Please join MyLibraryNYC, NYPLarcade, and TeenLIVE in celebrating the 9th annual International Games Day! This event celebrates play and games at libraries all over the world.

The festivities take place on Saturday, November 19 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Celeste Bartos Forum of the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building (enter at 42nd Street and 5th Avenue). Admission is FREE and open to the public. 

We will be hosting a variety of activities throughout the day, including: videogames projected on a 10' screen, a large selection of tabletop games for all ages, and hands-on Virtual Reality demos (ages 12+).

The Witness (Thekla, Inc., 2016) is a first-person puzzle game created by Jonathan Blow, designer of Braid. Players explore a beautifully-rendered 3D world and encounter over 500 puzzles, each of which communicates a different phrase in its design language.

No Man's Sky (Hello Games, 2016) offers a nearly-infinite universe, filled with procedurally-generated planets as well as unique animals and plants to explore and name.

INSIDE (Playdead, 2016) is the follow-up to the Copenhagen-based studio's acclaimed debut LIMBO. It is a dark, cinematic platformer featuring a young boy navigating a nightmarish, dystopian world.

SUPERHYPERCUBE (KOKOROMI, 2016) is like Tetris in 3D, with an aesthetic drawn from 1970s sci-fi and the works of James Turrell. In this VR puzzle game, players rotate three-dimensional pieces to match their increasingly complex outlines.

Rez Infinite (Enhance Games, 2016) updates the synaesthetic classic, designed by Tetsuya Mizuguchi and originally released on the Sega Dreamcast in 2001, with remastered VR visuals, 3D audio sound, and a brand new area called Area X. Fans of modern rhythm games are finally able to experience a foundational title in the genre in its fully-realized form.

Thumper (Drool LLC, 2016) is an intense rhythm-racing hybrid in which you control a space beetle, hurtling down a track and crashing through obstacles to reach—and hopefully defeat—gigantic bosses. Featuring design & programming by Marc Flurry and art & music by Lightning Bolt’s Brian Gibson.

Please feel free to contact Thomas Knowlton at thomasknowlton@nypl.org if you any questions. You can also follow us on Twitter (@nyplarcade) or sign up for our mailing list to hear about upcoming NYPLarcade events.

NYPLarcade is an opportunity to play, watch, and discuss independent, experimental, and thought-provoking games in a library setting. Think of it as a book club, but for video games.

TeenLIVE programs are sponsored by the Andreas C. Dracopoulos Family Endowment for Young Audiences.