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Interview with Petra Stocker, Pro Juventute
Interview with Petra Stocker, Pro Juventute, about the Pro Juventute Play Festival 2018, which takes place in Biel, Switzerland, on May 25th and 26th.
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Are the Robots coming?
If the robots are here not only to makes things easier, but actually end up taking over our jobs, what are our options? And what is the role of play in this predicament?
About CounterPlay
CounterPlay ’17: Announcements
Having reviewed all the wonderful proposals for CounterPlay ’17, we are immensely happy to present the first big selection of activities and people, who are going to help us make the next festival the best and most playful one yet.
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Impressions from CounterPlay ’15
With the second edition of CounterPlay over, we're working on evaluation and documentation...and slowly preparing for CounterPlay '16. I thought I would share some thoughts from behind the (already fairly transparent) scenes, so this post is my personal reflections on...
Tweets from CounterPlay ’15
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CounterPlay – på dansk
Nu nærmer vi os hastigt den 2. udgave af CounterPlay, og vi arbejder på højtryk for at lave den bedst mulige festival. Personligt er jeg ikke et øjeblik i tvivl om, at det bliver en helt fantastisk oplevelse for alle involverede. Med festivalen forsøger vi at ramme en...
CounterPlay ’15 Contributors #1
We've been working hard on CounterPlay '15 for the past several months, and we're very happy to announce the first batch of contributors for the upcoming festival. While this is already an amazing collection, we've got a lot more coming, and we aim to have a first...
The CounterPlay advisors
"An advisory board is a body that provides non-binding strategic advice to the management of a corporation, organization, or foundation" I read that on Wikipedia, and I thought: "Hey, there's no doubt that CounterPlay needs a lot of advice to evolve and improve. Why...
Make games for & during CounterPlay
Over on Facebook, a good friend & game developer Esben came up with a great suggestion for CounterPlay: What about a few concrete dogmas too, like: Everyone at the festival are part of a new game developed for that particular festival The workshops of the festival...
Steps towards #CounterPlay15
Ever since the first CounterPlay festival back in April, I've been working on CounterPlay '15. The first time was an absolute blast, and it seems like the 150 playful participants generally share that sentiment. There's lots of room for improvement and new ideas, of...
The local roots of CounterPlay
There's not much news about CounterPlay '15 yet, but things are starting to happen, and based on the successful first edition with 150 wonderful people, I have a lot of ideas for next year. So many things I want to do better next time, and so many new initiatives I'd...
Our stories from play
At CounterPlay '14, Jesper Krogh Kristiansen did a presentation about the way we write and talk about games. Traditionally, there's been a heavy focus on technology when writing about video games, but this is not really what most people really care about (some people...
#CounterPlay14 – reflections
https://twitter.com/mathiaspoulsen/status/452139244375801856 That's how I felt Friday afternoon & evening, when CounterPlay '14 had reached its conclusion, and I was having a few beers with the last remaining speakers & participants. Now I've had a bit more...