http://handeyesociety.com/event/toronto-after-darkcade-call-for-entries/

Toronto After Dark: Horror, Sci-Fi, Action & Cult Film Festival is thrilled to announce its very first Call for VIDEO GAME Entries! The selected games will feature at the 7th Annual Toronto After Dark, this October 18-26, 2012 in the Darkcade, an exciting new addition to the festival, co-presented by videogame arts organization Hand Eye Society.

For the Darkcade, Toronto After Dark seeks this year’s most unique and thrilling indie videogames that fall within the festival’s genre mandate i.e. HORROR, SCI-FI, ACTION and CULT games.  With over 10,000 fans and 100 members of press and industry in attendance at Toronto After Dark annually, the selected games can look forward to considerable exposure as The Darkcade will be a key part of this year’s nightly social events.

The games will also be eligible for the fest’s widely respected Audience Choice Award, in the new category of Best Independent Videogame.  A variety of different game formats will be accepted from now until the Final Entry Deadline of Sept. 7. For complete entry details or to submit your game now visit:  http://torontoafterdark.com/2012/submit-your-game

For more information about the Toronto After Dark Film Festival please visit:http://torontoafterdark.com/2012/about-us/

Darkcade Inquiries: Alex Bethke, darkcade.torontoafterdark@gmail.com
Film Festival Inquiries: Adam Lopez, adam@torontoafterdark.com

Members of the SEGA Corporation, Product R&D Dept. will be visiting the UCLA Game Lab on Monday August 6th at 2:00pm to present their work and answer questions about working in the Arcade Game industry. This is a great oppertunity for both game designers and media artists alike. Anyone interested in attending feel free to drop in!

For those who are not already familiar, the modern Japanese arcade is something much larger and more diverse than any western arcade that has ever existed. Here’s a interesting documentary that does a good job of explaining: http://100yenfilm.com/

Here’s some pictures from the show we participated in at the Skirball Cultural Center. We had a lot of fun showing off student made games and telling people about the Game Lab. There was a ton of stuff to do and some really excellent music. Also, our Arcade Backpack was a smash hit!

Come out to the Skirball Cultural Center tonight and play some UCLA Game Lab games:

• Randy Balma: Municipal Abortionist by Messhof
• Burn and Turn, Roulette, and Snake Trix by Robot Bear
• Cryptiod Blues by Nautilus People
• Gold Station by Eddo Stern
• Ascension by Garrett Johnson
• plus a custom UCLA Game Lab mod of an unreleased Vlambeer Game

Also Sea Wolf and Geographer will be playing. Here’s more info: http://www.skirball.org/programs/title1126

Check out our new levitation suits. Pretty revolutionary: