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SUMMARY:Playful:Game Design London (GDL)
DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/684430/ ] Playful is a one-day event all about game design – in all its manifestations\, throughout the contemporary media landscape. The event aims to promote lively debate on the nature of games: what they mean to different people – both inside and outside the industry. Focusing on the creative and cultural dimensions\, Playful examines game design as both a discipline and craft\, offering different perspectives on its current and future possibilities.
      This year the event goes outreach. The conference will feature key practitioners from other areas of the creative arts\, and ‘collide’ them with practitioners from within. 
      Following on from Sense of Play 06 and 07\, Playful is moving further afield to bring in experts and exponents from the cultural ‘mainstream’ to explore how to make the games medium more meaningful\, to more people. Attracting a wider audience is now very much in the minds of many developers and publishers\, and the knowledge that 65% of people who could engage with interactive entertainment choose not to. Despite bold efforts in the past few years by insiders and outsiders\, cultural deficiencies are still there – or at least perceived to be there. So what can those of us who design games really learn from other parts of the creative arts? Conversely what does game design have to offer other areas of entertainment and culture? 
      Playful looks to chart the way forward\, and on its way will visit not just the conventional console and PC game\, but the myriad of interactive and play-based entertainment experiences which are increasingly becoming part of online\, film\, television\, theatre\, installation and performance arts.  
      The event will look for the interesting and the valuable from a range of areas outside the traditional creative industries including built environment\, architects\, authors\, scientists\, as well as the core networked and creative sectors we work with.
      Speakers
      This list is still slightly subject to change. Also\, we're hoping to get some videos from the speakers as a teaser to what they might be talking about...
      Roo Reynolds\, BBC
      James Wallis\, Spaaace
      Russell Davies\, Interesting
      Adrian & Dan Hon\,  Six To Start
      Professor Tanya Kryzwinsca\, Brunel University
      David. G. Surman\, University of Wales
      Chris Delay\, Introversion
      Matthew Irvine Brown\, Last.fm
      Alex Fleetwood\, Sandpit
      Eric Clough\, 212 Box
      Matt Biddulph\, Dopplr
      Iain Tait\, Poke
      Kieron Gillen\, Writer
      Jolyon Webb\, Blitz Games Studios
      There are discounts available on request (and a reasonable reason)
      Buy Tickets £25 at http://gamedesignlondon.eventbrite.com/
      Playful: Game Design London is part of the London Games Fringe\, a festival of alternative gaming events at the end of October 2008\, organised by artists\, academics\, gamers\, game developers\, educators and creative professionals from a wide range of different media: www.londongamesfringe.com
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LOCATION;VENUE-UID="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/10387/":Conway Hall @ Red Lion Square\, London\, London
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SUMMARY:Chinwag Live: Xmas Futures\, Crystal Balls?
DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1077775/ ] In the digital world of diverse media\, platforms\, distribution and user behaviour\, what does the future hold? Is destiny taking us down the path of convergence or fragmentation? 
      As 2008 bows out\, leading digital practitioners and analysts gaze into their crystal balls and predict the future.
      Join us on December 2nd for our lively end of year session as we don our five-years-into-the-future specs and foretell the world of 2013!
      Will brands\, publishers\, marketers and platform providers be recognisable? How will they have changed? With ubiquitous web and mobile access\, how will online and offline relate?
      As we pit imagination against reason and trend analysis\, will the views of our digital experts be planets apart? Take this chance to quiz the panel and share your thoughts on what comes next…
      (arrive early for complimentary drinks and snacks!)
       SPEAKERS: 
      Simon Collister - Head of Digital Culture and Emerging Media\, Edelman PR / blog
      Jonathan Mitchener - Futurologist & Principal Research Scientist\, Devices\, BT / blog 
      Andrew Orlowski - Editor-at-Large\, The Register 
      Richard Titus - Head of User Experience\, BBC Future Media and Technology 
      (final speaker to be announced shortly)
       TICKETS: 
      Cost: £25+VAT (early bird - limited numbers available)\, £40+VAT thereafter
       TIMINGS: 
      6.00pm doors open for drinks & networking. Discussion starts 6.30pm sharp. Debate ends 8.30pm.
       BOOKINGS & MORE INFO: 
      http://www.chinwag.com/live/crystalballs-2008
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