For one night only, the Rose Planetarium at the Museum of Natural History will be transformed into a setting for a live multi-player video game, Space Cruiser. The museum is partnering with Babycastles, a D.I.Y. video arcade collective, for an event this Thursday night, when aout 200 players [Full Story…]
Virtual Video Game Products E-Commerce Site Raises $8.5 M
November 17, 2011 at 11:21 am
NY-based Live Gamer, an online marketplace for users to trade and buy virtual video game products, has raised $8.5 million in a new funding round, bumping their funding up to $30 million. According to TechCrunch, the online marketplace, "powers virtual goods merchandising, analytics, virtual item [Full Story…]
Oberon Media Enjoys Lower Manhattan, Re-ups Lease in the Area
October 30, 2011 at 12:02 pm
In a three year rental deal at $35 per square foot, Oberon Media has subleased 16,100 square feet at 100 Broadway, between Pine and Wall streets In Lower Manhattan. The company allows video game developers to create solutions to allow their products to be played on different platforms in various [Full Story…]
Huntington, LI Spends Most Money on Video Games
October 6, 2011 at 8:15 am
Video games have become a multi-billion dollar industry; the average household, Money Bundle stipulates, spends more money on video games than on print subscriptions, premium TV, DVDS, CDs and digital music. The addictive quality inherent in gaming has engendered the staggering growth of sales to [Full Story…]
Video Game Arcades in New York City
September 14, 2011 at 7:14 am
Time Out New York recently highlighted video games arcades around NY. They included: Next Level Arcade: 4013 Eighth Ave between 40th and 41st Sts, Sunset Park, Brooklyn. First hour $3 Babycastles Arcade: 285 Kent Ave between South 1st and 2nd Sts, Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Free Barcade: 388 [Full Story…]
Cory Arcangel, Youngest Person To Have A One-Man Show at Whitney
July 31, 2011 at 10:06 am
Cory Arcangel, a self-professed digital art prankster, now is the youngest person to have a one-man show at the Whitney's Upper East Side location. Arcangel has had a growing buzz about his work since he reprogrammed Super Mario Bros video game in 2004. According to Fast Company's Co. Design [Full Story…]
Game Play Festival in Brooklyn Kicks Off Tomorrow
July 8, 2011 at 5:28 pm
The Game Play Festival, a theatrical festival featuring plays and productions inspired by video games, will be kicking off tomorrow at The Brick Theater, located at 575 Metropolitan Ave in Williamsburg. The festival, which is running until July 31, features a diverse selection of acts, such as [Full Story…]
Museum of the Moving Image Presents Installations from Technologists
February 28, 2011 at 8:15 am
Until June 12, the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, Queens is presenting six installations created by artists and technologists. The installations employ video game engines, motion- and position-tracking, stereoscopic digital video, and sophisticated image processing software to create [Full Story…]
Endangered, Video Arcade Action Survives in Chinatown
August 9, 2010 at 4:27 pm
In an era of interactive online gaming, when video game action has largely shifted to the home, there are still video arcades, although they are a dying breed. In 2005 there were 44 licensed video arcades in NYC; now only 23 remain.The New York Times profiled the Chinatown Fair video arcade, located [Full Story…]
In NJ, NY, Virtual Avatars Teach Real World Skills
May 9, 2010 at 11:00 am
Elizabeth, NJ schools purchased a business-oriented roll playing video game to teach students real life business skills. Using avatars in a virtual world, business students practice making decisions such as hiring the right vendors for a project. Some students make "rookie mistakes" like [Full Story…]
Driving While Texting Simulator on NYTimes.com
August 31, 2009 at 4:00 pm
While New York State recently passed a bill banning driving while texting, NYTimes.com released an interactive game on its site that illustrates the dangers of doing this activity. As Silicon Alley Insider points out, the problem with the game, which incorporates driving up to toll booths [Full Story…]
Exhibition Showcases Work of Digital Age Artists
March 9, 2009 at 9:53 am
The New Museum of Contemporary Art, located on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, will open an exhibit next month highlighting the work of international artists age thirty-three and younger, who all grew up in the age of the computer. Among the art in the show, called “The Generational: Younger [Full Story…]
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