TO LIVE AND PLAY IN NY

Like clockwork it's time for the monthly NY Gaming Meetup gathering. Come on out and join the group for demos, drinks, and good conversation.

It looks like the guys over at Babycastles are planning on moving the indie arcade to the big burrough for a while. At least that's what their Kickstarter page is indicating.

GameSoundCon comes to the East Coast for the first time in 2010. It's a conference for composers, sound designers, audio engineers and others who want to learn what it takes to work in the video game music and sound industry.

Comic Con returns to the Big Apple this October. This time with even MORE video game related content!

It's going down and it's going down in a big way. Fort90 X Babycastles: Hardcore feelings. This is one indie game event you don't want to miss.

We're pleased to announce that the next NYCGI Meet N' Drink will take place on August 12th. So if you're not busy, we encourage you to come out and enjoy some brews, games and excellent conversation with members of the local development community.

Check this out, the highly stylized and mind-bending short film created by local game designer extraordinaire Eric Zimmerman and filmmaker David Kaplan has been released to the interwebs and it's nothing short of awesome. Full video embedded after the jump!

Time to mark your calendars, the NY Games Conference is set to return! Join Games Industry Leaders - including leading video game publishers and developers, carriers, portals, technology companies, advertising execs, venture capitalists, lawyers, analysts and many more for this exciting event.

OK, this is just too great. MTV recently developed a reality show called "Hired" that highlighted individuals trying to land jobs in various industries. Arkadium was featured on the show looking for a talented Jr. Game Artist. Full episode embedded after the jump.

Did you miss the Meetup on Monday night? Never fear, some kind soul recorded the whole thing and we've embedded it for your viewing pleasure after the jump. Check it out!