Join us for an evening celebrating video games' artistic innovation and cultural value. Video Game Arts Night features an international playable showcase, demos, and discussions with local game auteurs. Grab a drink and join us for a fireside chat with former AGO Artist-in-Residence Jim Munroe on how the games-are-art movement is playing out around the world.  

Featured games; 

- A Short Hike (Adam Robinson-Yu, CAN) [Artist is present]
- And Other Stories (JohnLee Cooper + Austin Heller, CAN) [Artist is present]
- Cuphead (Studio MDHR, CAN) [Artist is present]
- Electro-Vivisection (Luis Hernandez, CAN) [Artist is present]
- Été (Impossible, CAN) [Artist is present]
- Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy (Benneft Foddy, USA)
- Nothing Good Can Come of This (Cartwheel, USA)
- Unleaving (Orangutan Matter, CAN) [Artist is present]
- UNTITLED (Jessica Mak/Annapurna, CAN) [Artist is present]

Thanks to: Paolo Pedercini, Marie LeBlanc Flanagan, Alexander Martin, Raigan Burns, Get Set Games, and Lynn Hughes.

Jim Munroe, according to the Austin Chronicle, is a “pop culture provocateur”. His lo-fi sci-fi feature films have been featured in Wired and The Guardian, and his political video games have appeared at Sundance and Cannes. He co-founded the world’s first video game arts organization the Hand Eye Society and now runs Toronto Games Week with Marie LeBlanc Flanagan.