EAST COAST GAME CONFERENCE Tuesday, April 19–Thursday, April 21, $25–$425 Raleigh Convention Center, Raleigh Research Triangle Park is a stronghold of the video game industry, so it’s apt that Raleigh is home to the East Coast Game Conference, one of the largest industry gatherings on the Eastern Seaboard. Though the top-priced passes, talks, and tutorials, […]
Will Partin
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Indie video game Knee Deep probes tough questions about journalistic ethics
The ethics of journalism aren’t exactly a traditional topic for a video game. But Knee Deep, a “swamp-noir” adventure from the Durham-based studio Prologue Games, is no ordinary video game, and its creative leaders, Wes Platt and Colin Dwan, are anything but typical game developers. Platt, the project’s jovial lead writer, has built his career […]
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A pro video gamer in Cary finds his career and his confidence in the booming eSports industry
BAD MOON RISING: SUPER SMASH BROS. MELEE Saturday, March 14–Sunday, March 15 11 a.m.–10 p.m. $10 suggested donation Stuff N Such Games & Collectibles 1301 Buck Jones Rd., Raleigh 919-380-8222 www.facebook.com/notevengood The robot pursues the monster through a grove of withered trees. As the hulking purple beast fumbles with a scroll, the heavily armed automaton […]
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Preview: Locally made short film Harbinger at NCSU’s Hunt Library Auditorium
On Wednesday, Aug. 27 at 7 p.m., NCSU’s Hunt Library Auditorium hosts a free screening of Harbinger, a locally produced short film from Raleigh’s Drawbridge Media. The film’s co-directors, NCSU alumni Kieran Moreira and Andrew Martin, will be on hand for a brief post-screening discussion. The INDY caught an advance screening at Mission Valley Cinema […]
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The Scrap Exchange moving to new location
On August 16, The Scrap Exchange, the Durham-based nonprofit that has come to be a nationwide model for creative reuse centers, will finally have a place to call its own. After three years at its current location on Franklin Street, The Scrap Exchange will reopen in a new, larger space in the Lakewood neighborhood of […]
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Internationalist Books readying for move to Carrboro
Internationalist Books and Community Center, the iconic volunteer-operated bookstore and nonprofit collective, will soon leave its current West Franklin Street location in Chapel Hill for a new location at 101 Lloyd Street in neighboring Carrboro. The move, says manager Katie Yow, has been in the works for some time. “We’ve been looking into different options […]
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Three public radio veterans go independent with a podcast on the criminal mind
In the modern media, crime is seldom examined outside of the context of the law. When criminal activity is presented solely in legal terms, we lose track of the subtle shades of motive and consequence that make it compelling. Though cases end with a verdict of guilty or not guilty, the causes and effects of […]
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Art review: Antoine Williams and William Paul Thomas mind the gap at the Carrack
“Do you know what I mean?” This simple question contains a truth hiding in plain sight: signals given are not always signals received. The chasm between intention and interpretation is wide, and the consequences of a statement failing to navigate this gap range from the whimsical—isn’t misunderstanding the basis of much humor?—to the tragic, as […]