Friday, August 3, 2012

Babycastles Summit Info - Get Ready For A Big Gaming Blast!

Are you going? This is looking like the event of the year for the NYC gaming "scene" (eek), but I'm not going to gawk at geeks and geekettes galore. No, sir - I'm all business, mister! OK, I'll dip into that game project thing and see what's what and maybe smile once or twice (I'm near my quota for the month already)... 


BABYCASTLES SUMMIT

AUGUST 24th 25th 26th
featuring
KEITA TAKAHASHI
IVAN SAFRIN
KAHO ABE

NEIL FRIDD

Brought to you by
NYU GameCenter
CITE Game Innovation Lab

TAKAHASHI TAKES NYC

Special Interview with Keita Takahashi by Frank Lantz

✌ THREE DAYS OF 

  BANDS ✌ WORKSHOPS ✌ TALKS

Inspired by Keita’s kid-friendly play-scape designs and Anna Anthropy's book, "Rise of the Videogame Zinesters: How Freaks, Normals, Amateurs, Artists, Dreamers, Drop-outs, Queers, Housewives, and People Like You Are Taking Back an Art Form"

Our goal 
is to inspire and encourage people who didn't think they could make games to make games.

Babycastles will be building four video game play-scapes designed by Keita Takahashi In association with Kaho Abe, Neil Fridd and Ivan Safrin.
They will be on display and available for play throughout the summit at the
Museum of Art and Design. RSVP HERE.
2 Columbus Circle // NEW YORK // NY 10019

Sponsored By
THE NYU GAME CENTER


CITE GAME INNOVATION LAB


ALSO ANNOUNCING:

Join Gameifesto and Babycastles on a journey through videogame's dynamic history, from the arcade to the living room and beyond, we'll discuss how technology, design, culture, and commerce have all influenced each other to create the most important medium of the 21st century. Featuring Anna Anthropy, Nolan Bushnell, Phil Fish, Tim Schafer, Keita Takahashi, Doug Wilson + more!

#WhatsInAGame

CHECK OUT OUR
DEBUT TRAILER PREMIERE

NICE HAIR


The Babycastles summit is a three-day series of talks, panels, bands, hands-on workshops and custom video game installations designed by Keita Takahashi, game designer of Japan’s Katamari Damacy.  The summit will be hosted by the Museum of Art and Design from August 24th through the 26th as part of the “Fun Fellowship”.

JEAN CLAUDE VAN JAM

A NEW GAME JAM ★ ☆ ★ ☆ ★ ☆ ★ ☆ ★
celebrating the film career of the most excellent actor
 JEAN-CLAUDE VAN DAMME ☜ ☚ ☜ ☚ ☜ ☚ ☜



Come make games with Babycastles & Eyebeam!

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RSVP
www.jeanclaudevanjam.com
xoxox
 - Syed Salahuddin, Colin Snyder and all of Babycastles

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