‘Games Jam’ with Blast Theory, Coney and Hide and Seek, London, Friday 30th September 2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Make a game for the Science Museum in our first Games Jam. Pervasive and live gamers from Blast Theory, Coney and Hide and Seek give quick fire talks to set you off into the field of gaming.

Work with curators and live gamers to deliver an experiential game for the weekend of PLAYER festival on 1 and 2 October and for a chance to win the Science Museum’s PLAYER Award 2011.

Speakers:

Holly Gramazio, Hide and Seek

Tassos Stevens, Coney

Matt Adams, Blast Theory

A Science Museum event, produced by Trigger

Tickets £5,

To book please call general museum booking number 0870 870 4868 please note there is a £1 booking fee”

Blast Theory’s ‘A Machine To See With’ at the Brighton Digital Festival 1 – 24 September 2011

Blast Theory - Machine to See With

“Blending secret missions and high adrenalin, you will be in an interactive heist movie playing the lead role. It takes part in the streets of Brighton and is played through your mobile phone and your mind!”  Blast Theory http://www.brightondome.org/events/Blast-Theory—A-Machine-To-See-With/4336

A heist is taking place and you are implicated.

Outside the disused theatre, boarded-up, you wait. Glancing around you notice fast walking shoppers and a few metres to your left, clasping bottles, a group of red-faced men roll around on the pavement. The mobile rings, it is a recorded message from Machine to See With and warning that you are responsible for your own actions, legal or illegal (?). The voice informs you that you are being watched, that cameras are trained and following your every move.  With the phone pinned to your ear you are given directions to walk, first right, then through a passageway, down streets, across roads. Now locked inside a toilet cubicle, the recorded voice at the end of the phone conducts a psychometric test. Continue reading