Sure, the Canada Day long weekend is right around the corner, which means patios, barbeques and fireworks for most, but that doesn’t mean the fun starts (or stops) there. There’s a couple of great events coming up over the next few days worth taking note of…
Read MoreWhile at TCAF this year, we spent a few minutes talking with Miguel Sternberg of Spooky Squid about the latest Torontron arcade cabinet, the High Roller. Also on hand was a playable version of his latest game They Bleed Pixels, a “fast paced, gothic, low-fi pixel art, platforming beat’em up” that will be coming out ‘soon’ on Xbox Live Indies.
Read MoreThe Toronto Comic Arts Festival returns to the Toronto Reference Library this weekend. The now annual festival, unlike a typical comic convention, focuses on the diversity of work being done in the medium beyond the standard superhero fare.
Read MoreNext Monday, the Toronto chapter of the International Game Developer Association (IGDA) will be holding a round-up of the 2011 GDC event, which wrapped up this past week. The round-up will be held at Metro Hall, with a get together afterwards across the street at the Elephant & Castle.
Read MoreThe Hand Eye Society held the Arcadian Renaissance a while back TIFF Bell Lightbox. On hand was a bank of arcade cabinets loaded with a number of great indie games, no quarters required . The main event of the evening was an exciting, big-screen NIDHOGG tournament. Every time I see or play NIDHOGG, I just wish I had it at home. It’s a 150 proof distillation of 1 on 1 competitive gaming. rgbFilter.com was on scene…
Read MoreGamercamp Lv2 marks the return of the festival that celebrates indie gaming in Toronto. Last years inaugural event sold out, and this year looks like it’s going to be even bigger. Spanning 2 days, Gamercamp kicks off at the Toronto Underground Cinema with a number of keynotes from developers and some short films on video games, curated by Brandon Boyer. Gamercamp 2010 is jammed with badassery: over two days, we’ve got 25 speakers, blazing new demos, 3 arcades including the amazing Torontrons created by Hand Eye, and even a PJs…
Read MoreWith the Hand Eye Society’s Arcadian Renaissance happening tonight as part of Nuit Blanche, we figured it would be appropriate to post this interview with The Start Show co-organizer Benjamin Rivers. When we first interviewed him, it was at Fan Expo as a comics creator. We actually had no idea about his involvement with Hand Eye at the time. Well, we know better now. The Start Show, which I hope becomes an annual event at the very least, showcased a number of great indie titles, including N+, Dyad and Spooky Squids’s…
Read MoreAs we mentioned first back in July, the Hand Eye Society will be presenting the Arcadian Renaissance this October 2nd, as part of Nuit Blanche, which runs from sundown to sunrise. On hand at the Renaissance will be six arcade cabinets fitted with a number of great games from the Toronto indie gaming scene – no quarters required. You can hit the arcade at the Bell TIFF Lightbox.
Read MoreThe Start Show, being held at the Great Hall in the Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD) , is all about promoting and celebrating Toronto’s awesome indie game scene, with a special games-as-art focus. The Hand Eye Society will be there running a number of titles, and if you haven’t yet checked out the Hand Eye Society, I’d highly recommend it. The Start Show runs every day from 8am to 10pm, until Friday Sept 17th, with a special Gala event on Thursday night. I can’t recommend this highly enough. …
Read MoreGood news gaming fans! The Hand Eye Society Indie Arcade is going to be at Fan Expo this weekend. The Torontron arcade cabinet is going to be there and loaded up for your enjoyment. They’ll be set up in Room 201 on the main floor, so make sure you drop by. For more info, including details on the gaming party, read on…
Read MoreThe 9th iteration of the Hand Eye Social is only a couple of days away, and if you haven’t been to one, I’d highly recommend it. The socials bring together the Toronto indie gaming scene and are always a blast, whether inside the venue itself, or outside taking a breather and talking with others (it CAN get noisy inside – people are gaming after all). All the details are below, but I’d be remiss if I didn’t point out that you really should visit iteration games now, and check out…
Read MoreWith the success of TOJam, and of the Hand Eye Society’s Torontron arcade cabinet chalk full of indie games from local developers, it’s only a small surprise that they’re making more cabinets, and they’ve put out a call for more games to fill them up. More specifically, there will be 3 cabinets with different control schemes, and they want to highlight some of the best of the Toronto indie scene in high traffic areas like the TIFF Bell Lightbox and the offices of the OMDC. The cabinets in question will…
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