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How Northern Liberties’ Nerd Street Gamers helped cement Philly’s status as a...
When John Fazio, founder and CEO of Nerd Street Gamers, began throwing gaming parties at his software engineering firm in the early 2010s, the concept of a solid esports industry was mostly just a...
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How Nerd Street Gamers is pivoting during the pandemic while raising a Series B
Like every company with a storefront-based model, Nerd Street Gamers (NSG) has had to make some changes to its operation during the worldwide coronavirus crisis. The company launched out of Northern...
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Gaming as a Social Movement: Join Technical.ly on July 23 for live game play...
The organizers of Philly Tech Week presented by Comcast and the heads of Nerd Street Gamers and Balti Virtual have joined up to form a unique virtual event collaboration for PTW20 Virtual’s Gaming Day....
View ArticleBlack Lives Matter statements, access and inclusion in gaming
There’s nothing quite like hearing an in-depth conversation about race, gender and other cultural aspects of the esports and gaming industries while simultaneously watching rocket-powered cars score in...
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OpenForge’s mobile game Startup Wars aims to teach players entrepreneurship
Wanna build a company? Now you can practice before investing any real time or money. Center City software company OpenForge’s new mobile game, Startup Wars, aims to teach players entrepreneurship...
View ArticleWhy Nerd Street Gamers is hosting an all-women VALORANT tournament this weekend
Northern Liberties-based esports startup Nerd Street Gamers (NSG) and Comcast’s Spectacor Gaming are partnering with LA game developer Riot Games to host NSG’s first all-women VALORANT tournament over...
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Nerd Street Gamers is building a massive HQ and esports campus blocks from...
Nerd Street Gamers, which first grew its presence on North Third Street in Northern Liberties, is planning a move to a 40,000-square-foot HQ and esports facility on North Broad Street, the company...
View ArticleNerd Street Gamers is opening 3 of its Five Below esports facilities this...
Expanding on its collaboration with retailer Five Below, esports company Nerd Street Gamers (NSG) will be opening three esports facilities across the country this month, including one in North...
View ArticlePHL Collective just released its biggest video game to date with Cartoon Network
Video game studio PHL Collective probably didn’t expect the 2020 difficulty spike, but the 22-person company just released its largest project to date all the same. On Oct. 9, the Old City-based...
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Making the right moves: Queen & Rook Board Game Cafe plays on through the...
As the parents of two kids, Queen & Rook Board Game Cafe owners Edward Garcia and Jeannie Wong quickly found that their family’s free time was split between places that were designed for children...
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Theatre Exile’s timely play about isolation and gaming culture kicks off its...
For the first virtual performance in its history, South Philly theatre company Theatre Exile will present “D-Pad,” a production following a game developer’s journey in the independent gaming scene....
View ArticleHow persistent curiosity turned this intercultural comms scholar into Penn...
If we were defined by our work, Penn Interactive’s scrum master lead, Britt Sikora Drake, would be an enigma. Early in her career, the ever-evolving Sikora Drake wrote her intercultural communications...
View ArticleMeet PLLAY, a skill-based wagering app for amateur gamers that got backing...
The world of wagering has opened up locally in the past few years to include more opportunity within esports. But an oft-overlooked section of the sports betting community is those who play for fun and...
View ArticleCOVID-19: Time to take ‘serious’ games seriously
As COVID-19 has raged, people across the world tackled, grappled and battled with social disconnection in different ways. While the international COVID police and media added the term “social...
View ArticleSplinterlands, a blockchain-based gaming company from Philly-area founders,...
As blockchain technology and cryptocurrency become increasingly mainstream, you’ll start to see it integrated into your everyday life past the investing and financial world. Two technologists from...
View ArticleSnack attack: JumpButton Studios works with youth for ‘Night of the Living...
When it comes to their entertainment, kids know best. That’s an idea that was the focus of a new project from a Phily tech and design studio. JumpButton Studios partnered with the nonprofit Young...
View Article5 ways to make the esports industry more equitable
While the pandemic has impacted businesses of all industries over the last 18 months of the pandemic, for better and for worse, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that esports — or competitive video...
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AI-driven cyberbullying prevention startup Kidas is fundraising after...
Philadelphia and Israel-based startup Kidas has started fundraising for a pre-seed round, founder Ron Kerbs told Technical.ly. The AI-powered video game monitoring system alerts parents when their...
View ArticleA new course blending video games and literature is coming to TCNJ
Students in The College of New Jersey’s new Department of Design and Creative Technology had the option this semester to enroll in a course created by gaming pro Emily Zbyszynski that blends her two...
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