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The Videogame Playground
Videogame Event at The Embassy of Japan
13 July 2010, 18:30
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Take advantage of this great opportunity to apply for places at the event 'The Videogame Playground' at The Embassy of Japan on 13 July 2010. Twenty places are available to webmagazine readers. Places will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis and the application must be made before Thursday 8 July. To apply email games@ld.mofa.go.jp with the subject 'webmagazine' and provide your name, organisation, email address and daytime telephone number. You will receive an email confirming your attendance and you will need this to enter the Embassy. Please note that registration is essential. |
Noby Noby Boy by Takahashi Keita
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Minds learn best through play. Isn¡Çt that why we encourage children to do so? Solving problems by rehearsing solutions within a safe environment? In the time-honoured tradition however, at a certain age we are encouraged to put aside childish things. Save for sports and board games, adults¡Ç playing tends to be frowned upon. Furthermore, despite being the fastest growing creative industry and entertainment medium in the world - with Japan being a leading player - videogames are treated with particular suspicion by the mainstream media.
Can it really be that videogames are so bad for us? Can Japanese videogames broaden our perception of play? This unique evening discussion event explores the role of videogames and play in Japanese and UK culture and what we might learn from each other with:
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TAKAHASHI Keita, creator of the Katamari Damacy and Noby Noby Boy series of games for Namco Bandai Games, will reveal his ideas about play and how it informs all his work, from videogames to designing a playground.
Mark STEPHENSON, designer with Media Molecule, will explore the value of play as a creative tool, as exemplified by their wildly innovative, BAFTA award-winning project, LittleBigPlanet.
Martin HOLLIS is best known as producer of the BAFTA-winning GoldenEye 007, one of the most critically acclaimed and influential videogames of all time. Most recently his company Zoonami produced Bonsai Barber, for Wii.
Chair: Iain SIMONS, Director of the GameCity Festival at Nottingham Trent University and cofounder of the National Videogame Archive, he has published several books in the field and is videogame critic for New Statesman.
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