Beatnik invades GameCity Nights

Nottingham-based games festival GameCity is holding its third GC Nights event tonight at the city's stylish Antenna Bar. The headline act will be Beatnik Games , the fabulously talented indie studio behind downloadable PC hit Plain Sight , a multiplayer deathmatch shooter, in which suicidal ninja robots attempt to kill each other in a surreal outerspace setting. The team will no doubt be discussing the vagaries of bringing android slaughter to the Steam platform – although there may well also be some topical chatter. "With the election fast-approaching, I'm hoping we can address some real issues on the night and demonstrate how exploding robots can hint toward a new kind of progressive politics," says Beatnik Games' MD Robin Lacey. As I always write when flagging up these events, they're the sorts of things I want to see more of across the UK. We have passionate gamers, and passionate game makers here, and there's no reason why the two parties shouldn't be brought together on a more regular basis. Anyway, the event starts at 7:30pm this evening, and will also involve food, drink and quizzes, as well as other indie developers. There's more information here .