Just spotted this on CEX
Never mind the digitised world in The Getaway and forget about the make-believe boulevards of Grand Theft Auto, the funky fashionistas at the ICA are teaming up with arts group Blast Theory to create Uncle Roy All Around You - a game set partly on your computer screen and partly on the real life streets of London.
Players are lent a handheld computer and set loose on the streets of Westminster with the task of locating the mysterious Uncle Roy within a time limit of 60 minutes. Meanwhile, online players are able to hunt down these runners using a virtual map, webcams and live audio. If they manage to corner a runner, that player is knocked out of the game.
http://www.uncleroyallaroundyou.co.uk/ to play online is free.
The fun and games take place between 3pm-8pm, from Wednesday 28th of May to Saturday 7th June (closed Monday and Tuesday).
To play as a street runner will cost ?6 (?5 concessions, or ?4 for ICA members) - and there aren't many other ways of keeping yourselves entertained for an hour in the centre of London for that paltry sum. Better still, the nice organisers are kindly offering a ?1 reduction on all the prices to anyone who mentions 'CeX' as a password. Woo!
Will this be the start of things to come?
Never mind the digitised world in The Getaway and forget about the make-believe boulevards of Grand Theft Auto, the funky fashionistas at the ICA are teaming up with arts group Blast Theory to create Uncle Roy All Around You - a game set partly on your computer screen and partly on the real life streets of London.
Players are lent a handheld computer and set loose on the streets of Westminster with the task of locating the mysterious Uncle Roy within a time limit of 60 minutes. Meanwhile, online players are able to hunt down these runners using a virtual map, webcams and live audio. If they manage to corner a runner, that player is knocked out of the game.
http://www.uncleroyallaroundyou.co.uk/ to play online is free.
The fun and games take place between 3pm-8pm, from Wednesday 28th of May to Saturday 7th June (closed Monday and Tuesday).
To play as a street runner will cost ?6 (?5 concessions, or ?4 for ICA members) - and there aren't many other ways of keeping yourselves entertained for an hour in the centre of London for that paltry sum. Better still, the nice organisers are kindly offering a ?1 reduction on all the prices to anyone who mentions 'CeX' as a password. Woo!
Will this be the start of things to come?
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