Hand Eye followers will probably know Jonathan Guberman’s game physicalization projects — his Portal Turrets Plushies perhaps, or maybe his Pactuator — and now the mad inventor is releasing his first commercial product, the Pianocade.

A chiptunes synthesizer and midi controller, it’s feature packed and about as far from “one note” as you could imagine. You can see it in action at the preview party at Bento Miso this Wednesday at 7:30:

Join Jonathan for a chance to try the Pianocade, take in a performance by Electric Playground reporter and chiptune dance floor assassin Shaun Hatton, engage in technical discussion and be among the first to preorder one of these incredible machines.

Here’s hoping Shaun straps it on and demos its keytar feature! Tickets are free but you need to RSVP.

As previously posted, we’re having our first ever outdoor Hand Eye Social on Saturday afternoon — 1pm at Cloud Gardens, Facebook RSVP. Nice little write up in the Grid this week about an earlier staging of The Wire (The Game).

Later on Saturday the Jeuxly Showcase and Reception is happening — Jeuxly is the second incubator run by the Toronto women-in-games initiative Dames Making Games. Seven women are working together to make games for the first time, July 4-August 11, 2012. They’ve been doing an amazing job of documenting the sessions here, both informationally and photographically. More info and RSVP to this free event here.