Indie Gaming Celebrated at Hand Eye Society Social
The indie gaming scene in Toronto is exploding, and rgbFilter has covered one of local Hand Eye Society’s latest socials.
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Scott Pilgrim Launch Party report and pictures
On Monday night we attended the Scott Pilgrim’s Finest Hour (vol.6) Launch Party, and while I knew that the comic was popular, I didn’t expect to see so many people crowding Markham Street, waiting for the book, and their hero, Bryan Lee O’Malley to sign it. If you are not too familiar with Scott Pilgrim, it is a manga inspired-comic set in Toronto, starring the titular Scott Pilgrim and his efforts to win, and keep, his dream girl, Ramona Flowers by battling her seven ‘evil exes’. Since the first issue…
Read MoreReminder: Scott Pilgrim Vol. 6 Launch Party Tonight!
Just a REMINDER, be sure to attend tonight’s Scott Pilgrim Vol. 6 Launch Party on Markham Street, in Toronto, tonight. More information about the party can be found in our earlier post here. We will be attending, so expect some awesome video footage in the coming days.
Read MoreScott Pilgrim Volume 6 Launch Party July 19th, pre-order you copy at the Beguiling
To celebrate the long awaited launch of the final volume in the Epic Scott Pilgrim comic book series (soon to be a major motion picture, and video game by Ubisoft), the Beguiling comic store in Toronto is taking over Markham Street, all night long, to hold an amazing launch party. Along with an appearance by author Bryan Lee O’Malley, who will be on-hand to sign copies of the book at midnight, there will be other amazing events, such as live music, and an indie gaming arcade presented by, the Hand…
Read MoreMiguel Sternberg Interview
Miguel of Spooky Squid Games came by the studio to give us a taste of Guerrilla Gardening: Seeds of Revolution, which looks fantastic (see the dev blog here). He also sat down with Alex in what was originally going to be a short interview, but turned out to be quite the discussion about his own work, indie game development and in particular, some great insights to the Toronto indie game scene.
Read MoreHandEye Society’s Arcadian Renaissance
The HandEye Society, the coalition of Toronto indie game designers and enthusiasts, has announced that their TORONTRON game cabinet will be appearing as part of Nuit Blanche this October 2nd, as well as offering up a full arcade of gaming goodness, under the name The Arcadian Renaissance. The TORONTRON is a classic arcade cabinet retro fitted to play video games from local developers, and has been touring around at various events, including the Toronto Comic Arts Festival. All of this will be presented as part of Nuit Blanche on Oct…
Read MoreToronto Hand Eye Society Social Tonight
The Toronto Hand Eye Society, a “not-for-profit coalition of projects and people in support of Toronto’s videogame communities”, is holding their third social of 2010, at Unit Bar, 1198 Queen West. In addition to having a presentation by Brandon Boyer, founder of Offworld, contributing editor of Boing Boing & newly appointed IGF Chairman, the Society just announced that indie game artist Mark Essen will also be attending: Mark Essen Hoffman aka MESSHOF, a bona fide indie videogame rockstar & educator, will be rocking Unit Bar this Thursday alongside Mr. Boyer….
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