katy lindemann // seemingly unconnected

Two years ago I wrote about a corking day talking about games, fun & play with a bunch of super-smart people at GameCamp 08.

The good news is that GameCamp is back for 2010!

It’s a one-day event for people interested in games, and interesting people in gaming.

We believe games aren’t just playthings; they’re one of the most important media of our civilization. Games have reach and power as great as those of video, music or the printed word. GameCamp is a forum to talk about this most powerful medium: how we make it, how we use it, how we can make gaming better, and even how we can make things better through gaming.

It’s an unconference, modelled on the BarCamp series of developer events. Which means there are no keynotes or invited speakers. No PowerPoint. But there will be fantastic discussions and conversations. There are no spectators at GameCamp – only participants.

Thanks to the lovely folks at eBay, GameCamp 2010 will be held at Whittaker House (the home of eBay, PayPal and Gumtree.com) in Richmond, London, on Saturday, May 8.

GameCamp is free to attend, however due to space restrictions, attendance will be strictly limited to 150 tickets. We’ll be issuing several tranches of tickets to give everyone a chance to sign up, so don’t panic if you couldn’t make the first release, there will be another chance to register.

If you want to attend then the first tranche of tickets will be released via EventBrite at noon on Friday 12th March.

For more information see the GameCamp website; for updates as they happen (including ticketing info), follow GameCamp on Twitter or Facebook (NB RSVP-ing on Facebook doesn’t guarantee attendance – you’ll still need to register via EventBrite!)

The event’s being organised by, er, me – as part of a team with the fantastic James Wallis, Mark Simpkins, Philip Trippenbach, Rachel Clarke & Rain Ashford – and we’re hoping to make it even more awesome GameCamp 08.

On a more practical note, we’ve got some fantastic sponsors on board, but as my co-conspirator James noted, we’re still looking for some more sponsors to come on board. If you’re in a position to offer us some funds to cover the cost of, say, lunch and thereby earning the love and admiration of an important & influential sector of the British games community then please drop me or anyone else on the committee a line – katy at gamecamp dot org dot uk).

Get your game on!