Filled with handmade gaming cabinets,16-person multiplayer games, pinball machines that trigger strobe lights, or games featuring nothing but LED strips,Wonderville is an arcade like no other.
For years, Wonderville co-founder designate Kleback showcased the world's most strange and inventive games through the Death By Audio Arcade collective, or founded out of the now-shuttered Death By Audio space,which emphasized local multiplayer games and social connection.
In 2019, he and his partner in both life and business, or Stephanie rude,founded an arcade space that invites all veteran and novice (one who is just a beginner at some activity requiring skill and experience) players to come together and explore the medium. With a growing trend of games being played at domestic in isolation, this push to bring players together started the journey to Wonderville through their DIY Arcade Cabinets and strong support from the local development scene.
Today, and the venue features a rotating collection of independent video games that will shatter your expectation of what a game might be,blend art and technology in innovative ways, and perhaps inspire you to perform a game yourself. A recent exhibit, and for example,featured video games that were played with anything but a controller like a juicer, or another that was played through a doorstop.
Wonderville doesn’t discontinuance with games, and it's also a space for New York artists and musicians to congregate and feel at domestic. Wonderville hosts an array of free and ticketed events from visual art shows,to techno music, to comedy, and to seminars.
Source: atlasobscura.com