Month: June 2017

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Archive Event Archive Event 2017 Jake Tucker Monthly Oli Kill Rosa Carbó-Mascarell Talks Thryn Henderson UK

VideoBrains June: Accounting

28/06/17 (7pm–10pm)
The Blacksmith & Toffeemaker, London, UK
Recurring

About:

VideoBrains is a night of games discussion featuring the hottest takes, the wittiest wisdom, the talks to talk about. We’re all about creating diverse, inclusive conversation from all points of view and backgrounds on videogames.

Ticket price: £5.80–8.40
Estimated attendees: N/A

Event Webpage: http://www.videobrains.co.uk/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VideoBrains/
Twitter: @VideoBrains https://twitter.com/VideoBrains
Logo/Art:

Brochure/visitor guide/handout:  N/A

Run by: Jake Tucker, Thryn Henderson, Rosa Carbó-Mascarell, Oli Kill
With the help of: Not applicable.
Funders: Patreon

Talks given:

  • Anna Hollinrake – idle animations are like falling in love
  • Florencia Minuzzi & Dustin Connor – Conversations in Games – no, not the life-changing, world-shattering kind.
  • Tom Battey – Confessions of a Former Monster Hunter
  • Colm Seeley & Stuart Burnside (for the BFI) – Does a Tree have a nationality?
  • Tom Davison – Homes as Emblematic Spaces

Games shown:

Not applicable.

Live Games run:

Not applicable.

Workshops held:

Not applicable.

Games made:

Not applicable.

Performances given:

  • PACMAN: A TRAGEDY IN THREE ACTS – created by Grant Howitt – performed by Elizabeth Simoens, Thyrn Henderson, Adam Dixon, Johnathan Prior, Anna Hollindrake

Photos:

https://flic.kr/s/aHsm3qkU85 (Sarah Cole, Flickr)

Recordings:

N/A

Blogs/articles/write-ups:

N/A

Misc other: N/A

Submitted to Interstice by: Sarah Cole

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Thryn Henderson zine Zines 2017

Let’s Play Outside: gamepoems from videogames outdoors

2017
Thryn Henderson

Info:

A small book of activities inspired by videogames.

Contributors:N/A

Art:

Format: Physical
Limited edition of: N/A
Cost to buy: £0
Made in: UK
Associated with: Feral Vector 2017 — distributed at associated meditative workshop/performance.

Link: N/A

Additional Notes: One sheet of single-sided A4 paper folded down to an A7 book using clever cuts.

Is a physical copy of this zine held in the Games & Play Zine Library?: N/A

Submitted to Interstice by: Sarah Cole

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Amran Anjum Annual Archive Event Archive Event 2017 Beck Michalak Cel Davidson David Hayward Devlin Eli Rainsberry Feral Sett Festival Jim Thompson Kriss Pax Lowey Sarah Cole Shi Siobhan Gibson UK

Feral Vector, 2017

01/06/17–03/06/17
Birchcliffe Centre, Hebden Bridge, UK
Recurring

About:

‘Feral Vector is a festival about making games and gamelike things.’

Ticket price: N/A
Estimated attendees: 200

Event Webpage: http://feral-vector.com/
Facebook: N/A
Twitter: @feralvector
Hashtag: #feralvector
Logo/Art:

Brochure/visitor guide/handout: N/A

Run by:  David Hayward, Pax Lowey, Eli Rainsberry, Cel Davidson, Amran Anjum, Devlin, Kriss, Beck Michalak, Jim Thompson, Siobhan Gibson, Shi
With the help of: N/A
Supported by: N/A

Talks given:

  • David Hayward – Introductions
  • Kat Brewster – Don’t Stand So Close to Me: Intimacy in Digital Tech
  • Katie Rose Pipkin – A pre-history of Farmville (and other flower-breeding games)
  • Emma Bearman – Playbox
  • Stuart Lilford – Impostor Syndrome – I’m not really qualified to give this talk
  • Malath Abbas – Collectives, co-working space and community
  • Derek Moody – Whodunnit Manor
  • Anna Hollinrake – Mental Health, with Maslow and friends
  • shi & Kriss – So, you’ve accidentally made a virtual world.
  • Charlotte Gore – Bards Bards Bards: Why everyone should roll a bard
  • Dr. Kim Foale – Victory Points Suck
  • Natalie Clayton – Hammer out a Home: Creating Personal Spaces in Games
  • Tara Copplestone – Games and Archaeology

Games/Things shown:

  • Various, but list N/A

Live Games/Experiences run:

  • Deep Green – by Jim Thompson
  • Settings for Sitting To – Thryn Henderson
  • Business Year 2001: A Business Odyssey – Adam Dixon, Nate Crowley

Workshops/Jams held:

  • Cardboard jam – N/A
  • Arcade Workshop: Makey Makey – Alex Johansson, Katy Marshall
  • Paperjam – Stuart Lilford
  • Arcade Workshop: Arduino – Alex Roberts
  • The Wicker Jam – Jonathan Whiting
  • Arcade Workshop: Alt Ctrl Adventure – Jerry Belich

Misc Other:

  • Controller surgery/exhibit

Photos: N/A

Recordings: N/A

Blogs/articles/write-ups: N/A

Misc other:N/A

Submitted to Interstice by: Sarah Cole