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Attract Mode's east coast warrior, Matt Hawkins, is curating a fine selection of games next month at Babycastles, NYC's best indie game arcade. Most of the games will be there all month, but the opening party is the must-attend if you live anywhere near New York. It's also the only night you can check out Super Hypercube due to all the specialized hardware involved. Check out the details below. Hmmm, I wonder how cheap the flights are from LA to NYC right now…
August 5 at 8:00pm - August 6 at 1:00am
Silent Barn
915 Wyckoff Avenue
Queens, NY
SUPER HYPERCUBE
by Kokoromi and Polytron (with appearance by PHIL FISH)
special musical guest GLOMAG
Also Featuring:
CALVIN & HELLEN'S BOGUS JOURNEY
by Hellen Jo / Calvin Wong / Derek Yu
Untitled
Deth P Sun / Cactus
RESCUE THE BEAGLES
16 x 16
KATAWA SHOUJO
Four Leaf Studios
LOVE LOVE 2
TYO / Seitron & Art Inc
Don't forget to RSVP
Adam
July 27, 2010
arcade / artxgame / Babycastles / Cactus / Calvin and Hellen's Bogus Journey / Calvin Wong / Derek Yu / Deth P Sun / events / FORT90 / Glomag / Hellen Jo / indie games / Jonatan Söderström / Matt Hawkins / NYC / Phil Fish
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I traveled down to San Diego with Anthony to check out Comic-Con this weekend. It's exhausting, but worth it to hang out with cool people and snag some unique shtuff. This year I went for quality over quantity. Check out the gallery to see the goods and drool over the coolest business card ever.
Adam
July 26, 2010
Angie Wang / Comic-Con / comics / Dave Roman / events / Giant Robot
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Dang. I just realized that I never posted a few of the video interviews we did at E3! Luckily Gemini Rue looks just as good now as it did a month ago, so I think you still should be able to enjoy this.
Again, thanks to Jeriaska for the great job he did shooting and editing these!
Adam
July 23, 2010
E3 2010 / events / indie games / Gemini Rue / IndieCade / interview / Jeriaska / Joshua Nuernberger / Nobuoo
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Nullsleep played an incredible set last month in LA on the Collapsed Desires Tour. If you were lucky enough to make it to any of the stops, now you can relive the riot.
Listen & Download the LA Set
Adam
July 23, 2010
Chiptunes / Nullsleep / events / Los Angeles
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we're doing it again // celebrate the golden triangle // rsvp on facebook
Check out the official deetz below and come party with us:
Giant Robot Presents:
Game Night 2 with Bryan Lee O'Malley
Saturday, August 21, 2010, 5:00 - 10:00 p.m.
GR2
2062 Sawtelle Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90025
http://gr2.net/
310.445.9276
In conjunction with the Attract Mode videogame culture shop, Giant Robot is proud to host Game Night, a new event that takes place at GR2 every two months. Each evening will feature a different developer and its games in a relaxed, community-building setting.
For Game Night 2, Giant Robot is pleased to present artist Bryan Lee O'Malley, who will be celebrating the sixth and final installment of his Scott Pilgrim comic-book saga (adapted into a movie directed by Edgar Wright for Universal) and playing the brand new Scott Pilgrim video game (published by Ubisoft with art direction by Paul Robertson and music by Anamanaguchi).
O'Malley will sign volumes of Scott Pilgrim from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Games will be played from 7:00 - 10:00 p.m.
Bryan Lee O'Malley is also featured as the cover artist of the July-August issue of Giant Robot magazine. Giant Robot was born as a Los Angeles-based publication about Asian, Asian-American, and new hybrid culture in 1994, but has evolved into a full-service pop culture provider with shops and galleries in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York City, as well as an online equivalent.
Game Night 2 will take place on August 21 from 5:00 - 10:00 p.m.
For more information about Game Night, GR2, or Giant Robot magazine, please contact:
Eric Nakamura
Giant Robot Owner/Publisher
eric@giantrobot.com
(310) 479-7311
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Adam
July 14, 2010
Bryan Lee O'Malley / events / Game Night / Giant Robot / Los Angeles / Scott Pilgrim
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Yes, it will be fun as all get out // Yes, you are invited // rsvp on bookface
Forget all those snobby E3 parties for "industry only" folks; we're taking it to the streets (or at least to the parking lot).
We're throwing an E3 party this Monday night at GR2 in the calm before the storm. Come hang out with your friends, relax, and enjoy fun games and delicious food before the flurry of craziness begins Tuesday morning.
This is the first Game Night at Giant Robot. It's a bi-monthly low-key event we're running to help build up the VG community in LA. This first one is all about the excellent Bit.Trip series by Gaijin Games. The equally excellent Gaijin Games crew will be in attendance, so here's your chance to school them at their own games.
More reasons to come:
- Games projected on the side of the building (!)
