What happens when you combine…

• an opening party for Blip Festival
• an opening of a new, permanent space for independent game design, NYC’s very own indie arcade
• a special edition of Handmade Music
• a bunch of fantastic independent games to play
• a showcase of the fantastic creations of Australia’s http://little-scale.blogspot.com/”>little scale, featuring Sega Mega Drive, Atari 2600, MIDI, and even a modern Novation Launchpad grid controller, fusing new digital music with old
• an informal workshop (just before 6) for soldering your very own chip music toy | signup http://bit.ly/8QSuNK
• a chance for makers citywide, visiting artists at Blip, and Blip attendees to show off their DIY creations in a big, noisy lounge

Find out Wednesday night. It’s FREE (no cover) and OPEN (to anyone who shows up / wants to show their work). And we have the Blip Festival to thank for making this happen.

Free, Wednesday, December 16th, 6:00PM – 8:30PM

915 Wyckoff Street, L to Halsey or M to Myrtle / Wyckoff. (map below)

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Babycastles Arcade Kickoff Party feat. Handmade Chiptunes Night

Free, Wednesday, December 16th, 6:00PM – 8:30PM

Babycastles teams up with Handmade Music Night for the inaugural opening of a permanent indie games arcade in Brooklyn.

915 Wyckoff Street, L to Halsey or M to Myrtle / Wyckoff. (map below)

This opening celebrates Adam Atomic’s Canabalt (NYC), Ivan Safrin’s Owl Country (NYC), Tristan Perich’s KillJet (NYC), and Kyle Purver’s Jottobots (NY), which will be playable all night and throughout December. Cardboard lectures by the game developers! High Score Chalkboard Dress by Lara Grant! Chiptunes performance and workshop by little-scale (AU)! Show up extra early for a secret chipmusic toy soldering workshop by the Loud Objects.

Part of an official Blip Festival Pre-Party – 10% discount on Blip Festival tickets available, and a group hug ride to the Tank afterwards!

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Babycastles

Babycastles, New York’s first independent games arcade, is named after bite-size portugese cakes in Japan. As a new function of a legendary all-ages venue for Brooklyn music and other local diy-culture, Babycastles is a wall of six lovingly decorated arcade cabinets that offers a physical place to play games made by amateur and independent game developers. The arcade is open four or five nights a week, during every show at the Silent Barn. The venue throws an opening party every few weeks for a new collection of arcade games, with the game developers present, music, drinks, and plenty of opportunity to get together and love games.

Handmade Music Night

Part party, part mixer, part Science Fair, and part performance, this is an informal chance for geeksters and the geek-curious to come together, relax, and discover new sounds. The evening is a gathering of inventors of new instruments & music technology. Featuring circuit-bent toys, custom software and patches, interactive digital & visual instruments, custom electronics, electricity-powered noisemakers, DIY robots and new acoustic instruments. And it’s open to everyone from hard-core hackers & newcomers to music lovers who want to learn about the DIY music scene.

Hope to see you there. Yes, we’ll be covering it.