Comics vs. Games Jam Video Now Online

The latest video from Endlss Films sums up the adventures and exploits of the TIFF Nexus Comics vs. Games jam. Click to watch.

The RENGA Reaction

The 100-player laser co-op experience RENGA was presented by TIFF Nexus during the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival, click here to learn what the audience had to say about it!

Comics Vs. Games TCAF Panel Now Online!

The Comics Vs. Games Jam panel that took place at this year's Toronto Comic Arts Festival, which saw jam leader and Black Church Brigadange game developer, Miguel Sternberg, moderate select comic artists and game developers from the project, is finally online! Check out this hour of mirth and insight now!

Dr. Nichole Pinkard's Keynote presentation from New Media Literacies conference

Click the adjacant image to see Dr. Pinkard's talk on the success of the Digital Youth Network program at the TIFF Nexus New Media Literacies Conference on April 20th. Her presentation is followed by an onstage conversation with Debbie Gordon, the director of the kidsmediacentre at Centennial College.

See the Youth New Media Literacy Jammers in Action

Click the adjacant image to watch a short documentary produced by Endless Films outlining the Youth New Media Literacy jam and the fantastic projects that came out of it!

Keynote: Leigh Alexander

Gaming culture is beginning to embrace the idea that it needs more diverse perspectives both on the player side as well as in game development, and there are many positive examples - yet it still has further to go. Find out the where and how by watching Leigh Alexander's keynote presentation from the TIFF Nexus Women in Film, Games and New Media conference that took place on Dec. 9th, 2011 in partnership with WIFT-T. Click to watch.

TIFF Nexus Locative Media Day keynote presentation

Design guru and author of Sketching User Experiences: Getting the Design Right and the Right Design, Bill Buxton discusses how the three rules of digital are more-or-less the same as those for real-estate: location, location, location. Click the adjacent image to watch his entire presentation on Whereable Media now!

News

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The [RENGA] Reaction

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Last weekend, the Toronto International Film Festival concluded with the last of the world premieres, red-carpet galas, star-studded parties, and not to mention TIFF Nexus’ own major contribution to the
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What the heck is Renga?!

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While flipping through the mammoth TIFF Programme Book (or tome, some might say), no doubt on your way to the Vanguard or Midnight Madness section, you may have noticed a
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TIFF Nexus’ Top Five TIFF 2012 Picks

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Another year, another TIFF, and another list of the festival’s Top 5 TIFF Nexus-y films from yours truly. Here are five films playing the 2012 festival, that whether you’re an
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TIFF Nexus Jam Leader’s game is going to Fantastic Arcade!

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Miguel Sternberg, the fearless coordinator of the TIFF Nexus Comics vs. Games jam and developer of Black Church Brigandage, has just had his game Russian Subway Dogs accepted into Fantastic
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“Jeuxly” incubator produces great games made by dames

By: PeterK

Women’s game-making workshop collective Dames Making Games recently concluded their second game incubator, dubbed Jeuxly, producing six uniquely personal games from burgeoning female game designers and showcasing them to an
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TIFF Nexus @ TIFF 2012

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TIFF Nexus will be presenting a number of events and activities at the Toronto International Film Festival this September: Canadian premiere of RENGA – a 100+ multi-player game, hailed as
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Toronto After Dark wants Indie Video Games!

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Toronto’s premier festival for thrills and chills, Toronto After Dark, is adding chiptunes and pixels to its Halloween season proceedings with the inauguration of the Toronto After Darkcade. Co-presented by
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TIFF Nexus supports Ladies Learning Code 3D Printing Workshop

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This weekend TIFF Nexus had the pleasure of supporting the Ladies Learning Code Series, “a women-run not-for-profit group working to empower everyone to feel comfortable learning beginner-friendly technical skills in
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Some more highlights from ACMI’s Game Masters

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The Australian Centre for the Moving Image has released two Game Masters highlight reels on Youtube that do an excellent job teasing what the rest of the world is missing
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TCAF Comics Vs. Games Panel Now Online!

By: PeterK

The Comics Vs. Games Jam panel that took place at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival, which saw jam leader and Black Church Brigadange game developer, Miguel Sternberg, moderate select comic
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