The Prince of Arcade came and went last week, and it’s safe to say it exceeded all our expectations. Roughly 250 MIGS attendees and other (highly intellectual and morally sound) lovers of indie games came together to sample from a glorious variety of titles:

• 1… 2… 3… Kick It! by Dejobaan Games
• A Slow Year by Ian Bogost
• Halo 2600 by Ed Fries
• JoustPong by Kirk Israel
• Nidhogg by Messhof (Mark Essen)
• Octopounce by Anna Anthropy & Saelee Oh
• Pico3 by Les Collégiennes (Aliceffekt & Renaud Bédard)
• Project SkyFortress by Owen Deery & Gabriel Verdon
• Highlights of TOJam 5, curated Jim & Em McGinley

Thankfully, there was a soundtrack to match, featuring some righteous DJ, chiptune, beatbox, and ukelele heroics from widely-acknowledged Super Awesome People:

• Aliceffekt
• Cadence Weapon
• Marc & Coriander
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• Rebecca Jurkovic

Of course, the party wouldn’t have been possible without: the incredible crew at the Eastern Bloc; the generous sponsors and benefactors; and all the volunteers who helped out whenever and wherever possible. Many thanks to each and every one of them, as well as to all the featured game developers and musicians who transmuted the event from a neat idea into something memorable. And look! There’s even photographic evidence of The Majesty:

• Our friends and co-organisers The Dirty Rectangles have a Flickr set online.
• Nick Rudzicz, co-organiser, has a set on Picasa.
• Aliceffekt, who contributed music and a game to the event, has posted a Facebook album.
• Jason Della Rocca has a nice writeup of MIGS itself, as well as some Prince of Arcade photos.
• Trevor Jensen, another local photographer, also has a Picasa set.

Of course, let us know down in the comments if you have any more pictures you’d like to share.

Let’s do this again sometime.

Long Live the Prince.