playARK is Cardiff's very own games festival. An exciting event that brings together a celebration of games and play and all things fun. Split between two days (30th September - 1st October 2011) the festival will hold the first series of talks of it's kind in Cardiff with world renowned speakers from across the UK discussing the impact and possibilities of developing systems and ways of thinking through games and play in business, education and society as a whole. Speakers included Alice Taylor, Matt Locke, Dan Dixon, Dr Gareth Loudon, Wendy Keay-Bright, Mark Stevenson and David Sharp.
The second day brings together a unique mix of games from digital games, retro games and board games to physical games that are played in everyday spaces. The city will become your playground and the streets your hiding places. To end the day we will be premiering a pervasive game called 'everwake'. Online content for everwake goes live on 14th September 2011..