Whoa, you could totally be playing Fez tonight. It’s not impossible! You just have to… be in LA from 7-10 this evening, and attend the Game Night 7 event at the GR2 gallery/store/thing, where it’ll be projected onto a big wall outside. 

You’ll also get to check out Polytron’s superHYPERCUBE (a 3D Kinect game about putting cubes into holes), get first dibs on new Meat Bun shirts, and collect hella StreetPasses from all the other people there. Basically, if you want to live my ideal life, you should be at this thing tonight.

Buy: Nintendo 3DS console (Cosmo Black, Aqua Blue)

Find: Nintendo DS/3DS release dates, discounts, & more

See also: Past Game Night events

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If you’re in the Los Angeles area and want to get together with like-minded gamers, don’t forget that Giant Robot 2, Attract Mode, and Meatbun, and others are holding their bi-monthly Game Night event tonight, starting at 7PM.

While there, you’ll have an opportunity to play unreleased indie games (projected outdoors and playable in game stations indoors) like Haunted Temple Studios’ Advance Wars-style strategy title Skulls of the Shogun, and Revenge Labs’ fascinating 2D fighter Skullgirls. 

Though neither of those games are for handhelds, you’ll still want to bring your 3DS, as Giant Robot 2 is taking part in today’s “StreetPass Day” promotion.

Buy: Nintendo 3DS console (Cosmo Black, Aqua Blue)

Find: Nintendo DS/3DS release dates, discounts, & more

See also: More 3DS news and media

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If you’re around Los Angeles and wishing to recapture the holiday spirit, don’t forget that Giant Robot’s rescheduled Game Night 4 is party tonight, where there will be Christmas-themed indie games (including an exclusive X-Mas edition of Super Crate Box), chiptunes, hot cocoa, cookies, and plenty of cool dudes and ladies.

You can R.S.V.P. for Game Night 4 on Facebook — the free and open-to-the-public event starts at 7PM.

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[Update: Due to rain, Game Night 4 has been rescheduled! :o( We’ll let you know the new date — likely early January — when Giant Robot and Attract Mode announce it!]

It’s the most wonderful time of the yeeeeeear (for LA residents). Giant Robot, Attract Mode, and Meat Bun are partnering for another event I don’t get to go to, this time Christmas-themed!

The holiday merriment will come from a special “X-mas edition” of Super Crate Box made for the event, a holiday-music version of 8-Bitar Hero, Merry Gear Solid, and more.

It takes place today, from 7-10PM at GR2 (2062 Sawtelle Blvd, West Los Angeles, CA). If you plan to check it out, RSVP here. Joys be thine, as a certain Tiny Cartridge writer has been known to say!

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Those of you in or close to the city of angels, make sure to hit up Giant Robot tomorrow evening for Game Night 2, which will feature special guest Bryan Lee O’Malley. He’ll not only sign copies of his comic Scott Pilgrim, but join in on all the gaming fun planned for the night — naturally, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game will be on tap.

According to our friends at video game culture shop Attract Mode, which is helping organize the event, you’ll also be able to snack on burgers, salads, fries, and delicious poutine there. So, make sure to RSVP for that shiz!

Oh, and that image above comes from Jay D Smith, who managed to convince Mr. O’Malley into sketching Ramona’s lost cat Gideon on his Game Boy. Shmowzow!

Buy: Scott Pilgrim comics

See also: One-of-a-kind Scott Pilgrim DS Phat

[Thanks, Hayhayha!]

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Going to be in LA next week? For once, unlike most of these events, I will actually be around for this one. Giant Robot, Attract Mode, Gaijin Games, and pretty much everyone else cool will be hosting a party themed around the Bit.Trip games (like Runner, reviewed here by me and much better here by Brandon Boyer). They will be projecting the games on the wall of a damn building! Everyone is going to see me fail repeatedly at Runner, from miles away! It’s Monday night from 7:30 to 10:30 at GR2, and you can RSVP here if you’d like.

If you see me there, say hello! I might not be there the whole time, since the life of a gaming journalist affords only enough party time to get pictures and try to set up an interview or two, and not so much “partying.” Also, if I don’t say anything back, don’t take it personally — I’ll have simply reached my limit of human interaction and will be having a quiet panic attack.

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