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2015 – A retrospect
At the end of every year, we look back at all the things we have accomplished. These ruminations can seem a bit self-fellating, but it is important to stop and take some time to reflect about the things you achieve. Otherwise, the fight to spread games as an artistic and accepted medium can seem like…
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Pacifiers as Game Controllers – Alt Ctrl game jam 2015
»Making is fundamental to what it means to be human. We must make, create, and express ourselves to feel whole. There is something unique about making physical things. Things we make are like little pieces of us and seem to embody portions of our soul.« The Maker Movement Manifesto The faint smell of burnt wires…
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Goodbye w00t, Hello new stuff
w00t is closing down W00t started three years ago, as a collaboration between Indgreb, Vallekilde Højskole and Copenhagen Game Collective. During these three years, we have created what we think is Copenhagen’s three most beautiful and interesting play festivals. Needless to say, we are proud to have been part of this. It is now time…
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ALL THE RAVE: NORDIC GAME JAM 2015 PRE-PARTY
So Nordic Game Jam 2015 is coming up this weekend (assuming you aren’t reading this from the future. If you are, I hope you had a blast). Anyway, as usual, Copenhagen Game Collective will be hosting the Pre-Party the night before, to get all you jammers in the mood for 48 hours of sitting…
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Lyst – a symposium and game jam celebrating Love, Romance and Sex in Games
Thinking back at Lyst now, I can’t say anything else than it was really amazing. I can’t think of one thing that was not great! On so many levels: Speakers, food, people, games… It was the first time for someone from Copenhagen Game Collective and Game Girl Workshop to come together and organize something like…
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w00t 2014
This years Play Festival: w00t is going to be blazingly fun. We are in the middle of organizing it and finding cool game designers and speakers to join us. Right now we need your games. If you have a game that could be played at w00t, please submit it to our open call here (deadline…
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w00t w00t
The weekend has passed and so has the festival. We have had great response and a lot of fun running this festival. There were so many cool game talks people, boardgame people and cool game designers running their street games. I even had a friend not usually associating with games being there with his two…
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LAZA KNITEZ!! – a Nordic Game Indie Night Retrospective!!
Sup indies! The deadline for submitting to Nordic Game Indie Night is less than a month away. I’m Tommy, part of the team (plus Jonatan van Hove, Mads Johansen and Jonas Maaløe) that won the Nordic Indie Sensation award last year with our game LAZA KNITEZ!! and I’m here to tell you about the awesome…
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Burglers ain’t gonna burgle us no more
Ohh noooo. Last week, some burglars went into Chassis Arcade, our favorite Arcade in Copenhagen (read: only arcade) and stole a lot of things. As we have written earlier, we really like this place. They have also been helpful with lending us machines for different events we have been hosting. Latest, the Nordic Game Jam’s pre-party, where we…
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Volunteers for our party at Distortion
Summer is coming, and so is Distortion! Last year we participated by just showing up and playing games, this year we are taking it up a notch as an official streethost throwing a big party. At the party we will have all the elements that make up a great party. Cold beers, fun games, great…
