PlayStation believe the best games are played as a group. That’s why they’ve set up Game Runners – an experimental project where PlayStation, members of the public and young people from diverse backgrounds come together to create social games.
The project has been developed by PlayStation and Hide & Seek with a team of 8 initial Game Runners who PlayStation have picked to train as game designers and work to make the games relevant.
For those of you down in London this Friday (8th) here are 4 reasons why you should come down to the final Game Runners event:
1. Play a monster sized version of Blocks
2. Between 5.30-6pm you can win a PS3 and PlayStation Move start up kit
3. Watch End of the Line graffiti artists.
4. The whole event is presented by urban street dance queen Kimberlee Jay
Friday 8th October 12 noon – 8.30pm. Elys Yard, The Old Truman Brewery,Hanbury Street London E1. Be there!
Yeah, that was all from the press release. But hey. Giant games are actually pretty cool. Giant Jenga is ace. Why not Blocks?
Built by some enterprising and generally awesome people at Team Hassenplug Monster Chess contains over 100,000 LEGO® pieces, plays chess automatically and features animated chess pieces.
It’s actually even better than the monster chess aboard the Millennium Falcon. That’s saying something.
Back in the dark days of ElectricSpectre we used to do a weekly thing called ‘Horros Ov Nature’ which were, umm,horrible nature type things.
Even though the new improved ES is more of a video game blog than a place where we drop links to picture of Cthulhu, we think we need to bring it back.
So – stare upon a disembodied snake head still trying to kill all those around it. Sleep well.
Reviewing this gig could be a problem. In fact, I’m not sure if I’m even reviewing it on the right blog. Yes, it was a gig, but it was also the launch of a new car, and featured some pretty kickass tech, so perhaps it should be over at Electric Spectre. So it is. But it’s on Downtuned too. I’m just confusing myself.
So Chevrolet are launching a new car. If it was something like a Camero or a Nova we might expect their launch party to be held in a strip bar and feature entertainment from Monster Magnet, the Drive By Truckers, the Dallas Cowboy’s cheerleaders and a fountain of Malt Liquor. Unfortunately we don’t live in a cartoon version of the 70s. Cars are now economical, safe and don’t come with bucket seats, four tracks and NOS as standard. Shame really. So instead we have The Mystery Jets, Nick Grimshaw and a nail bar.
Let me set the scene that will be familiar to anyone who sometimes geeks at home: several days ago I was well and truly up against it. Non Geekiness was looming from every angle, and to compound matters, I was struggling to keep focused. I knew that hard work and concentration were the only things that would ensure all my geeking was done on time, and to a high standard. To do this it would be necessary to build a massive fort in my living room using all of my furniture.
The results were immediately obvious. Within the isolated confines of my Geekfort I was able to get everything done with a minimum of fuss, crippling lower-back pain allowing. I knew then that I had to share my discovery with the world. Luckily when building my Geekfort I had been blessed with good sense and foresight, and had documented every step. Several joyless hours with Windows Movie Maker later, and I was ready to share the wealth of my knowledge:
