After I completed my degree I was awarded a joint residency at The Pervasive Media Studio with my creative partner George Crabtree, following the likes of other Rubberees such as Rich Wilson, Ben Templeton and Daniel Course who now work in the Studio. ‘The Pervasive Media Studio brings together the computing, communication and creative industries to pioneer new forms of digital media, it is a collaboration led by HP Labs and Watershed, with support from the South West Regional Development Agency’ (taken from here).
Tonight the Studio presents ‘A Night at the Studio’, featuring a project showcase, launch of the website and the launch of the Interesting Games Festival. There will be a mobile game, designed by Mobile Pie, which will be played throughout the evening between canapés and wine scoffing. If anyone is interested they must RSVP to genevieve@pmstudio.co.uk with their name and telephone number.
The Interesting Games Festival begins tomorrow (Friday) with ‘Journey to the Middle of the Night‘, a giant chase game played across the city, where players evade the chasers, find the hidden checkpoints and make their way through a series of strange circumstances to reach the party at the end of the night. I am a Chaser and will be fully kitted out in day-glo 80′s sports wear, because, well, just because I can…..
Other games worth noting are;
Call and Return, a game where players (also known as Ludens) choose a toy to represent them in the game and are then set simple missions designed to re-frame spaces and de-familiarise everyday objects. A few people in the office are playing this at the moment and we are all egerly awaiting the posting of the first missions.
Rainbow Rain, three teams battle it out in a three way paint fight with only white boiler suits and umbrellas to protect themselves. The winning team is the one whose colour dominates the umbrellas and suits.
Girl Racer, a game where people race on a paper track with foot operated sewing machines.
The final game I will mention (there are loads more on the site….) is Korean Lazer Ball. Officially named the snappy but slightly long title of ‘OMMRPG’ or ‘Offline Multi-Mirror Reflector Positioning Game‘. In Korean Lazer Ball teams of lazer gladiators battle it out, scoring goals by bouncing the lazer beam from hand-held mirrors onto a super high-tech spot on the wall.
Team Rubber is entering a Team and is happy to announce that Heather, our Delib Project Manager who is away on Maternity leave at the moment, will be joining Jess (Seeding Superstar), Alex (Project Director Extraordinaire), Ant (King of CCS and skinning…no, not that sort of skinning) and Matt (Plythoplojax Master) to wave the Rubber flag. Jess and I will be cutting, sticking and pimping up the costumes tomorrow.
Have a good weekend
and
Happy Gaming
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