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At the TIFF Lightbox with the Hand Eye Society

The 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…

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They Bleed Pixels teaser

At GamerCamp this year Shaun Hatton presented the teaser trailer for the new game They Bleed Pixels.  Shaun, as DJ Finish Him, is collaborating closely with Spooky Squid Games in composing the music for the game.  On Monday, Miguel of Spooky Squid released the teaser to the public, and describes the game as a “fast paced, gothic, low-fi pixel art, platforming beat’em up with a chiptune style  soundtrack coming out on Xbox Arcade Indies”.

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The Start Show – Benjamin Rivers interview

With 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…

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