Two5six Festival 2015
Event Information
Description
The Two5six Festival is a three-day celebration of a life well-played. It is where games and culture meet.
Schedule:
Film Festival Friday May 15th 6PM to 9PM (Tickets $15.00 or included in price of conference ticket)
Conference Saturday May 16th 9:30AM to 6PM ($250 per ticket; includes access to film festival)
Public Arcade Sunday May 17th 12PM to 6PM (Free to attend. Tell your friends!)
Our marquee event is the conference on May 16th--a day of dialogues bringing games into conversation with other aspects of culture. Each dialogue pairs a member of the gaming community with someone of equal stature from an outside discipline. The results are often unexpected and always inspiring.
This year we have amazing speakers, including:
- Randy Hunt, creative director of Etsy
- Katherine Bidwell, BAFTA-nominated producer for Lumino City
- David OReilly, director and designer of videogame sequences in Her
- Lucianne Walcowicz, ex-NASA Kepler Mission astronomer, TED fellow
- Torfi Olafsson, creative director of MoMA-acquired EVE Online
- Willow Mellbratt, play designer for 70m-selling Toca Boca series
Our festival aims to show what games can teach other industries and what other industries can teach games. Mashable called it a "TED for videogames" and Fast Company said it brought "the dialogue around creativity in games to another level."
This year, we're happy to announce a film program ($15 to attend by itself, or as a package with your conference ticket) and an all-day free public arcade with over 35 games, plus onsite food and beer vendors, and music from the DJs at Ghostly. We hope to see you there!
