Come Out & Play Festival at GRSF
October 22 - 24, 2010
GRSF
618 Shrader Street
San Francisco, CA 94117
gr-sf.com
415-876-4773
Giant Robot is proud to sponsor and serve as a headquarters for the inaugural Come Out & Play Festival in San Francisco.
Since 2006, the annual Come Out & Play Festival has provided a provide a forum for new types of public games and play in New York City, bringing together a public eager to rediscover the world around them through play with designers interested in producing innovative new games and experiences. Most simply described as "a festival of street games," Come Out & Play helps people rediscover the city around them through play.
The festival goes well beyond classic street games like stick ball or kick the can, though, featuring emerging types of games that make innovative use of public space, make people interact in new ways, or alter people's perceptions of their surroundings. Most importantly, the types of games at Come Out & Play are a great way to have fun and connect with urban environments. Street games, pervasive games, location-aware games, flash mob games, augmented reality games, scavenger hunts, and art-sports are all among the diverse kinds of games that can be played at the annual Come Out & Play Festival.
Conveniently located near Golden Gate Park, GRSF will be a meeting place where participants can gather information, make plans, and become acquainted. The headquarters hours will be as follows:
Friday, October 22, 7 p.m. - 10 p.m.
Saturday, October 23, 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Sunday, October 24, 12 p.m. - 7 p.m.
More details about the games and scheduling will be released at comeoutandplay.org as the festival draws nearer.
Giant Robot was born as a Los Angeles-based magazine about Asian, Asian-American, and new hybrid culture in 1994, but has evolved into a full-service pop culture provider with shops and galleries in Los Angeles and San Francisco, as well as an online equivalent.
October 22 - 24, 2010
GRSF
618 Shrader Street
San Francisco, CA 94117
gr-sf.com
415-876-4773
Giant Robot is proud to sponsor and serve as a headquarters for the inaugural Come Out & Play Festival in San Francisco.
Since 2006, the annual Come Out & Play Festival has provided a provide a forum for new types of public games and play in New York City, bringing together a public eager to rediscover the world around them through play with designers interested in producing innovative new games and experiences. Most simply described as "a festival of street games," Come Out & Play helps people rediscover the city around them through play.
The festival goes well beyond classic street games like stick ball or kick the can, though, featuring emerging types of games that make innovative use of public space, make people interact in new ways, or alter people's perceptions of their surroundings. Most importantly, the types of games at Come Out & Play are a great way to have fun and connect with urban environments. Street games, pervasive games, location-aware games, flash mob games, augmented reality games, scavenger hunts, and art-sports are all among the diverse kinds of games that can be played at the annual Come Out & Play Festival.
Conveniently located near Golden Gate Park, GRSF will be a meeting place where participants can gather information, make plans, and become acquainted. The headquarters hours will be as follows:
Friday, October 22, 7 p.m. - 10 p.m.
Saturday, October 23, 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Sunday, October 24, 12 p.m. - 7 p.m.
More details about the games and scheduling will be released at comeoutandplay.org as the festival draws nearer.
Giant Robot was born as a Los Angeles-based magazine about Asian, Asian-American, and new hybrid culture in 1994, but has evolved into a full-service pop culture provider with shops and galleries in Los Angeles and San Francisco, as well as an online equivalent.
