Showing posts with label new york. Show all posts
Showing posts with label new york. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 21, 2022

"Voluntary Attempts to Overcome Necessary Obstacles" at EFA Project Space, Sept 23 - Oct 29, 2022

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My gay historical bathroom cruising game "The Tearoom" is part of a new upcoming group exhibition "Voluntary Attempts to Ove...
Tuesday, October 20, 2020

The year of changes - kia ora Aotearoa

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Earlier this year I submitted my letter of resignation as assistant arts professor at New York University, so Fall 2020 will be my last seme...
Thursday, July 4, 2019

Interview(s) with Mashable for Pride Month

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Last month I ranted to Jess Joho (for Mashable) about sex games and the industry, and I also did a nice and awkward video interview (also f...
Tuesday, April 23, 2019

Lessons from Europe: fields reports from EGX Rezzed, Now Play This, and A MAZE Berlin

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I just came back from a games event tour through London and Berlin , where I had a lovely time meeting new people and catching up with old...
Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Consider supporting Wonderville on Kickstarter

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I rarely stump for Kickstarters on this blog. Maybe once or twice a year? So it's a big deal when I spend this year's quota on Wo...
Thursday, February 28, 2019

Panel for "Cruising Pavilion" at the Goethe-Institut in New York City, February 27 at 7 PM

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Some of my gay sex games are currently featured as part of the "Cruising Pavilion" at the Goethe-Institut's Ludlow 38 galle...
Thursday, February 21, 2019

WordHack, 7pm on Thursday, February 21 @ Babycastles, New York City

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WordHack is a monthly meetup / art thing hosted at Babycastles about the intersection of language and technology. "Code poetry, digi...
Monday, November 5, 2018

The first person shooter is a dad in mid-life crisis

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OK I know Heavy Rain isn't an FPS but I like this screenshot so I don't care Every semester for our introductory Games 101 hist...
Wednesday, August 22, 2018

No Quarter 2018 @ DUMBO Loft in Brooklyn, NY on November 30, 2018

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We've just announced No Quarter 2018 , a games exhibition staged by me and the team at NYU Game Center , with a big fun one-night premie...
Friday, June 22, 2018

Dream Hard as queer brawler defense

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This post spoils the gameplay and ending of my game Dream Hard . In collaboration with local arcade collective Death by Audio Arcade , m...
Monday, June 18, 2018

PRACTICE 2018, June 21-23 in New York City

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Hey all, just a quick reminder about PRACTICE 2018 , a yearly eclectic game design conference put on by my employers and colleagues at  NYU...
Monday, May 14, 2018

Dreamhouse process diary and prototyping notes + a better retro 3D low precision vertex shader

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In collaboration with local NYC-area arcade collective  Death by Audio Arcade , me and several other gay / queer artists are making small...
Friday, March 9, 2018

Apply to NYU Game Center 2018 Summer Incubator

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Applications for the 2018 NYU Game Center summer incubator are now open ! If you have a solid game prototype or a half-finished game, but...
Wednesday, October 18, 2017

No Quarter 2017, RSVPs open! + mini-interviews with Droqen and Auriea

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poster art by Sophia Foster-Dimino As you may know, I curate the No Quarter exhibition  run by  NYU Game Center . Each year, we commissi...
Tuesday, September 19, 2017

"Gay Science" at NYU Game Center, September 28, 2017 @ 7 PM

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if you look very closely, you'll notice Nietzsche's moustache / hair / ears are actually made of tiny gay people writhing around,...
Tuesday, September 5, 2017

How To Tell A Story With A Video Game (even if you don't make or play games)

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This post is a summary of a talk I gave at Storycode NYC on August 22nd, 2017. All the slides are available here . It is a primer for story...
Wednesday, August 16, 2017

StoryCode August 2017 Forum at Film Society, Lincoln Center, NYC

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Next week on August 22nd, I'll be giving a presentation for StoryCode , a local community group focused on immersive media and story...
Saturday, July 22, 2017

announcing: No Quarter 2017 on November 3rd in Brooklyn

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poster by Sophia Foster-Dimino A short while ago we announced the date and lineup for No Quarter 2017 : it's on November 3rd at the ...
Tuesday, May 23, 2017

So I'm joining NYU Game Center as full-time faculty in Fall 2017... (and a bit about adjuncting)

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So some brief career news stuff -- I'll be joining NYU Game Center as full-time faculty ("assistant arts professor") start...
Friday, May 5, 2017

Games-related NYC end of year student shows, Spring 2017

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If you're around NYC this month, a bunch of games-related university programs are running their end of year shows. It's always ver...