{"id":337124,"date":"2017-03-30T02:00:08","date_gmt":"2017-03-29T18:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/?p=1470499"},"modified":"2017-03-30T02:00:08","modified_gmt":"2017-03-29T18:00:08","slug":"this-years-tribeca-film-festival-will-include-a-video-game-festival-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/this-years-tribeca-film-festival-will-include-a-video-game-festival-too\/","title":{"rendered":"This year\u2019s Tribeca Film Festival will include a video game festival, too"},"content":{"rendered":"

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New York City\u2019s Tribeca Film Festival<\/a> is getting a sister event \u2014 this year, it will include the kickoff of the very first Tribeca Games Festival<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The event is being launched in partnership with gaming publication Kill Screen<\/a> and will take place on April 28 and 29 (during the film festival). There will be keynote interviews with Metal Gear<\/em> creator Hideo Kojima, BioShock<\/em> director Ken Levine and Max Payne<\/em> creator Sam Lake.<\/p>\n

The games festival will also include \u201cX Post Conversations\u201d pairing up creators from inside and outside the game world, \u201cRetro Active\u201d events discussing games from 2016 and even a virtual reality-focused discussion\u00a0commemorating the 25th anniversary of The Lawnmower Man<\/em> (!).<\/p>\n

But what about actually playing games? Tribeca says there will be an interactive arcade, and the event will kick off with a crowd play<\/a> of the first chapter of Marvel\u2019s Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series.<\/em> (Opening night will also include a concert by electronic artist Mura Masa.)<\/p>\n

Tribeca hasn\u2019t ignored the gaming world before this. It\u2019s held a number of virtual reality<\/a>\u2013 and gaming-related events in the past, including the premiere of L.A. Noire<\/em><\/a> in 2011. Jane Rosenthal, the festival\u2019s co-founder, told me that she\u2019s had a long interest in games (she even produced one<\/a> in the \u201990s), and she said she\u2019s been particularly excited to see video game storytelling evolve beyond,, say, simulating sports and shooting things.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor us at Tribeca, you can have all this great technology, but if you can\u2019t tell a story with it, then what good is it?,\u201d Rosenthal said. She also noted that the festival has been expanding beyond films by including television<\/a>: \u201cThe screens are all blurring. At the end of the day, good storytelling is good storytelling, no matter where it\u2019s coming from.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tickets for the games festival go on sale today. Rosenthal said this could become an annual event and\u00a0perhaps even spin off into a completely separate festival \u2014 though that will depend on audience response.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"Tribeca New York City’s Tribeca Film Festival is getting a sister event — this year, it will include the kickoff of the very first Tribeca Games Festival. The event is being launched in partnership with gaming publication Kill Screen and will take place on April 28 and 29 (during the film festival). Read More<\/a><\/p>\n

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