PREVIEW: Katie Skelly X Attract Mode
Looking Fine // Coming Soon
If you can't hold your horses, I suggest you pick up some Nurse, Nurse from Lady Calico herself.
June 02, 2010
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Nullsleep Destroys Los Angeles This Saturday, June 5th
EPIC CHIP SHOW THIS SATURDAY // details below
Saturday June 5th
Nullsleep, Mr. Spastic, Trash80, George Michael Brower
Collapsed Desires Tour 2010 @ Synchronicity
4306 Melrose Ave. (at N Berendo St.) | view map
Los Angeles, CA
8:00PM doors
admission $5 | All Ages
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June is going to be the best month ever to be in Los Angeles. Every week Attract Mode will be organizing/throwing/attending some really cool event. And it all starts with the Collapsed Desires Tour 2010. This will be the first time Nullsleep has played in LA since the International Chiptune Resistance Tour in 2006! Joining him are three of my favorite chip musicians: Trash80, Mr. Spastic and George Michael Brower. This will be your last chance to catch George before he moves back to the east coast.
LET IT BEGIN
June 01, 2010
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FORT90ZINE #3 Launch Party Happening RIGHT NOW in NYC!
Holy crap, I forgot to post this earlier this week! Things have been crazy on my end, but that's no excuse for not letting you know about the coolest thing happening in New York tonight.
Matt is launching the third issue of Fort90Zine tonight at Babycastles! Get the important info on the event page. In addition to Fort90Zine the party will have performances by Graffiti Monsters and Blue Leader, AND you will be able to play Jizzmoppa, Cream Wolf, and Glow Artisan!
Leave now, you still have time to hang out at NY's only indie game arcade with some of the coolest people I know!
Silent Barn
915 Wyckoff Ave
Ridgewood, NY
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More about Babycastles in their own words:
Babycastles, New York's first independent games arcade, is named after bite-size portugese cakes in Japan. As a new function of a legendary all-ages venue for Brooklyn music and other local DIY-culture, Babycastles offers a physical place to play games made by amateur and independent game developers. The arcade is open four or five nights a week during shows at the Silent Barn, and during the afternoon on Sundays. Babycastles throws an opening party for new games every month, with fresh fruit smoothies, talks by game developers, and plenty of opportunity to play games!
May 01, 2010
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Attract Mode @ MoCCA Fest This Weekend!
Matt is going to be at MoCCA Art Fest in New York this weekend running the Attract Mode table. Here are the details:
MoCCA Festival 2010
Saturday and Sunday
April 10 & 11, 2010
69th Regiment Armory
68 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY
Attract Mode is at table B15.
We are still recovering from how much PAX East cleaned out our inventory, but Matt has been working hard to make sure we have lots to offer. In addition to what we have in the online store, he also was able to nab some goods from 8bitpeoples. The coolest addition is definitely the Nullsleep x Videogramo shirt (see above). I'm kind of hoping we don't sell out so I can grab one for myself!
Matt will also have some Meat Bun shirts and the Blip DVDs by 2 Player Productions. Unfortunately, he wasn't able to finish the 3rd issue of Fort90Zine in time for the show, but that just means you will have to make it to the release party at Babycastles later this month. It's a good time to play games and live in New York!
April 09, 2010
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Exclusive: Scott Pilgrim the Video Game! Music by Anamanaguchi, Pixel Art by Paul Robertson
I've made it obvious that I love the Scott Pilgrim comics and I can't wait to watch the movie. When I heard about the videogame, though, my gut told me that it was going to be disappointing. I mean, it's a movie tie-in from a big name publisher, and they're pretty much always terrible.
Well, there was no need to worry. Apparently Bryan Lee O'Malley made sure that Ubisoft treated his baby with respect. Today at PAX East, I found out that Anamanaguchi is writing the soundtrack. During their concert tonight, they played one of the tracks they wrote for the game, and the on-stage visuals included animation and artwork from pixel master Paul Robertson, creator of the Pirate Baby's Cabana Battle Street Fight 2006 animation and proud Mecha Fetus member.
Wow. Could the combination be any better? Four years: that's how long it took from the release of Pirate Baby's for a videogame company to be smart enough to hire Paul Robertson to animate a beat'em up adventure with his trademark bouncy pixels. Everyone that watched Pirate Baby's wished that it was made into a real game. Combine it with incredible chip music and the Scott Pilgrim storyline, and you already have one of the most exciting videogame releases for 2010.
Touché, Ubisoft.
The images included are screengrabs from the visuals used in the Anamanaguchi performance tonight, from a song that they wrote for Scott Pilgrim the Video Game!
March 26, 2010
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Attract Mode Hauls Meat Buns to PAX East
Mr. McWhertor just dropped off some steamy buns, packed up and ready for the flight to Boston. Yes, sir. I fly out to Boston tomorrow for PAX East, and I'll have Meat Bun shirts in tow.
What else do we have planned? We'll be carrying a few other hot products that aren't even listed in the store yet. "Not enough!" you say? Well, then how about special PAX discounts on our entire stock of t-shirts AND a possible tie in with Tiny Cartridge that will net you additonal savings.
Come visit our booth at PAX East, in Band Land. We'll be the ones partying.
March 24, 2010
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Play It Now: 5 Minute MMORPG
5 Minute MMORPG was conceived by the good people of the Copenhagen Game Collective for the 2009 Nordic Game Jam. More tinkering and polish produced the (not so) massively multiplayer satire game you can play for free. In your browser. Right now.
The most interesting aspect of 5 Minute MMORPG is the built-in lag. Meant to mimic “real” MMOs, the feature causes more lag when there are more players alive. It is a mind game that forces you to predict the other players' actions. As the match progresses and players die, the lag dissipates and it becomes a fast-paced action game.
Before you join in on the fun, I recommend putting the word out on Twitter. It worked for me! I've tried playing this game before, and it's about 1000x more fun playing with your friends than the bots that usually fill up a match. If you want to know the next time we all jump in for a game, make sure to follow me on Twitter. I'll keep you in the loop.
March 23, 2010
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