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For the past four years Yello Brick<\/a>, a creative marketing agency, have been looking into how games and play can connect people socially. With the help of other gaming companies, they will be hosting Playark Festival<\/a> on 1 and 2 November.<\/p>\n

Playark started in 2009 as a simple day of games in the park. Now the\u00a0festival has grown into a two-day event. This year, day one will be dedicated to explaining the theory of play through talks, and day two will be putting the theory into practice with a day of games. These include\u00a0Extreme Musical Chairs, Super Bacon Grab, and Spaghetti Standoff.<\/p>\n

Yello Brick decided to put on the festival because they are interested in how adults don\u2019t play anymore.<\/p>\n

Alison John, producer at Yello Brick, said, \u201cIt\u2019s all about bringing people together to make the city a playground.”\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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