Investing in Our History: Why the National Videogames Museum Needs the Games Ecosystem Now

National Videogame Museum

As many of you know, I recently joined the board of the British Games Institute (BGI), the charity that runs the National Videogames Museum (NVM). Since then, I’ve had the opportunity to explore the incredible work they do and, crucially, the challenges they face: how to fund an ambitious, national cultural mission in a sector …

Paisley Museum Reimagined: Game Developers Wanted (NOW)

Paisley Museum. Digital games procurement.

Paisley Museum Reimagined: Game Developers Wanted. £145,000 contract for game creation.

Outplay’s Mystery Match Comes To Kelvingrove

Outplay's globe-trotting match 3 puzzle game, Mystery Match, has arrived in Glasgow with players now invited to take part in the spectacular setting of the Kelvingrove Museum and Gallery. This is the first time Mystery Match update has visited a real world venue. It showcases Kelvingrove in front of a global audience, potentially increasing visitors …

V&A Seeking Game Designer In Residence

The Victoria & Albert museum is offering one game developer a unique opportunity to explore, experiment and engage with interactive entertainment in an entirely new way. The museum is advertising a game design residency, which will offer a game designer/developer the chance to work with the museum's resources and collections to create... something new. It's a …

GTA To be Exhibited At V&A

It was all, like, excitement she wrote, when we saw the Edge Online headline.  GTA?  At the V&A?  We imagined an interactive full 3D room at the new Dundee V&A HQ, but it turns out that it'll be part of a video at the London V&A celebrating British Design from 1948-2012. Tickets are a recession-proof …