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The Lost Sport of Olympia has already begun!

The Lost Sport of Olympia
Jane McGonigal

3:00pm onwards, Sunday 29th June 2008
Hayward overhang
Tags: running listening


2000 years ago, the ancient Greeks played a game they called simply 'The Labyrinth'. Until recently, little has been known about the mysterious sport - only that it required the athletes to be blindfolded, and that eventually it was banned from their Olympics games. Now, the rules for the labyrinth have been rediscovered - and for the first time in modern history, the world will learn to play the Labyrinth again. You don't need to be an athlete to master this lost sport - it mostly requires trust, courage, and collaboration. Come learn the sport and participate in a labyrinth race - or just come to watch as The Lost Sport of Olympia is rediscovered in London!

Learn the entire legend behind the sport at http://www.thelostgames.com/1/podcast.do, or download a PDF of the game's rules.
People intending to play this game: Guilherme, npugh, Fausto Fonseca, Ana Paula, Olivia Bellas, Peter, CharlotteR, Mark Simpkins, andy webb, Nadaav, toby barnes, Joe Public, Manar, Julia B, Ed, Robyn W, Simon Katan, Mink, naomi billingham, Kutlu Canlioglu, ziad dajani, Jip Slips, ammonite, Mel Adey, Hannu Rajaniemi, Stephen Taylor, James Thorpe, ilana, dan winterstein, Nick Hodges, Arthur, Gijs Determeijer, Young Jane, Bonnie Shaw, David Hayward, Alyona, Rachel Gilmore, Tim Stephens, Dominic Kelly, Big Bru, Jane McGonigal, Ariadnelost, Steve G, Melinda Seckington, kikulicious, Chris Davis, Moxidas, silvasurfa, Nothing Nothin, Zoe Field, Bring Stuff, Regan Koch, Jamie Najim, Nicole Mathison, Annette, Faith, LyndsayG, Celine Llewellyn-Jon, Tobin Taylor, Robert Atwood, Leila, Sophia, sanjiv lingayah, suyin, Jo H, Ewan, Cara, J, Rrrrach, Opi, zedzee, Tim Waters, Marc McGinley, claire teasdale, Tom Bishop, Kate Wyatt, Nirit, Amanda Berrisford, Gideon Reeling, Adri, StephanieS, MJ, Aafke Remant, Fleur gooch, Daniel Pembo, Anna Z, Stephanie Swann, Ronald, magda, cecilia lundqvist, Cristina Koppel, naparus, KATE, Hannah White, Sam Bradley, Jonathan Reid, Jem Alexander, Frank Boyd, ScottM, Julien Creff, Gaby, nialls, Krisztina, Paul, Alfred, LouiseSmart, Jo Gage, Chris Gage, Jade, Stephen Cunningswort, Patrick, dom, carina, libby, tiffany, ezzasurus, Corinne, Bryan, Robbly, Jeeman, Lisa, Sarah, Georgina Pope, Chris Madigan, kethi, despinissima, catriona, Lesley, Julian, Tricia Pog, Quang, Tricia F, TJF, LIAM, boss_kitty, Rebecca, Martyn, naamati, Alison McCormick, Adam Punch, franco Papeschi, Korhan, ad pawley, Liberty, Raz, Katy,Hari,Harriet, alex bowley, andy robinson, eve robinson, tayj, Raj, Steve Shashoua, Sam Sugarman, Matan, Dine, Claudia Diaz, argonaut, Richard Miller, tim m, Alex Bleiberg and Kasia.

Jane McGonigal

Award-winning alternate reality game designer Jane McGonigal discovered the ancient "Lost Sport" in San Francisco in 2008, while doing research for an Olympics-themed ARG The Lost Ring (with AKQA). Her previous projects include Cruel 2 B Kind (with Ian Bogost, ), World Without Oil (with Ken Eklund and ITVS), and Tombstone Hold 'Em (with 42 Entertainment).

She currently creates massively multiplayer forecasting games for the Institute for the Future in Palo Alto, which will be launching a new public game called Superstruct in early fall 2008. Jane earned her PhD making and studying games, and she created Avant Game in 2003 to promote experimental game design for public places and everyday life. She has been named one of the top 35 innovators changing the world through technology (2006), one of the top 100 seminal figures in new media (2007), and is widely believed to be the most shameless Werewolf liar in the world.

http://www.avantgame.com


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