Tags Archives: Playful Program

A Musical Interlude

A week from now, we’ll be on day 3 of the experiment that is this year’s Freeplay, and after the sharing of The Games That Made Me and the exertion of Lemon Jousting, we’re taking a quiet little break to hang out, grab a drink, and listen to some music.

Part of what we wanted to do with this year’s festival was to take games out of… Continue reading

Lemon Joust Club

“You aren’t alive anywhere like you’re alive at Lemon Joust Club…. Lemon Joust Club isn’t about winning or losing jousts.  Lemon Joust Club isn’t about words.  You see a guy come to Lemon Joust Club for the first time, and his ass is a loaf of white bread.  You see this same guy here six months later, and he looks carved out of wood.  This guy trusts himself

The Games That Made Me

On August 17, the Freeplay Independent Games Festival will officially begin. The Games That Made Me will open it. I find that intimidating, nauseating, exhilarating and inspiring – both an aneurysm taunting me from every day until next Wednesday and a sense of impending pride and accomplishment.

The Games That Made Me is a Pecha Kucha style presentation featuring… Continue reading

Program update…

Just because it’s launched doesn’t mean we can’t keep adding things to our program:

Rue Bebelons will be our venue for Lemon Joust Club

Taking place on Thursday, August 18, Lemon Joust Club will take you into the yellow belly of Melbourne to experience the world’s grubbiest – but nicest smelling – underground competitive sport.

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