Nintendo

Watch Nintendo Turn Times Square Into Super Mario 3D Land

Nintendo packed New York City’s Time Square with colourful platforms, warp tubes and piranha plants to celebrate the weekend’s release of Super Mario 3D Land.


October 7, 2011
News

Arkham City Arrives Early At The Times Square Toys ‘R’ Us

Batman descends upon streets of Gotham on October 17, when Warner Bros brings Batman voice actor Kevin Conroy, comic artist Jim Lee and game director Sefton Hill to the Toys ‘R’ Us Times Square launch event, with 500 advance copies of the game in tow.


September 2, 2011
In Real Life

Pac-Man Dumplings Make For Adorable Dim Sum

Newly opened dim sum joint Red Farm, in New York’s West Village, is serving “Pac-Man Dumpings”. Sweet potato Pac-Man is cute! (And the Katz’s pastrami spring rolls sound kind of amazing, as well.) The decor has a spiffed up tin-roof-rustic thing going on, too, as well as one of those big long common tables that driver out-of-towners insane with intimacy.


September 1, 2011
Nintendo

The Five Boroughs Of The Mushroom Kingdom

New York isn’t like other cities. It’s confined to a limited space, has clearly defined areas and a multitude of rich and varied cultures. So saying it’s like a video game world isn’t drawing too long a bow.


July 16, 2011
In Real Life

Lana Del Rey Sings A Lonely Song Called ‘Video Games’

Lana Del Rey, 25, certainly has a lot to be sad about: she’s gorgeous, talented, and has excellent taste in old Hollywood indulgence. But as a bald traffic cop once wandered by my car and told me, everybody hurts sometimes.


July 1, 2011
News

Wronged Chiptune Artist Gets Some Revenge

Last week we brought you the sad story of chiptune artist Andy Baio and his run in with the legal system over an album cover. Opponents of current copyright laws will no doubt then get a smile out of this.


June 22, 2011
In Real Life

Mother Accused Of Beating Son To Death After Wii Game Breaks TV

A 21-year old Bronx woman has been charged with murder and manslaughter after the death of her five year-old son, killed after he “broke the television while playing Nintendo Wii”.


June 21, 2011
News

Square Enix To Host Deus Ex Art Show

Deus Ex: Human Revolution is coming to life in New York City. Square Enix hired artists from various mediums to put together original works based on Deus Ex: Human Revolution‘s futuristic setting, dealing with the moral and ethical issues of artificial body augmentation.


June 17, 2011
News

Arcade: The Last Night At Chinatown Fair Is Coming Later This Year

Documentarian Kurt Vincent says that after raising over $US29,000 through Kickstarter he plans on releasing his film, Arcade: The Last Night at Chinatown Fair, this spring. [Arcademovie.com]


April 28, 2011
In Real Life

Don’t Call This New York Arcade An Art Exhibit

Is it art, or is at an arcade? Kunal Gupta, the co-creator of New York City’s underground indie games exhibition explains why Babycastles is more arcade than art.