Katamari creator judging play-doh contest for playground design

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Katamari creator judging play-doh competition for playground design

Keita Takahashi, the creator of the delightfully mad Katamari series and Noby Noby Boy will be judging a plasticine modelling competition as part of an event run by Nottingham gaming festival GameCity.

The contest involves moulding plasticine into objects that could be included in Takahashi’s playground design at Nottingham’s Woodthorpe Park.

He’s making a playground, don’t you know. This dream has been alive within him apparently from as far back as 2006 when he revealed his perfect playground in an interview with Gamasutra:

“One that’s soft, and with lots of big blocky shapes, and a place [kids] can’t really get hurt – very colorful – where kids can roll around and be free. But it’s probably okay if they occasionally get hurt too.”

The competition takes place on Friday June 25 at Antenna in Nottingham, 7pm and is followed by a videogame pub quiz. Attendees are asked to bring ID as the event is 18+ only.

Brendan Caldwell