- Bit.Trip themed menu items next door at Giant Robot's restaurant: gr/eats
- Photo-realistic graphics and life-like conversation system
- Because I love you
Check out the the press release for the nitty gritty. (Thanks for putting the release together, Martin!)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Pre-E3 Party at GR2
Game Night with Gaijin Games
Monday, June 14, 2010, 7:30 - 10:00 p.m.
GR2
2062 Sawtelle Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90025
gr2.net
(310) 445-9276
In conjunction with the Attract Mode videogame culture shop and LA Game Space, Giant Robot is proud to host Game Night, a pre-E3 party putting a spotlight on Gaijin Games. Gaijin Games is a small indie studio from Santa Cruz, CA that makes the Bit.Trip series of retro pixelated games for the Wii. Their work will be projected on the side of the building and the actual developers will be in attendance to hang out and play with fans. There will also be Bit.Trip-themed food available at gr/eats.
Game Night is a new event that will be taking place at GR2 every two months. Each evening will feature a different developer and its games in a relaxed, community-building setting. Because of the onset of E3, many members of the videogame industry are expected to attend the inaugural gathering, which will be a great opportunity for the game-playing public since most parties related to the Electronic Entertainment Expo are invitation-only.
Giant Robot was born as a Los Angeles-based magazine about Asian, Asian-American, and new hybrid culture in 1994, but has evolved into a full-service pop culture provider with shops and galleries in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York City, as well as an online equivalent.
Game Night will take place on June 14 from 7:30 - 10:00. For more information about Game Night, GR2, or Giant Robot magazine, please contact:
Eric Nakamura
Giant Robot Owner/Publisher
eric@giantrobot.com
(310) 479-7311
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Adam
June 10, 2010
events / Gaijin Games / Giant Robot / indie games / Bit.Trip / Los Angeles
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Photos by Elliot Trinidad
I'm not sure if you are aware, but LA has had a kind of a bad rep for chip shows: rare shows with small, disinterested crowds in awkward venues. I think that perception was pretty much destroyed Saturday night. Synchronicity was packed wall-to-wall with dancing, jumping, screaming bodies. Nullsleep said it was the best turnout so far on the tour. Alright! The old has passed away; behold the new has come.
Thanks to everyone who came out to support (I finally got a chance to meet 8 Bit Weapon!). We're going to take this momentum and try to start up a regular event. If you have any tips/connections for a venue that you think would be a good fit, fill me in.
Huge thanks to all the performers. They all killed it, did a great job promoting, and are just generally excellent guys. Also, big thanks to our man behind the camera, Jeriaska. He's been working super hard to capture cool happenings in the chiptune and videogame music scenes, and he filmed the whole show. I'll be sure to post any videos he puts together once he has had time to edit and put them up on Vimeo.
Adam
June 07, 2010
Chiptunes / Mr. Spastic / trash80 / Nullsleep / events / George Michael Brower / Jeriaska / Los Angeles
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IPAD WALLPAPER FOR YOU // view & enjoy
Doors open at 8 tonight. Let's build this together.
Adam
June 05, 2010
Chiptunes / Nullsleep / events
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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
RSVP on Facebook
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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
Adam
June 01, 2010
Chiptunes / Mr. Spastic / trash80 / Nullsleep / events / George Michael Brower
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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!
Adam
April 09, 2010
apparel / Chiptunes / 8bitpeoples / events / MoCCA
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Watch out east coast! We'll be in Boston in two weeks for PAX East. I got an email from my pal Paul Levering of 2 Player Productions last night. Due to last minute changes, they need me to run their booth. So I'll be hawking 2PP goods as well as all the Attract Mode gear I can stow away on my flight.
This will be Attract Mode's first convention, and a great opportunity to grab a ton of merchandise and save on shipping. Matt Hawkins, creator of Fort90Zine, will be helping me man the booth. He's actually going to be representing Attract Mode at other events along the east coast (more on that later). Matt's a really good guy, and I'm lucky to have his help and convention expertise.
Look for us in Band Land at the 2 Player Productions booth. Let me know that you read this blog for free hi-fives.
(original photo by thekiko)
Adam
March 16, 2010
2 Player Productions / events / Matt Hawkins / PAX
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Eric and I teamed up Kyle Pulver and J Otto Seibold to make the 5th game in the artxgame series, Jottobots. The game is the center of J Otto's solo (besides the game) art show tonight at GR2. The art will remain on display until July 8th, but you only have one night to come check out the game.
Kyle worked long hours on Jottobots, and that time and attention is apparent as soon as you see the game in action. Combine the quirky character art by J Otto with clever level design, a slick 2D engine and tons of hidden secrets and you have the World's Greatest 5-minute Metroidvania. Yes, I just went there.
Come play with us!
