Camp out if you fancy?
There’ll be four GC ART exhibitions in Hall 2 to show how art links into digital game worlds. Organised by the Berlin Computer Game Museum and the GC - Games Convention, "Space Invaders. From Outer Space" pays homage to this classic on its 30th birthday. At its heart is the major interactive installation "Invaders!" by the artist Douglas Edric Stanley - where players use all their body-strength to steer the virtual canon. The big retro-gaming event "History & Culture" takes visitors back into the digital gaming past - retro clubs from Germany and France present collector's pieces from the last few decades. The special shows "Machinima" and "Digital Beauties" present the creative potential in computer games and new technology.But creativity of a very different kind is on show in Casemodding@GC in which inventive computer modders use acrylic glass, paint or light effects to transform a bog standard case of their game machines into a thing of beauty. There’ll be more than 30 examples on show and even some modders on the floor to reveal the tricks behind case tuning.
And finally, when the exhibition halls switch off for the night, the gamers’ day is by no means over. At the "GC Freestyle - Gamer Camp" in the main stadium visitors can camp, chill and keep on playing. From 20 August 2008, there will be room here for more than 5,000 tents, plus DJ music, fun sports and free wireless LAN. With four overnights, tickets for the "GC Freestyle - Gamer Camp" cost 130 euros including four-day admission to the GC itself and free use of local public transport to the Exhibition Centre. A one-night stay with a GC one-day ticket costs 38 euros.
Interested in popping along? Visit www.gc-germany.com/ for more info.
