interesting point: In order to learn by playing, the player [...]
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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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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, [...]
Week 130
Work last week happened in the few days squeezed between my return from Berlin, where I participated in the Global Game Jam, and my trip to Dublin, to attend and speak at Interaction12. There was forward movement on Saba, with Karel making progress on the art style, and Hanne banging out a player scenario raising [...]