Fantastic Arcade
Arcade Board of Advisors
Arcade Curators
Austin-based national film festival Fantastic Fest presents Fantastic Arcade, their new independent games festival scheduled September 23-30, 2010.
Designed as a games spin-off event from the main film festival, Fantastic Arcade is a debut games festival featuring fresh, cutting-edge games designed by independent game developers.
Festival highlights include a games showcase from major game publishers, games industry guest speakers and live game demos on the big screens at Alamo Drafthouse on South Lamar.
This unique event bridges the gap between undiscovered game design talent and the casual consumer. While Fantastic Fest is already known as a prestigious film event, it has evolved into an ideal venue for independent game developers to exhibit their original games to their target demographic. As a result, participants of Fantastic Arcade are allowed an exclusive opportunity to experience new games in a way few enthusiasts do.
The Fantastic Arcade programming team has combed the indie game development community nationwide to identify new innovative game titles from promising game designers, giving them the attention they deserve, along side featured filmmakers.
Fantastic Arcade is highly interested in exploring the crossover between the film and game worlds in terms of both talent and content. Films and games are both visual story-telling mediums that have been sharing plots, dialogue and characters for years.
Along with Tim League, co-founder of Fantastic Fest and owner of the Alamo Drafthouse, the curating team for Fantastic Arcade includes CineVegas alum Mike Plante and Roger Tinch, and game designer Eddo Stern. Plante and Tinch helped form the film lineup and overall art design for CineVegas each year from 2002-2009, while Stern makes games that explore fantasy and reality with political over tones.
Fantastic Arcade is scheduled for September 23-30 at the Highball on South Lamar, running concurrently to Fantastic Fest at near by Alamo venues. Game designers are being invited to show off their new titles to an audience mix of Fantastic Fest attendees and game fans. Passes for Fantastic Arcade will go on sale this summer.
To learn more, contact Fiona Cherbak, Development Director at (512)916-9633 or Fiona@fantasticfest.com.