Here’s my seed video for a potential sing-along. If you feel like joining in, record yourself singing/playing with me as your background and send me what you got, I’ll edit it all together.
Hugo dominated the night in Unreal Tournament, while we all forgot to take score during MarioKart because booze. Also, karaoke is unavoidable. :)
Thanks to everyone who showed up for New Year’s Mission Arcade! Games have always been the backdrop for our parties, so it was eye-opening to see what would happen if we actively made it a tourney. Takeaway: everything ends in karaoke. ♥
THIS is how we party like it’s 1999. Come on, flak monkeys. Call one of us if you don't know the location.
Thanks to everyone for coming out and dancing/gaming/sangin' - with only a few days notice, we can still put on a hoppin' party!
"Let's do the Timewarp again!"
Dust off your ghost boxes and just show up. For Noddy's birthday, try to knock him off of Rainbow Road. Call one of us if you can't figure out the location.
https://vimeo.com/141588100/f4857a1a0d
H.P. covers The New Pornographers with electric ukulele and chiptune dance synths
Click on the image to listen to DORK.
DORK, live music by H.P. Mendoza. Sing. Dance. Play. Shutdown is sunrise. Call one of us for the location.
Thanks to everyone who responded so quickly. The location had to be determined on the fly, and you all made it. Love wins! DOMA IS FUCKING GONE!
The crowd participation was unexpectedly moving. So much love in the audience and on stage. Excuse the audio, it was taken from various phones throughout the night. It was amazing to hear the audience singing along with the song. And seeing as how so many of our friends and family were there, there was audience harmony, too! From where we stood, seeing the people hanging out the windows and off the balconies to watch us as the fog coasted past the stars was super magical. Thanks to everyone who showed up. :)
"Nerdiest party ever." - Apeksha Garga
Could Mission Arcade infiltrate different spaces around San Francisco? Would we get caught? (Would it be worth it?)
Testing out projection mapping of faces on actual faces. #IDEO
Daylight Savings afterparty. Writer/Director Dave Boyle sure can croon.
Folks from the Center for Asian American Media came to game and booze. Stephane Gauger (Owl and the Sparrow) created a pyramid of lumpia. Tanuj Chopra (Punching at the Sun) showed up with a Darth Maul figurine. Rich Wong (Colma: The Musical) and J.P. Chan (A Picture of You) discussed filmmaking and not quitting your day job. And Nguyen Tran narrowly escaped being beat down at Dance Dance Revolution by me!