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London Games Festival 2010 Starts Today

Cosplay record breaking at MCM Expo 2008 by internets_dairy The geek will inherit the Earth, or at least London, this month. Having grown steadily over the years London Games Festival 2010 is the biggest videogame culture event to take place in the capital in, well… …

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In Pictures: Chap Olympiad 2010

As we have seen during its past four incarnations, the Chap Olympiad is something of a paradox: a surreal collision of histories which makes you feel more alive yet more nostalgic at the same time. Celebrating impeccable manners, sartorial excellence and a general lack of …

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Preview: Shoreditch Festival 2010

Shoreditch Festival pitches up in Shoreditch Park this coming weekend, with music, arts, fireworks, dogs and words trampling the sun scorched grass and diverting the Hoxton massive northwards a notch. Friday 16th July: Free Proms in the park between 7.30-9.30pm with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra …

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Tim Kring’s ‘Conspiracy For Good’ Comes To Streets Of London

A new and hugely ambitious alternative reality game is poised to hit the streets, rivers, warehouses and…well, who knows what other spaces…of London. Tim Kring, the super-imaginator behind TV series Heroes, has spent the past couple of years scheming away on this project and, having …

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Preview: Hide&Seek Weekender 2010

The Hide&Seek Weekender is a free weekend of social games and playful experiences. Based around the National Theatre as part of LIFT, the weekend is packed with creative, interactive stuff to do – mostly for adults – and doesn’t cost a bean. For starters, tenative …

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Last Minute Listing: Lates @ V&A

Victoria and Albert seem to be all over our TV screens at the moment. We should return the housecall by visiting their eponymous museum for tonight’s Lates event. The jamboree kicks off at 6.30 and is themed around the playground. There’s waaaay too much going …

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Are You Game? Preview: London Games Festival

Attention all technophiles! Nerdgasms ahoy! Like descending Space Invaders, a whole plethora of gaming activity will scatter across London in the coming weeks, as the London Games Festival arrives in town to delight and amaze us. Events kick off with massive multi-media celebration Video Games …

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London To Freeze Over

As we enjoy a mild and occasionally sun-kissed start to the Autumn season, the hulking relic that is Battersea Power Station – still the largest brick building in Europe – provides the venue for the biggest winter sports and music festival to ever hit these …

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Best Places in London To Watch Beijing

On Friday, the best place to watch the Opening Ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games is probably in the Bird’s Nest Stadium. If you’ve mislaid your £373 ticket down the back of the sofa, there are still heaps of other options beside vegging at …

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Art Review: Games & Theory @ South London Gallery

Dan Shipsides, Several sequenced problems on Contemporary Art (Frieze), installation view, 2008, mixed media, dimensions variable. Photo by Andy Keate. Peckham. The mere mention of this seemingly blighted borough is enough to send some running for the hills. Much in the same way as mentioning …

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Tickets (But No Line-Up Yet) For Olympic Party

The Beijing 2008 Olympics is officially ‘over’ on the evening of 24th August, when the closing ceremony takes place in their enormous ‘bird’s nest’ stadium. London gets a few minutes in the ceremony as part of the Handover, which will be shown on big screens …