Photos: Come Out and Play festival

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  • Cruel 2 B Kind battle

    Cruel 2 B Kind battle

    Two teams faced off Saturday in Jane McGonigal and Ian Bogost's game, "Cruel 2 B Kind," one of several featured during the Come Out and Play street games festival in New York.

    "Cruel 2 B Kind" teams send "kindness" text messages (such as "Have a spectacular day") to an opponent in the hope that the greeting matches the opponent's designated weakness. If there's a match, the message recipients are "assassinated" with kindness and must join the winning team in its quest for more kindness victims.

    If there's no match, the targeted team responds by texting "You're too kind" to the attackers, and both teams move on.

    Caption by: Andy Smith

  • "Cruel" team of 30

    "Cruel" team of 30

    A "Cruel 2 B Kind" team of at least 30 people walks down Broadway in Manhattan. It was sometimes difficult to distinguish between the groups of tourists and opposing teams.

    Caption by: Andy Smith

  • "Kind" winners

    "Kind" winners

    Winners in each of several different categories in "Cruel 2 B Kind" got glittery hats as prizes.

    Caption by: Andy Smith

  • Boyd talks w/ "Kind" designers

    Boyd talks w/ "Kind" designers

    Social scientist Danah Boyd talked with "Cruel 2 B Kind" designers Jane McGonigal and Ian Bogost at the conclusion of the game on Saturday in New York's Central Park.

    Caption by: Andy Smith

  • Eric Zimmerman

    Eric Zimmerman

    GameLab CEO Eric Zimmerman standing with his bike at the conclusion of "Cruel 2 B Kind."

    Caption by: Andy Smith

  • Gamelab offices

    Gamelab offices

    The shelves in game developer Gamelab's Manhattan offices are stocked wth nearly every kind of board game, video game and old computer one could imagine.

    Caption by: Andy Smith

  • "Ghost Engines"

    "Ghost Engines"

    Players in game designer Nick Fortugno's "Ghost Engines in the Sky," a live-action role-playing game, studied their clue sheets on Friday.

    Caption by: Andy Smith

  • golf dog hazard

    golf dog hazard

    This dog became a course hazard on the streets of Manhattan during "Manhattan Megaputt," one of many events in the Come out and Play steet games festival, by trying to eat one team's ball.

    Caption by: Andy Smith

  • Zimmerman putts

    Zimmerman putts

    GameLab CEO and "Manhattan Megaputt" contestant Eric Zimmerman hits his orange golfball while an opponent's yellow ball sits idle.

    Caption by: Andy Smith

  • "Manhattan Story Mashup"

    "Manhattan Story Mashup"

    Players in "Manhattan Story Mashup" studied their cell phones for clues on Saturday.

    Caption by: Andy Smith

  • "Modal Kombat"

    "Modal Kombat"

    David Hindman and Evan Drummond perform "Modal Kombat," in which they control the fighters in a video game on-screen by the way they play their guitars.

    Caption by: Andy Smith

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Contestants face off in Come Out and Play, three-day celebration of live-action role-playing games in New York.

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Cruel 2 B Kind battle

Two teams faced off Saturday in Jane McGonigal and Ian Bogost's game, "Cruel 2 B Kind," one of several featured during the Come Out and Play street games festival in New York.

"Cruel 2 B Kind" teams send "kindness" text messages (such as "Have a spectacular day") to an opponent in the hope that the greeting matches the opponent's designated weakness. If there's a match, the message recipients are "assassinated" with kindness and must join the winning team in its quest for more kindness victims.

If there's no match, the targeted team responds by texting "You're too kind" to the attackers, and both teams move on.

Caption by: Andy Smith

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