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The Come Out & Play Festival seeks to provide a forum for new types of public games and play. We want to bring together a public eager to rediscover the world around them through play with designers interested in producing innovative new games and experiences.
Oh yeah, and we want to have city-size fun.
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At the end of 2005, I began creating the Come Out & Play Festival with some friends. It was to be the first festival of its kind, dedicated exclusively to street games and urban play.
We figured we weren't the only ones tired of hearing about cool games (or having people hear about our games) after they had occured and that the City
could benefit from a slightly more organized approach to it all.
We ran the first Come Out & Play Festival in September 2006 at Eyebeam, and it was a smashing success, inspiring similar events around the world. In 2007, we ran the festival in Amsterdam as part
of the Picnic Cross Media Week.
We came back to New York for good in June 2008, and proudly called my friends' awesome bookstore Bluestockings home. Keep your June 2009 calendars clear for the next festival!
http://www.comeoutandplay.org
2008 Nominee, Diana Jones Award for Excellence in Gaming
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