Sandpit
ICA
Well, that was in interesting evening. I had failed to understand that there would be a dress code of thick-rimmed-but-trendy glasses and an I’m-not-trying-but-I-am-really style. It was fun, but there were so many people there that we couldn’t get into, or couldn’t hear the announcements for the organised games.
Note to organisers: get a bigger place. It’s a shame that everyone was expected to understand what was going on, but we had a laugh watching thumb wrestling and people watching. We also played the grid game “letter box” which was led to the comment “I was going to write Ovarian cancer but I thought it was too harsh”. Nice.
Letterbox: Gill's answers
Letterbox: Kelly's Answers
Letterbox
To play this game, draw a 6×6 grid. Everyone chooses a category like “food” or “places” or “artists” until the left hand column is full. Then, shut your eyes and point at a letter on something. You then have to write a word from each category beginning with that letter in the relevant box. First to finish shouts SCHTOP! Then, it’s 2 points for an answer no-one else got and 1 for other answers. If the word is deemed not to be within the category then you get no points.
Pervasive Gaming
Tonight I am trying something new. Pervasive gaming.
I’m just intrigued. For example, one game is “Explore the area around the ICA, and help to map the local monsters.”
I’ll keep you posted!
Sandpit at the ICA
From the Sandpit website:
“Pervasive games, also known as augmented reality games, city games or big games, are old forms of play fused with new technological possibilities. They can vary from scavenger hunts to imaginary tours of Baghdad to games of benevolent assassination. Most share these principles:
- Integrating real-world play with digital technology
- Engagement & social contact through game narratives
- Using the city as your playground
- Transforming urban spaces into cinematic & theatrical stage-sets”
