six to start

Adrian and I are out quite a bit over the next couple of weeks. Here’s where we’re going to be, if you fancy popping by and saying hi:

• Adrian’s going to be at Gamehotel in Zurich on Friday 19th and Saturday 20th October
• You might bump in to me at the Teen Rage - Anarchy in the UK? on Thursday 10th October. The RSA is reporting that the event’s full at the moment, but it’s always worth giving them a ring if you want to get in…
• Both Adrian and me are taking part in the Play/Time Games Lab, which is running from Monday 22nd to Friday 26th October
• On Wednesday 24th October, I’m going to be running the second London Gamer Geeks Quiz with fellow Six to Starter James Wallis and friend of Six to Start Tom Armitage
• I’m going to be giving a quick talk about ARGs at Gamecity (don’t click on the first link, there’s a horrible photo of me) on Saturday 27th October

Six to Start-ers Adrian and James are both working on a campaign with Cancer Research UK called Let’s Change the Game:

Let’s Change the Game is a competition to design an ARG (alternate reality game) to help the work of Cancer Research UK. The winning designers will receive funding to develop and run their game, and will be mentored by some of the best ARG designers in the world. Entry is open to anyone who wants to enter.

which, I think you’ll agree (and I’m not being biased in anyway) is pretty damn cool. There’s a prize that’s running at £1,300 as of the time of this post, and if you’re American, then that’s probably half a million dollars by now. Adrian’s managed to put together a great panel of judges who’re all pretty much the leading lights of the ARG scene so there’s an opportunity for some fantastic feedback as well as designing a game that could potentially have a big effect on society.