My Famicase Exhibition 2013 photos on flickr
Kichijouji's METEOR game culture shop has opened this year's exhibition of fictitious 8-bit Famicom cartridges. The 2013 My Famicase Exhibition entries include Star Cats: Catnip Hunters, Family Bombputer, GAN! GAN! Junk Land Dash, and Elsewhere: Labyrinth of Cemetery. Photos from the exhibition can be viewed on flickr.
1H1D!!! Vol. 29 Kyoto chiptune show live on Ustream
All-night chiptune party 1H1D!!! Vol.29 has begun at Cafe la Siesta in Kyoto, Japan, streaming live on Ustream. Chip musicians scheduled to perform at the event include guests KUNIO, 200Gavas and Duran will join crew members DJ Master Kohta, KAZ a.k.a.HIGE, NNNNNNNNNN, Fish Oil and TORIENA.
Picotachi Vol.1 Tokyo indie gaming photos
Kichijouji's Pico Pico Cafe held their first Picotachi show-and-tell gathering for independent game developers based in the Tokyo area. Presenters at the evening of experimental projects included Lexaloffle founder Joseph White (Voxatron), chiptune VJ m7kenji (Bugtronica) and chip musician Aliceffekt (Hiversaires).
IndieCade responds to copyright notice
IndieCade has responded to a copyright notice for unauthorized use of our photographs appearing in their promotional materials. Festival staff had reached out to us for use of our images, agreed to credit the photographer in all instances of use, then downloaded and posted the images without crediting the source.
Bit Summit flickr photo set online
Over forty photographs by Jeriaska have been uploaded to our Bit Summit flickr photo set. The independent games media event, taking place on March 9 at the FANJ Hall in Kyoto, Japan, was directed by Q-Games producer James Mielke and featured keynotes by the directors of Tokyo Jungle and Deadly Premonition.
FAMI-MODE 2013 flickr photo set
Our photos from FAMI-MODE 2013 have been posted to flickr, featuring the full set of stills from the JulieHally x Cartier Santos Sweet Lady live performance. Images from live sets by chip musicians Sexy-Synthesizer, Kplecraft, Omodaka and Bokkadenci are in the process of being uploaded.
Nubuwo Winter Bundle funded through Kickstarter
The Nubuwo Winter Bundle has been fully funded through crowdfunding website Kickstarter. Backers of the project will receive an eight-album bundle, the FAMI-MODE 2012 DVD in collaboration with Tokyo game culture shop METEOR, and Skype Conference year-in-review audio program.
Skype Conference 2012: Laura Shigihara
Melolune designer and composer Laura Shigihara is joining Skype Conference 2012 as the fifth announced guest. Austin Wintory, C418, Disasterpeace and Darren Korb will also be participating in the Skype chat series associated with the Winter Bundle, whose funding goal is rapidly approaching on Kickstarter.
Skype Conference 2012: C418
Minecraft composer C418 is joining Skype Conference 2012 as the third announced guest, and backers of the Winter Bundle's Skype chat are invited to take part. Disasterpeace, Darren Korb and two additional musicians to be announced this week will be participating in the remaining Skype sessions.
Skype Conference 2012: Darren Korb
Bastion composer Darren Korb is joining Skype Conference 2012 as the second announced guest. Backers of the Winter Bundle's Skype chat on Kickstarter are invited to participate and receive a recording of the talk. (Three additional guest musicians will also be taking part in the remaining unannounced sessions.)
Skype Conference 2012: Disasterpeace
Rich Vreeland (Disasterpeace) is joining Skype Conference 2012 as a special guest. Backers of the Winter Bundle's Skype chat on Kickstarter are invited to participate and receive an archived recording of the talk. (Four additional guest musicians will also be taking part in the remaining sessions.)
Nubuwo Winter Bundle gets Kickstarter Staff Pick
The Nubuwo Winter Bundle was chosen as a Kickstarter Staff Pick earlier today, joining a page set aside for the crowdfunding service's list of notable projects. Featuring eight albums of game-inspired music, the promotion will serve to fund the publication of the FAMI-MODE 2012 DVD in collaboration with METEOR.
Aycomusic's Chrysalis featured in Winter Bundle
Eiko Ishiwata of Aycomusic writes scores for Norwegian developer Snowcastle Games at her studio in Vancouver. The composer's original album Chrysalis is currently featured in the Nubuwo Winter Bundle, and includes her acoustic arrangements of Nobuo Uematsu's Final Fantasy series themes.
