Arcade Events

We played old skool arcade games like Pong, Donkey Kong Jr, Space Invaders, Breakout and Mortal Kombat. Dj's Master Fader and The Snail spun some appropriate tunes, and if you couldn't beat your...

Mediamatic's exhibition space was transformed into a full-blown arcade. The expanding collection of old and new games consisted of interactive installations, video arcade machines, consoles

15 short, smart and clever talks, joined and bound by one simple rule: twenty slides, five minutes. Central theme? Games!

Level 3 marked the arrival of more than twenty new and vintage consoles. Atari, Mattel, Commodore, Sony and more. We also presented two brand new games by Lieven van Velthoven: Smoke Pong and Room...

15 short, smart and clever talks, joined and bound by one simple rule: twenty slides, five minutes. The Arcade exhibition is rapidly expanding. We invited fifteen speakers to talk with us about games.

During the Arcade exhibition we are screening several movies and documentaries about games. We kick off with the documentary Tilt: the Battle to Save Pinball, which tells the story behind one of...

Mario and Luigi come to life in this animated film from July 1986. Never released outside of Japan or in any language other than Japanese, this is a hard-to-find gem. A few bootlegs are circulating

A gaming hero and an unemployed teacher: The King of Kong tells the story of the intriguing battle between two men over the Donkey Kong record. The documentary is the third in our series of game...

Level 4 introduces you to over 200 handhelds, and to a group of musicians who turned their Game Boys into musical instruments. Drink, play and dance with us. Doors open at 8pm. Please RSVP.

The arcade era came to a premature end in the mid 1980s. Arcades around the world were being shut down, and to many arcade gamers this meant their dreams were crushed. Chasing Ghosts tells the story...

Tanja Sihvonen presents Players Unleashed! Modding "the Sims" and the Culture of Gaming. In this book Sihvonen discusses the cultural, aesthetic and operational dimensions of modifying ("modding"...

After arcade machines, consoles, handhelds and installations, we've finally reached the virtual Level 5: Mobile Games. The three-day Mob Fest marks the end of the Arcade exhibition. An Ignite evening...

In this workshop you will learn how to make a pixelated avatar of yourself or your grandmother. Pixel art is a form of digital art, created through the use of raster graphics software, where images...

Games are an easy way of addressing complex issues and igniting people to get involved. How can mobile games contribute to a better future? What good can a mobile game do? Louise Downe (UK) of Tate...

Where are mobile games at at the moment, and where are they heading? 13 game developers, journalists, artists and programmers presented their work, and their plans for the future. From platform games...

Sensor Fest takes place on November 23, 24 and 25 at Mediamatic Bank, and deals with art, technology and social media. The first evening is all about the works made during the Mediamatic Dev Camp '10.