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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Keith Stuart

Katamari creator hits GameCity this Friday

Keita Takahashi
Keita Takahashi on a climbing frame. He's currently designing a playground for Nottingham's Woodthorpe Park.

The ever-unmissable GameCity festival is running another of its GCNights events on Friday and its an absolute must if you're in the area. Taking place at the Antenna venue in Nottingham from 7.30pm, the evening features Keita Takahashi, the creator of the Katamari Damacy games, who will be talking about his games (especially the iPhone conversion of Noby Noby Boy) as well as the playground he is helping to design at Woodthorpe Park.

Better yet, attendees will get the chance to enter a 'design a playground' competition, using plasticine. Takahashi-san will be one of the judges and the winner may well see their ideas being incorporated into his real-life design. Add in the usual video game pub quiz and you've got another great night out courtesy of the GameCity collective.

On that subject, get ready to clear your diary for the main GameCity festival this October. The official dates haven't been announced yet, but Gamesblog will be there, running a series of special events. Stay tuned for more info!

Antenna will be serving food from 6pm, with the night kicking off at 7pm. Admittance is £3 and for over 18s only so take some I.D.

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