Monthly Archives for March 2011

Games and Gameness at PKSH

This week Shanghai held its 16th Pecha Kucha at the Dutch Design Workspace, and The Pretentious Gamer came by to talk about how games and “gameness” are transcending each other. PechaKucha Night was devised in Tokyo in February 2003 as … Continue reading

26 March 2011 by Bryan
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Museogames, Paris

While in Paris, we managed to check out the Museogames exhibition at the incredible Musée des Arts et Métiers (Museum of Arts and Crafts). The collection was a testament to careful preservation of the artifacts of the medium, and a … Continue reading

11 March 2011 by Bryan
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GDC 2011 Metagame

Local No.12, consisting of Eric Zimmerman, Mike Edwards, Colleen Macklin, and John Sharp, launched their newest version of the Metagame this GDC. Metagame is a large scale social real-world game in which, being appropriately named, the purpose is to debate … Continue reading

05 March 2011 by Bryan
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On the Streets of Paris

Arcade games as mosaic street art, in very fashion-focused neighborhood.

02 March 2011 by Bryan
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Post-Global Game Jam ’11

The folks at the Shanghai IGDA chapter put together a little event for the local game jammers to show their stuff. The brothers Ma showing Contagium: Fun times and free foods were had – a good social warm-up for this … Continue reading

02 March 2011 by Bryan
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