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May
17
Thu
2018
NYU Game Center Student Showcase 2018 @ NYU Game Center
May 17 @ 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Play the future of games.

Our annual showcase highlights the daring and innovative work of the graduate and undergraduate students of the NYU Game Center. Check out over 100 projects ranging from one week experiments in our Prototype Studio course to year-long thesis and capstone work.

Games first debuted at our annual Student Showcase have gone on to critical and commercial success, winning major awards, showing in festivals all over the world, and launching on console, PC, and mobile. Be the first to play this exciting cohort of games.

Free and open to the public.

Jul
15
Sun
2018
Killer Instinct Tournament NYC @ Microsoft Store NYC Flagship
Jul 15 @ 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Hosting a Killer instinct tournament for the Microsoft flagship store on July 15th Sunday at 12PM. there will be no stream but hopefully down the line we can get one up and running in the near future.

Tournament and Entry is Free

Double Elimination
2/3 match set – WF/LF/GF 3/5 match set

Prize
1st $80 gift card
2nd $20 gift card

Sep
26
Wed
2018
Killer Instinct Tournament @ Waypoint Gaming
Sep 26 all-day

Killer Instinct tournament at Waypoint Gaming

$10 entry, $10 venue

Oct
31
Wed
2018
Killer Instinct Tournament Halloween Edition @ Waypoint Gaming
Oct 31 @ 7:00 pm

WELCOME TO THE 3RD Killer Instinct Tournament here
at Waypoint Gaming in Garden City New York.

Venue is $10
Entry is $10

Rules are simple

Best 2 out of 3 games all until Winners, Losers, and
Grand Finals.
Running on XBOX ONE S and PC.
Bring your own controllers
Brook Converters are also accepted here.

Nov
28
Wed
2018
Killer Instinct Tournament @ Waypoint Gaming
Nov 28 @ 7:00 pm – 11:59 pm

WELCOME!! To The Killer Instinct Tournament here at Waypoint Gaming in Garden City New York.

Rules are simple!

Best 2 out of 3 games all until
Winners,
Losers,
and Grand Finals.

$20 for entry and venue

Running on XBOX ONE S and PC.
Bring your own controllers
Brook Converters are also accepted here.

Jan
27
Sun
2019
The Lost Arcade: Documentary about Manhattan’s Chinatown Fair @ 21 Pell Street
Jan 27 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Please join us for a free screening of The Lost Arcade with Director/Producer Irene Chin who will be present for a Q&A at the end. The film is approximately one hour and 16 minutes long and premiered in 2016.

Many of us were raised in Chinatown and remember fondly about Chinatown Fair, and many of you remember it being on the other side of the street under the Port Arthur Restaurant. I myself, had a visited Chinatown fair many times having lived only mere blocks from Mott Street.

View the trailer: https://vimeo.com/213740742

From the The Lost Arcade website: “THE LOST ARCADE is the critically acclaimed documentary about the last hold out of old-school arcade culture in New York City. An intimate portrait of the passionate and exceptionally diverse community at the beloved Chinatown Fair, The Lost Arcade, chronicles the evolution of arcades, while celebrating the camaraderie and history of a pop culture phenomenon.

The Lost Arcade premiered at DOC NYC and the International Film Festival Rotterdam, and screened at Open City Docs London, Melbourne International Film Festival, Glasgow International Film Festival, IFFBoston, Sidewalk Film Festival, and the San Diego Asian Film Festival. Going on to a limited theatrical release at NYC’s Metrograph and San Francisco’s Roxie.

The film is produced by 26 Aries, in Association with IGN Entertainment and Wheelhouse Creative.

Edited, Produced, Directed by Kurt Vincent
Written and Produced by Irene Chin
Original Music by Gil Talmi
Executive Produced by Josh Zeman, Kyle Martin, Jason Orans.

****Please note that no food, foul language or hats except for religious headwear is allowed in the church. The church is not handicapped accessible. Restrooms are downstairs and there are no elevators.****

May
23
Thu
2019
NYU Game Center Showcase 2019 @ NYU Game Center
May 23 @ 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Play the future of games.

Our annual showcase highlights the innovative and eclectic work of the graduate and undergraduate students of the NYU Game Center. Check out dozens of digital, tabletop, and experimental projects ranging from year-long thesis and capstone work to exploratory single-week projects.

Games first debuted at our annual Student Show have gone on to critical and commercial success, winning major awards, showing in festivals all over the world, and launching on major platforms. Be the first to play this promising collection of games.

Free and open to the public.

The NYU Game Center would like to thank our event sponsors: Fresh Planet, Take-Two Interactive, Dots, Activision, and Vicarious Visions. Their generous support makes our events possible.

MOCAFilms presents The Lost Arcade by Irene Kim Chin @ Museum of Chinese in America
May 23 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Blinking, beaming, and ringing, The Lost Arcade intimately memorializes the end of video arcades in New York City, while celebrating the camaraderie and history of a pop culture phenomenon. The film is an exceptional directorial debut that focuses on the Chinatown Fair, the Mott Street landmark where generations honed their craft, made friends and lost at tic-tac-toe to a chicken. Masterfully presenting the sights and sounds of a changing scene, wistful yet hopeful, and full of the faces and characters that radiate fun and innovation, The Lost Arcade is a dazzling portrait of technostalgia and a timely commentary on the corporate era’s incineration of modest businesses, and the resiliency of the dedicated enthusiasts.

Director/Producer Irene Chin will host a Q&A after screening.

Tickets are $15 and include wine and Museum admission. Members receive complimentary tickets. Not a Member? Join today!

Irene Chin is a filmmaker and writer originally from Alexandria, Virginia and Honolulu, Hawaii, and now lives in Brooklyn, New York. Her first short film as director/producer, The Bachelorette Party, premiered at the NewFilmmakers NY series at Anthology Film Archives. Her first documentary as writer/producer, The Lost Arcade, premiered at DOC NYC and went on to screen at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, Wexner Center for the Arts, Open City Docs London, Melbourne International Film Festival, Glasgow International Film Festival, IFFBoston. The New York Times called The Lost Arcade, “Part scrappy, part sweet, and wholly enjoyable…a love letter to a vanished piece of New York.” The New Yorker said the film was “raw and intimate.” Irene graduated from the School of Visual Arts in New York.