Pervasive Games Film Festival

I’ve organized these into some loose categories of my own creation.

Games:

Participants are voluntarily inside the magic circle, outcomes are uncertain, and spectators might become inadvertently involved.

Pacmanhattan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeruPNFi8ZI

Pacmanhattan: Control Room: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4X4mllmFhYw

I Love Bees: http://www.42entertainment.com/work/ilovebees

Uncle Roy All Around You: http://www.blasttheory.co.uk/projects/uncle-roy-all-around-you/

Can You See Me Now?: http://www.blasttheory.co.uk/projects/can-you-see-me-now/

LARP: Lightning Bolt!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_ekugPKqFw

Darkon Larp: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdItduDFmEo

Civil War Reenactment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNK7cS2tJgg

World Without Oil: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-hzUGFD-Gc

REXplorer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mf7m97tF3Ls

Shelby Logan’s Run: https://youtu.be/3An0BbCeSkg

The Lost Experience: https://youtu.be/oXK8Cp9KjXE

Majestic: https://youtu.be/PcTDMYq3xCw

Cruel 2B Kind: https://youtu.be/IAhRC75vIWc

Pranks:

Uninvolved spectators are the object and subject of the experience, and the magic circle is “weaponized” in order to disrupt their daily lives. Outcomes are uncertain.

Telekinetic Coffee Shop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlOxlSOr3_M

Intellivator: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JofRc_qQCAs

Mutant Giant Spider Dog: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoB8t0B4jx4

Ghost Girl in Elevator: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8E1YjIHMxAs

Star Wars Elevator Prank: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7-1A_j3fSM

Performances:

Participants enacting somewhat known outcomes within a permeable magic circle that can incorporate spectators, but is unconcerned with their response (vs. pranks where spectator response is the whole point).

Star Wars in Real Life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5gCeWEGiQI

Lord of the Rings in Real Life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIQXUgHm4c8

Frozen Grand Central Station: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwMj3PJDxuo

Historical Precedents:

What is Fluxus?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGZ9OS1Oj14

How to Make a Happening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iCM-YIjyHE&nohtml5=False

John Cage’s 4’33”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTEFKFiXSx4&list=RDJTEFKFiXSx4#t=280

The ABC’s of DADA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqkIJ0odFxA

The Situationist International: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STJI8ouvUh8

Pervasive Games in Popular Culture

The Last of Sheila: https://youtu.be/NPHMoDpCHU8

Midnight Madness: https://youtu.be/rKsidHYO-zY

More Midnight Madness: https://youtu.be/gLusAy-aOJY

Even More Midnight Madness: https://youtu.be/QeVejxd7_hk

The Game: https://youtu.be/0kqQNBR09Rc

The Man Who Knew Too Little: https://youtu.be/W2bMmtNRpI8

The 10th Victim: https://youtu.be/uiJ6oghRqKY

Battle Royale: https://youtu.be/N0p1t-dC7Ko

The Hunger Games: https://youtu.be/4S9a5V9ODuY