Archive for September, 2008

GDL becomes Playful

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

We are really happy that Poke London have gotten involved to help us out.
We spoke to Iain Tait a while back about being one of our speakers and he asked what else he could do for the event. What started out as some visual identity work has become logo, and a banner, and some web [...]

Playful Vimeo Group

Monday, September 22nd, 2008

Everything is coming together. We’ve e-mailed the speakers and asked them to send us a video, a talking head clip about themselves and their talk, about videogames and INTERESTING THINGS.
As they come in, we’ll be embedding them in the speaker profile pages (forthcoming), as well as in the Game Design London Vimeo Group which [...]

Could be a great idea, could be terrible

Thursday, September 18th, 2008

I am well pleased that Kieron Gillen has agreed to close GDL.
He promised us that he would be drinking vodka all day and everything that spews from his demon hole will be the god’s honest truth.
I look forward to the truth and fear for the world.
Perhaps the break down of the world’s finance [...]

The return of ….

Tuesday, September 16th, 2008

I know we have all been waiting for this, but I am really happy to announce the return of the elektoplankton orchestra.

Jeffre Jackson – Nintendo DS/Electroplankton
Iain Tait – Nintendo DS/Electroplankton
David Knapik – Nintendo DS/Electroplankton
Russell Davies – Nindendo DS/Electroplankton

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Eric Clough coming from NYC

Monday, September 8th, 2008

Eric Clough, who created a living adventure game inside an $8.5m
Upper East Side NYC apartment is coming to GDL.

Clough, who was profiled in the NYT , was commissioned by Steven B. Klinsky and his wife Maureen
Sherry to create a home that was different and inspiring. Inspired by Klinsky’s request to bury a poem he’d [...]