It’s been three years since we’ve seen each other in person. You know where.
MISTER BLUE SKY
Y’all understood the assignment. ❤️
CHANGE OF PLANS
Ok…so the big Tokyo birthday bash has been canceled and even though we don’t know what’s going on, shit is NOT looking good right now, for any of us. So let’s do what we do! Here’s a new seed video:
MARCH 13 PARTY CANCELED
Block off March 13, 東京!
Block off April 24! NOMAD gets the live treatment at The Roxie!
First, a Saturn party (and thanks to all who came!) and now a live NOMAD at the Roxie? What could this all mean?!? Find out by getting your tickets HERE.
Block off March 16! SATURN is the next Mission Arcade!
What does SATURN mean to you? Come decked out in Saturnian gear and dance to our newest Outdoor Chiptune Continuous Dance Karaoke set while various tourneys happen indoors (Smash Bros Ultimate, MarioKart 8 Deluxe, and more!)
Clap along if you know the song! March 16 @ 8pm #MissionArcade pic.twitter.com/nyuNuKoijh
— Mission Arcade (@missionarcade) March 12, 2019
"Network", the newest art installation by Sara Schnadt at Mission Arcade
VOYAGER!
Thanks to everyone who came to Mission Arcade on March 11! Unfortunately, I didn't get any footage of the awesome VR reactions in the front room, nor did we get footage of the MarioKart battles in the Ersatz room, but here is our "continuousdancekaraoke" concept in 2 minutes!
(We'll probably figure out a catchier name than "continuousdancekaraoke" at some point.)
And here is the Bay Area Flash Mob with the full performance of the "Evolution of Hip-Hop" routine!
If anyone took pictures of the 50lb pig or the Golden Record cake made by Mark Del Lima, please let us know!
Block off March 11. VOYAGER is the next Mission Arcade
We're celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Voyager launch! Come decked out in space gear and dance to our first hybrid Chiptune Karaoke Danceparty! You should know the location by the time you read this. Call one of us if you don't know.
Mission Arcade footage from the Asian Art Museum!
Mission Arcade has happened at some unexpected places, but the San Francisco Asian Art Museum was the last place we expected to throw our scrappy little nerd party. Check out the video below!
This blog post is about four months late, but that's because two thirds of Digital Crafts Night and ALL of Ersatz Film went to New York to work with IDEO.org right after the museum event happened. And we hit the ground running. (ed: And the hard drive with all the Mission Arcade footage shot by Jericho Saria and Hadrian Santos was in California) For the sake of not destroying any originally expressed sentiments, it's probably best to post the Facebook statuses from the actual night:
L.A. Renigen came up for the 10 year Anniversary of Colma: The Musical, so I figured it was the right time to have a Fruit Fly reunion with Mike Curtis. Here's a capture of our a capella ending (that we probably should have done in the actual film...oh well...:-)
And to close off the second set, Digital Crafts Night performed as part of their CD release. Here's a FULL video of "Blowhards", the new song from DCN.
And finally, an album of pictures taken from the night:
Thank you Marc Mayer and Masashi Niwano for giving me a Takeover at the museum. We had a blast. Looking forward to seeing the other Takeovers very soon!
Sooo...
WHERE AND WHEN'S THE NEXT MISSION ARCADE? :)
Block off St. Patrick's Day!
Mission Arcade is happening at the San Francisco Asian Art Museum as part of TAKEOVER: H.P. Mendoza's "Indoor Block Party"!
MISSION ARCADE ONLINE: "Colma Stays" 3/1/2016
Kicking off March with the sing-along video of "Colma Stays". Did you miss your chance to sing along online? You can do it with H.P. and L.A. in person on March 13! Click HERE to buy tickets!
Thanks to everyone who contributed to the video! Hope to see you at the Alamo Drafthouse on March 13!
Who feels like singing "Colma Stays" with H.P.?
COLMA THE MUSICAL ON-LINE SING ALONG! Remember the "Space Oddity" sing-along that we all did a month ago? Let's get...
Posted by H.P. Mendoza on Thursday, February 11, 2016
MISSION ARCADE B-roll clip for TV use
We were asked to make a "spot" of sorts for use on talk shows and general publicity. However, this will most likely just be used on facebook. Feel free to share. (And block off St. Patrick's Day...)
MISSION ARCADE ONLINE: "Space Oddity" 1/14/2016
Wow, just five days ago I asked if anyone wanted to join me in a tribute to David Bowie and here we are with a video that reaches from San Francisco to New York to Vietnam and Spain. THANK YOU ALL! Click on the link below to see/hear the final result.
Our "Space Oddity" Sing-Along! Thanks for singing with me! We should do this more often. :)
Posted by H.P. Mendoza on Friday, January 15, 2016
Who feels like singing Bowie with H.P.?
OK! Everyone sing-along!
Posted by H.P. Mendoza on Monday, January 11, 2016
Hugo has won the match.
Hugo has won the match!
Posted by Mission Arcade on Thursday, December 31, 2015
Block off New Year's Eve. (Or we'll KILL YOU!)
Come on, flak monkeys. Call one of us if you don't know the location.
Halloween!
Thanks to everyone for coming out and dancing/gaming/sangin' - with only a few days notice, we can still put on a hoppin' party!