Bichard's Backseat Playground and 2220

John Paul Bichard (better known on the Director lists as "Gerbil" and/or "Psychic Parrot") has been a little scarce in the Director scene lately. Now we know why. He's been working on Backseat Playground, a mobile gaming project which attempts to connect kids riding in the back seats of cars with the environments they travel through using an innovative game design. The hope is that it prompts kids to take an interest in geography and local history.

He's also preparing to build an interactive photojournal of an expedition he plans to take of a sixty day journey around the coastline of Sweden.