The Come Out and Play Festival is a street games fesitval dedicated to exploring new styles of games and play.

Come Out & Play
Press

Mentions of the festival in the press near, close, far and wide.

henryjenkins.org
Henry Jenkins discusses the festival and the documentary that MIT produced about Come Out & Play in Big Games with Big Goals. Check out the New Media Exemplar documentary here, 07 Ian Bogost, Jane McGonigal and Mattia Romeo, Big Games.

Superinteressante
Os jogos invadem as ruas
by Denis Russo
November 2006

National Geographic
Mobile Games Superimpose Virtual Fun on the Real World
by Mason Inman
October 16, 2006

CBS News Online
‘Big Game’ Safari In Manhattan: Cubicle Warriors Compete In Super-Sized Games Between Skyscrapers
by Christine Lagorio
Sept. 27, 2006
Includes Video

Associated Press ASAP
Can that guy in the suit come out and play?
by Ray Zablocki
Sept 29, 2006
Includes Video

Village Voice
Game Theory
by Silke Tudor
October 3rd, 2006

Advertising Age
Interactive Advertising Games of the Physical Kind
by Noelle Weaver
Sept 26, 2006

CNET
Gaming on the streets of Manhattan
“Come Out and Play” to bring together designers, technophilosophers, utopian free spirits and gamers.
By Caroline McCarthy
September 22, 2006

CNET
‘Killing’ gamers with kindness
By Daniel Terdiman
September 24, 2006

CNET
‘Payphone Warriors’ call on New York streets
By Daniel Terdiman
September 24, 2006

CNET
Video: ‘Space Invaders’ in Manhattan
by Caroline McCarthy
Sept 26, 2006

CNNMoney.com
Videogames get real: The streets of New York City recently showcased the future of entertainment.
By Chris Taylor
September 28, 2006

ARGN
We Came Out and We Played: A Weekend of Public Gaming in NYC
by Marie Lamb
Sept 28, 2006

Joystiq
Complete coverage of the festival, Crossroads, Snagu and Cruel 2 B Kind
by Scott Jon Siegel
Posted Sep 29th 2006 11:10AM
Come Out and Play in NYC
Snagu impresses NYC crowds with addictive gameplay
Times Square tourists learn that it’s Cruel 2 B Kind
Crossroads and avant-garde gaming

New York Magazine
Approval Matrix - Oct 2, 2006
Cruel 2 B Kind: Brilliant & Lowbrow

The Villager
War Games—at the corner of Washington Sq. and University Pl.
By Rachel Fershleiser
Sept 20, 2006

Time Out
Playing with blocks
by Noah Davis
Sept 14, 2006

Time Out New York / Issue 569: August 24–30, 2006
New dork city
Time Out New York just did piece called “New dork city” about the rise of “avant nerdism” and new types of activities and play. Come Out & Play gets a nice prominent mention and even a comparison to Christo.

Wired Magazine / September 2006
The Biggest Level of All
The Festival scores a mention in this month’s Wired Magazine.

O’Reilly Radar
Come Out and Play
O’Reilly Radar featured the festival on their blog as well as having one of our organizers, Greg Trefry, speak at Where 2.0 about Big Games. Check out the podcast for Where 2.0 Greg did with Kevin Slavin of area/code.

Wired Monkey Bites Blog
Location-Based Gaming: Big Games in the Real World
Short piece about the rise of location-based gaming.

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Our Mission
The Come Out & Play Festival seeks to provide a forum for new types of public games and play. We want to bring together a public eager to rediscover the world around them through play with designers interested in producing innovative new games and experiences.

Oh yeah, and we want to have city-size fun.

Contact
e: info(at)comeoutandplay(dot)org
p: 646-644-1995

Come Out & Play Festival
420 2nd Street, #4
Brooklyn, NY 11215