Free screening of films on gaming history
A COLLECTION of critically acclaimed and award-winning documentaries on the history of gaming will be screened for free by the Museum of Contemporary and Design (MCAD) of the De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde. The selection provides the viewers with a 360-perspective of the video game scene, from its humble beginnings and ending with some of the key purveyors in the community. It touches upon the conflict of tradition versus capitalism between industry giants. It likewise takes the audience into the ins and outs of game development, commercialization, and its impact on the personal lives of its avid users. The films are: The Lost Arcade (2015) by Kurt Vincent about the legacy of the Chinatown Fair Arcade on the competitive fighting game community in New York City (it screens on Jan. 24); Console Wars (2020) by di-* rector Jonah Tullis, based on the 2014 novel of the same title by Blake J. Harris, it is about the 1990s rift between Sega and Nintendo (Jan. 25); Indie
Games: The Movie (2012) by James Swirsky and Lisanne Pajot introduces the audience into the behind-thescenes of Braid, Super Meat Boy, and Fez (Jan. 26); Free to Play (2014) looks at the lives of three professional Defense of the Ancients (DotA) players in the lucrative e-sports tournament (Jan. 27). The screening is the year’s first offering for MCAD x Moving Image, a program that presents a series of hybrid documentaries, video essays, narrative experiments, filmed performances, and archival audiovisions. It is free and open to the public. It will be held online via Zoom at noon on the scheduled dates. Interested participants may register through http:// tinyurl.com/nhcza936. For more information, visit https://facebook.com/ MCADManila.