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“5 in 25″ aka. The Second Social, Thursday, April 23

The Hand Eye Society is pleased to announce “5 in 25″ (our second social), for videogame makers and enthusiasts Thursday, April 23, 7 – 10pm. It’s once again at the bar Unit (1198 Queen Street W.) in Parkdale and it’s free. Meet some great people, have a few drinks, and catch what local indie game makers are up to.

“5 in 25″

At 8:00pm, there will be 5 quick presentations from 5 Toronto indie game developers. Featuring cute monsters, funky claymation, stylized mayhem, interactive fiction, and the world’s ultimate multiplayer game. The audience will be required to interact, and the only goal is excitement. Hosted by Jim McGinley, who dreams of playing Barney Fife on the big screen. At 8:30pm the shenanigans will end, and the socializing will continue.

Social | Jim McGinley | April 11, 2009 11:42 am

19 Comments

By Benjamin Rivers, April 11, 2009 @ 12:31 pm

I am ready for this, and look forward to mandatory participaction. Will be good to get back into the indie swing of things.
By kris, April 11, 2009 @ 1:07 pm

Sounds great! I’ll be there!
By Jim Munroe, April 11, 2009 @ 1:30 pm

Yikes! If that’s the Eye, I don’t want to see the Hand.
By Shaun Hatton, April 11, 2009 @ 2:50 pm

Scary, scary eye!
By raigan, April 12, 2009 @ 4:44 pm

LOL @ Jim!! Seriously, terrifying pic.
By paulhunter, April 12, 2009 @ 5:26 pm

Hi all,

Thought I’d introduce myself since this is my first post. I’m Paul, founder of NextGen Player (www.nextgenplayer.com). I first heard about this group from Shaun Hatton – awesome to see a Toronto based video game community out there!

See everyone around,
Paul
By Colin Greenway, April 13, 2009 @ 8:12 am

Looking forward to it
By mare, April 14, 2009 @ 12:48 pm

This guy’s hand comes to mind:
http://www.metanetsoftware.com/images/gdc2009/creepy.jpg

eugh.
By Drumega, April 14, 2009 @ 1:31 pm

Hi all.

Andrew here from NextGen Player as well. Along with Paul, I’m the Managing Editor and Partner on the site. This is a great community and I’m glad we have a presence such as this in Toronto. With much of the Canadian gaming industry focus on places such as Vancouver and Montreal, communities such as this will help bring the Toronto gaming industry to the forefront.

Cheers and look forward to engaging with all of you in the near future.

Andrew
By Shaun Hatton, April 14, 2009 @ 2:26 pm

That eye is like an R-Type or Gradius villain. the one on the inside actually opens and it’s a toothy mouth.
By Jim Munroe, April 15, 2009 @ 7:50 pm

Mare: *grin* handy!

Shaun: Oh great. I can’t UNIMAGINE that.

Nextgen guys: Hi!
By paulhunter, April 15, 2009 @ 10:48 pm

Thanks Jim – it’s great to be here. I am definitely looking forward to seeing the development of a strong industry, media and gamer community here in Toronto.

I look forward to meeting you, and everyone else here at the Hand Eye Society.
By superbrothers, April 20, 2009 @ 9:53 am

I will bring the magic lantern machine that makes all the videogames look real big. Looking forward to seeing McGinley’s madness writ large.

Also: Hello to nextgen’s Paul & Andrew, see you soon!

fyi: The Motorstorm Syndicate casual co-op practice session tonight from 9 – 10pm. Chilled out madness this time, all welcome.
By Ryan Couldrey, April 23, 2009 @ 6:29 am

Lookin’ forward to saying “hey hey hey” to everyone at the meeting. Recently started AbootPlay.ca with Nadine and have yet to meet most of the members.

Also, motorstorm syndicate? Interemesting…
By paulhunter, April 25, 2009 @ 11:28 am

Hey all,

I just want to give a big thanks to all the organizers of the second Hand Eye Society social. The evening was a lot of fun and I had a great time.

- Paul
By jph, April 28, 2009 @ 10:06 am

Thanks for hosting that,. it was a good time.

if you want to try that game i demoed it can be found here,. http://www.emix8.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2109#2109
By miguel, April 29, 2009 @ 1:54 am

If anyone hasn’t checked it out yet Ryan from AbootPlay.ca posted some photos of the clay monstrosities from the social along with some other photos: http://abootplay.ca/2009/04/27/bastards-of-science-hand-eye-society-creatures/ worth checking out!
By Benjamin Rivers, April 29, 2009 @ 1:25 pm

I missed the presentation because of another commitment, but it was good to catch up with people.
By paulhunter, April 29, 2009 @ 10:30 pm

Hey all,

I did a write-up on the event on NextGen Player and linked to a Flickr photo album I took that night.

http://www.nextgenplayer.com/2009/04/pictures-from-hand-eye-society-social.html

Enjoy everyone!

Cheers,
Paul