Try your hand at these 7-second games from Philly Dev Night
If you’re looking for an imagination exercise, look no further than the latest crop of games from Philly Dev Night’s monthly game jam: steer a “friendship train,” make pretend sandwiches or trace the...
View ArticleGossamer Games is crowdfunding $15K to build out its post-apocalyptic ‘Sole’
It’s easy for a game like Sole to make you think of that turbulent, troubled period in your life. You know the one. Fumbling around in the dark with a limited scope of what surrounds you, in...
View ArticleHere’s why Philly Dev Night changed its name to Philly Game Mechanics
It’s a year of rebirth for Philly’s videogame crafters: the storied meetup group and online community we came to know as Philly Dev Night has changed its name in a push to be a better reflection of...
View ArticlePhilly eSports startup gets investment from former Phillies slugger
A former Phillies superstar is helping fund the expansion of a Philly eSports startup with plans to take its Twitch streams mainstream. SeventySix Capital, where Ryan Howard is a partner, has made an...
View ArticlePlay some locally made video games at Philly Game Mechanics’ first Indie Arcade
Formerly known as Philly Dev Night, the recently-rebranded nonprofit Philly Game Mechanics is hosting an evening of Philly-made games next week. Indie Arcade is a free event happening Nov. 3 at...
View ArticlePhilly orgs get $100K grant to make video game about… alchemy
In Age of Alchemy: The Goldsmith’s Daughter, you’re immersed in mid-17th-century London, where alchemy is all the rage, to explore the intersection of science, culture and history. To help the video...
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PAX Unplugged celebrates gaming’s inclusive future
Dragons and castles, sinking battleships and miniature Space Marines. What do they all have in common? A table, some pieces and people who love interactive storytelling. Tabletop games took the main...
View ArticleGossamer Games showcases ‘Sole’ at Maryland gaming festival
Gossamer Games director Thomas Sharpe brought back a flu from gaming festival MAGFest. But despite the ailment, he’s ecstatic about the experience. Why? That’s where his company’s flagship video game...
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Meet the Phillytron, an old-timey arcade loaded with Philly-made videogames
The wooden husk of an All American Football arcade machine from 1989 found its revival in the Phillytron: a working arcade meant to be a digital ambassador for Philly’s videogame community. The...
View ArticleHow Rowan students are creating a virtual world to solve real-life problems
Imagine being able to experience flying a plane without leaving the ground, or seeing in 3D how rainwater runoff will affect an area before a big storm. This (and more) is made possible at Rowan...
View ArticleComcast Spectacor invests in N3rd Street Gamers
Newsflash: esports are real. The latest piece of validating evidence around professional gaming comes by way of a recent investment by Philadelphia Fusion owner Comcast Spectacor in N3rd Street Gamers,...
View ArticlePhilly’s Overwatch team made it to the playoffs, will face Boston
The Philadelphia Fusion, Philly’s official Overwatch team, earned a ticket to the Overwatch League playoffs and will face the Boston Uprising next week in a match that’s already giving us Super Bowl...
View ArticleGame devs: Learn how to make $$$ on Red Queen Gaming’s marketplace
Red Queen Gaming, makers of a platform for digital tools that help gamers and videogame developers, want more devs to make tools on their marketplace — and make some moolah in the process. The way the...
View ArticleThe PhillyTron and its 11 local videogames are now on display at the Franklin...
The Game Masters exhibit, curated by the Australian Centre for the Moving Image and currently on display at the Franklin Institute, is a four-decade trek through the history of videogames. Featuring...
View ArticleHere’s why Minecraft matters for Philly public schools
For the vast majority of kids, it’ll be a first. Their first networked gaming experience. Their first major fundraising event. Their first tournament. It’s STEMCraft, a Minecraft gaming event and STEM...
View ArticleN3rd Street Gamers to open massive esports hive in Denver
Inside an 18,000-square-foot hub in Lakewood, Colo., N3rd Street Gamers hopes to develop the next great cadre of esports athletes. The space, set to open in November, is a symbol of our times: Formerly...
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These Temple grads created a startup for rentable gaming pods
Dalton Carroll and Sam Speaker were teammates long before they launched their venture, Gamrpod, which builds a soundproof, fully equipped live streaming gaming booth. The pair were Division One soccer...
View ArticleHere’s a closer look at Nerd Street Gamers’ deal with Five Below
When Nerd Street Gamers announced last month that it had raised $12.5 million in a Series A lead by retail giant Five Below, it was the first time we’d heard of such a partnership. The plan — that Nerd...
View ArticleCCP is hosting a conference on the connection between video games and academics
Next week, Community College of Philadelphia students will present research on the relationship between playing video games and academic performance at a daylong gathering called The Video Gaming &...
View ArticleA cheat sheet for getting involved in the 10th annual Philly Tech Week
At the Philly Tech Week 2020 Launch Event on Tuesday night, over 200 Philadelphians gathered at Quorum at the University City Science Center to learn how to get involved in the 10th annual celebration...
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