June 13 - July 8, 2009
Reception: Saturday, June 13, 6:30 -10:00
GR2
2062 Sawtelle Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90025
gr2.net
(310) 445-9276
Adam
June 13, 2009
art / artxgame / events / Giant Robot / indie games / Jottobots / J Otto Seibold / Kyle Pulver
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I'm super grateful to the guys at Area5 for devoting a good chunk of their latest CO-OP episode to the Game Over/Continue? event. The whole episode is great (even the Squarespace commercial is worth watching), but if you want to scrub ahead to the GO/C coverage, it starts at about the 27 minute mark.
It's an entire episode focusing on indie games, starting with innovative IGF titles like Blueberry Garden and The Unfinished Swan and finishing with an extended look at the art and games of Game Over/Continue.
These guys know what they are talking about. It's not surprising that the best video coverage of the videogame scene is being created by people who understand and appreciate indies as much they do the mainstream.
I was bummed at the thought of The 1UP Show coming to an end. But since its rebirth as CO-OP, I think the show has been better than ever. Like Jason says in the episode, they are free to cover what they want instead of doing things like running around GDC trying to film trailers and other nonsense. Hmmm, freedom and time to focus on quality… It's amazing what a little bit of independence can do.
Adam
April 06, 2009
Anna Anthropy / Area5 / art / artxgame / Cactus / Calvin and Hellen's Bogus Journey / CO-OP / Derek Yu / Deth P Sun / events / Game Over/Continue? / Giant Robot / Hellen Jo / indie games / Octopounce / Jonatan Söderström / Petri Purho / Saelee Oh / San Francisco / Souther Salazar
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Wow. The Game Over/Continue? show at GRSF last Friday was crazy and fun. A big “Thank You!” to everyone who came, all of the game makers and artists, and the whole Giant Robot crew. Hugs and thanks are also in order for Brandon Boyer, Jenn Frank and Eric and JC over at Tiny Cartridge who all did a lot to help promote the show.
I drove up to San Francisco on Wednesday, and by Thursday night I was starting to stress just a little bit. Only Anna and Saelee had finished their game, and Cactus hadn’t even started yet! Luckily that night Cactus, Derek, Hellen, Calvin and I were able to make a trip over to Deth’s studio. Cactus started coding while Deth was painting and scanning his art. A part of me thinks Cactus was procrastinating just to prove that his GDC lecture, Four Hour Game Design, was more than just talk.
When everyone arrived at the show on Friday evening with their finished games, I was really impressed my mind was blown. All of the games were original, quirky and totally fun to play.
…that is, once you were able to push your way through the crowd and play them! There were way more people at the show than any of us had expected. People from every corner of the indie game scene showed up, and it was great to finally meet a bunch of “internet friends” in real life. It was particularly inspiring talking with Jim Munroe about all of the cool projects he has going on in Toronto.
Looking back through the pictures now, I’m noticing there were a bunch of people I didn't get a chance to talk to. Oh well, too many cool people, too little time. I guess we will have to wait until next year, Messhof, Tiff and Tale of Tales duo.
The games were only available to play the opening night of the show, but all the videogame-inspired art will be at the GRSF gallery until April 15th. If you are in San Francisco, you should definitely check it out. I’ll even provide a map for all you lazy lamb chops.
Keep checking the feed for another blog entry focusing on all four games from Game Over/Continue.
Update: Well, there's really no reason for me to give you a post summarizing the games when Brandon has already done it better than I could have.
Photos via my phone and Giant Robot’s Flickr
Adam
March 31, 2009
Anna Anthropy / art / artxgame / Cactus / Calvin and Hellen's Bogus Journey / Derek Yu / Deth P Sun / Eric Nakamura / events / Game Over/Continue? / Giant Robot / Hellen Jo / indie games / Octopounce / Jonatan Söderström / Petri Purho / Saelee Oh / San Francisco / Souther Salazar
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This drawing of a schoolgirl playing Donkey Kong is done in Sidney Pink's signature style. You might recognize his work from GRSF's recent For the Love of... group show. I love Sidney's simple visual style and how he portrays relationships in (sometimes) subtle ways.
Adam
March 24, 2009
art / events / Game Over/Continue? / Giant Robot / Sidney Pink
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In addition to the four indie game collaborations that will be playable at the Game Over/Continue? show this Friday at GRSF, there will be a ton of cool art.
These sewn vinyl Atari cartridges by Snaggs are based on old Activision games. They are big enough to plop your keister on at a local high school sporting event, but please don't do that!
Via Wonderland > Snaggs's Flickr
Adam
March 23, 2009
art / events / Game Over/Continue? / Giant Robot / Snaggs
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I can't wait to see everyone at the show!
What's this artxgame thing? Could there possibly be more collaborations in the future? Interesting…
Adam
March 16, 2009
Anna Anthropy / art / artxgame / Cactus / Derek Yu / Deth P Sun / events / Game Over/Continue? / Giant Robot / Hellen Jo / indie games / Jonatan Söderström / Petri Purho / Saelee Oh / San Francisco / Souther Salazar
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