Author Archives: Greg Povey

The Pickle That Holds It All Together

Afternoon all and congratulations to every single one of you. This is a small post to introduce some BIG NEWS that we are pretty excited about, and one or two of you may be bit excited about it too. Our … Continue reading

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2012, then.

We have decided to do it again. We like you all so much and it’s great fun. We’ll be at the same spot, on the same stage, with the same Very Good For Your Posture chairs, and we’ll be out … Continue reading

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Speaker additions, a subtraction and running order.

As the sun finally sets on an Indian Summer and the cold wind starts to whisper on our whiskers, Playful is only a couple of weeks away.  Now is a good time to warm you with the finalised line-up for … Continue reading

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Scribbling Tennis.

We’re big fans of Coudal’s Layer Tennis in the Playful Mill. We thought we’d pay them a tribute this year, in our own special, lo-fi way. The Playful Scribbling Tennis live draw-off will be a doodle to the death, using a … Continue reading

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Badgification.

Wait! Come back! This isn’t a post about leveraging key influencers to develop deep linkages across multiple media platforms by inserting games meaningfully into your life. It’s about badges. Real, physical badges with sharp pins on them. As you may … Continue reading

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More speakers for the fire.

Completing another round of speaker acquisitions, we are pretty stoked to announce that the following excellence will be performing a talk at Playful this year: Richard Lemarchand. Richard is a Lead Game Designer at Naughty Dog over in sun-drenched California. … Continue reading

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Introducing… (part 2)

Time to announce some more splendid speakers for this year’s event. They’re all solid gold eggs, so give them a warm welcome: Brendan Dawes. You know Brendan Dawes, he’s the man with opinions, a good shirt and excellent stationery.  He … Continue reading

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Introducing… (pt.1)

Skynet didn’t kick off Defcon 1, Jesus died for our sins (again), Kate Middleton successfully said the right words in the correct order, OBL was buried at sea and we all had some barbecues to celebrate surviving this wave of … Continue reading

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Let’s Do It Again.

As Playful 2010 drew to a close, we said we’d see you in the future. Well, THE FUTURE IS NOW. As predicted, our cities are now populated with robots, jetpacks, and jumpsuit fashionistas — all the things we wanted as … Continue reading

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