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  • Zoo Machines 2016

    Imaginarium Lille, France

    Festival for innovative art and experimentation in games. Game Jam, Talks, Exhibition http://zoomachines.com/

  • Games People Play

    Nest De Constant Rebecqueplein 20b, The Hague, Netherlands

    'A game seems so simple, but in the end it is a complex phenomenon that gives us the possibility to think outside the box. Playing makes it possible to reinterpret reality, to explore taboos and to experiment with the impossible. In Games People Play, eight artists and artist collectives explore the social function of playing…

  • IndieCade Europe 2016

    tba paris, France

    Inaugural edition of IndieCade Europe   IndieCade Europe takes place November 18-19, 2016 in Paris, France. Works shown at this event will be drawn from the IndieCade 2016 game submissions. The games will be curated by the IndieCade Europe Committee that will focus on international representation. There is no separate submission process for inclusion of…

  • Symposium en expositie: Let’s Play Nederlandse Game Geschiedenis

    Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid 1 Media Parkboulevard, Hilversum, Netherlands

    In het kader van een onderzoek naar Let's Play video's en de Let's Play game-tentoonstelling bij Beeld en Geluid, nodigen we game academici, studenten, liefhebbers, verzamelaars en erfgoed professionals van harte uit voor een symposium georganiseerd door Universiteit Utrecht en Beeld en Geluid over het bewaren van Nederlandse computergame geschiedenis. Een volle middag met lezingen,…

  • Wordplay London 2016

    British Library London, United Kingdom

    This year, our festival of writerly games will be happening in London, England, in a no less esteemed place than the British Library. According to the Wikipedia entry, it’s the largest library in the world and included in their collection of 170,000,000 items is the manuscript copy of Alice’s Adventures Under Ground (which was later published as…

  • Fugue of Play

    Platform Minerva Praediniussingel 59, Groningen, Netherlands

    FUGUE OF PLAY | 24 NOVEMBER - 8 DECEMBER | AN EXHIBITION ON ART AND VIDEOGAMES In a world full of smartphones, apps and augmented reality, almost nobody notices a single new videogame. But as a result of the development of extended and accessible techniques, the videogame is no longer just a game of skill.…

  • The Overkill 2016

    The Cee Spot Enschede, Netherlands

    From the website http://www.theoverkill.nl/ The Overkill Festival is a 48 hours nonstop gaming and film event. On The Overkill, visitors are confronted with an ‘Overkill’ of popular culture multimedia, with a strong focus on movies, video and gaming. The transcending borders of these media and the corresponding subcultures evolving around them will get a special attention…

  • Parallel Worlds 2016

    Victoria and Albert Museum Cromwell Road , London, United Kingdom

    https://twitter.com/tigershungry/status/780723660298579969 How do the virtual worlds of videogames reflect and augment our reality? With VR headsets hitting the high street and augmented reality sending players hunting through their neighbourhoods 2016 has seen our virtual and physical worlds collide like never before. But what does it mean to design a virtual world? Come join us on Friday…

  • Exile – Not a Jam! 2016

    Vallekilde Hørve, Denmark

    4-day event to explore interactive things with each other (originally a game jam). Get away from the daily life and join other developers/designers/makers/people for the 11th Exile at the old folk highschool Vallekilde, Denmark. After ten successful Exile Jams we have concluded that the world has enough game jams and that there are plenty of…

  • Over Game: Videogames, Alternative Scenes

    Maison des métallos Paris, France

    Over Game: Jeux Vidéo, les scenes alternatives. Game Exhibition Curator: Simon Bachelier This is an introduction to the alternative game scenes related to political/social/moral topic. Come play and watch indie games and interactive installations, but also participate in different interesting debates, documentary screening, conferences, live-playing performances and more... for free. This is also the first time…

  • ALT CTRL Hackathon

    TBA TIlburg Tilburg, Netherlands

    One day of experimenting with creating alternative controllers for games. More info tba

  • Global Game Jam 2017

    Everywhere

    The Global Game Jam® (GGJ) is the world's largest game jam event (game creation) taking place around the world at physical locations. Register a site or join one of the jams around the world. There will be locations in over 90 different countries! http://globalgamejam.org/ If you're in the Netherlands: There are about 10 locations around NL…

  • Ludicious 2017 – Zürich Game Festival

    TBA - Zurich Zurich, Switzerland

    Game Festival. The biggest professional game event in Switzerland returns for a third edition from January 26 to 28, 2017. With roughly 600 expected professionals from the game industry, Ludicious is the place to network and see great new games from emerging talents in our exhibition. Stay up do date by signing up for our newsletter. Three days…

  • Screenhake 2017

    Het Bos Ankerrui 5-7, Antwerp, Belgium

    Screenshake 2017 is the fifth edition of the only art festival in Belgium to showcase the video game medium, with a focus on independent or ‘indie’ games. These are often smaller, more personal and innovative games; think of them as the video game equivalent of arthouse films! http://www.screenshake.be/

  • Innovation, Play & the Future of Technology

    CNCFD- Condé Nast College of Fashion & Design 16-17 Greek Street, London, United Kingdom

    Talk by Steven Johnson, author of "Wonderland : How Play Made the Modern World." Steven Johnson, the international best-selling author of How We Got To Now, whose TED talk has had over 1 million views, in a talk on innovation and the future of technology seen through the history of play: the subject of his…

  • Playful Arts Meetup #1

    WILLEM TWEE Boschdijkstraat 100, 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

    We nodigen je van harte uit voor de eerste Playful Arts meetup op 15 februari 2017! Deel je projecten en gedachtes op het snijvlak van beeldende kunst, podiumkunst, playful design en sociale interactie met onze community tijdens onze playful arts meetups. Wat zijn playful arts? In 2017 willen we met informele avonden in Amsterdam en…

  • Push the Button

    cc Deurne Rix de Gryspeerstraat 86, Deurne, Belgium

    Gamefestival - Deurne, Belgium Op 25 en 26 februari stellen cc Deurne, CultuurConnect en Devillé Arcade een heuse, moderne ARCADEHAL voor in cc Deurne Rix. We lieten 7 spellen ontwikkelen, die focussen op samen spelen, het creatieve en het artistieke. En dat doen we met de nodige toeters en bellen. Een heel weekend lang kan…

  • PlaySFMOMA Mixed Reality Pop-Up Arcade

    SFMOMA 151 Third Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    From the website: Do you prefer your reality shaken or stirred? In conjunction with the annual Game Developers Conference, PlaySFMOMA presents a day-long “blended reality” pop-up arcade. Play a selection of avant-garde and experimental games that explore augmented, virtual, shared, fractured, blended, and otherwise mixed realities. This event not only presents emerging augmented and virtual…

  • IDGAF 2017

    Bar SK 90 Smith St, Melbourne, Australia

    IDGAF: Independently Developed Game Art Festival of 2017 The wonderful Chad Toprak of Hovergarden has put together a short selection of contemporary independent videogames for our interactive pleasure. These were all featured in this year's IGF, coincidentally. ? OPENING NIGHT THURSDAY 23rd ? Come and see games never before shown on Australian shores Also drink…

  • Kraks@dekrook: games in De Krook!? Over het belang van spelen

    De Krook Miriam Makebaplein 1, Ghent, Belgium

    Evening in library De Krook in Ghent: the possibilities of videogames as form of culture. Waarom biedt de bibliotheek binnenkort videogames aan? Op deze avond verkennen we de mogelijkheden van videogames als cultuurvorm. Ontdek boeiende games over ernstige onderwerpen en denk mee hoe we ze kunnen inzetten om de wereld beter te maken. Tijdens deze…

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