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"Pervasive games, also known as augmented reality games, city games or big games, have been bubbling away for a while. The highest-profile game that has run in London to date was Street Wars although flash mobs & parkour could both be said to be variants of the phenomenon.
Game types vary from scavenger hunts to imaginary tours of Baghdad to games of benevolent assassination. Most are underpinned by a few principles:
• rediscovering the joy of play in non-virtual worlds
• engagement & social contact through game narratives
• using the city as your playground
• transforming urban spaces into cinematic & theatrical stage-sets
We want to draw out enthusiasts, bring them together, play, talk, and develop a London scene for pervasive games. If you have read this far, then you care too, so go to the link above and volunteer."
"Pervasive games, also known as augmented reality games, city games or big games, have been bubbling away for a while. The highest-profile game that has run in London to date was Street Wars although flash mobs & parkour could both be said to be variants of the phenomenon.
Game types vary from scavenger hunts to imaginary tours of Baghdad to games of benevolent assassination. Most are underpinned by a few principles:
• rediscovering the joy of play in non-virtual worlds
• engagement & social contact through game narratives
• using the city as your playground
• transforming urban spaces into cinematic & theatrical stage-sets
We want to draw out enthusiasts, bring them together, play, talk, and develop a London scene for pervasive games. If you have read this far, then you care too, so go to the link above and volunteer."
posted by Jesus Beuys at 17:30
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