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Email: nathalie [ dot ] lawhead [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com
\nGoogle Talk: nathalie [ dot ] lawhead [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com
\nSkype: nathalielawhead
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Nathalie Lawhead is a non-binary net-artist, software creator, and game designer. They are known for experimental art that challenges the way we live and work in our digital era. Their art exists in the controversial intersection between art and games.
\nNathalie’s work is featured in places like the Rhizome ArtBase<\/a>, and in the video game collection of the Museum of Modern Art<\/a>.
\nThey have won a number of awards and acclaim for their work.
\nYou can read more about them here: https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nathalie_Lawhead<\/a><\/p>\n

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Press, Showcases & Exhibits:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Note: The following is very old and outdated. I don’t get much time to update this anymore. Things keep happening (and I’m so happy they are), but in no particular order…<\/p>\n

ARMAGAD (also Tetrageddon Games) was selected as an IndieCade 2016 Nominee<\/a>!
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ARMAGAD (also Tetrageddon Games) is included in the XOXO Arcade lineup<\/a>!<\/p>\n

More about that here: Announcing XOXO Arcade<\/a><\/p>\n

And also in Fantastic Arcade’s lineup!<\/a><\/p>\n

Along with a new game of mine that is being debuted there.<\/a><\/p>\n

“Award-winning anarchist prankster Lawhead returns to the fest to premiere a new title. Her previous games have included post-apocalyptic frogs, copious explosions, and no shortage of gyrating pixels.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

via: Fantastic Arcade Announces 2016 LineupInteractive arm of Fantastic Fest probes video games’ outer limits<\/a><\/p>\n

GameJolt (fireside) has a two part interview with me. Animated .gifs and all! If you feel like getting to know me & my current work, it’s pretty thorough:
\nPart 1<\/strong><\/a>
\nPart 2<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Tetrageddon Games WON<\/strong> was nominated as<\/del> an IGF finalist, for the<\/del> Nuovo Award<\/a> (recognizing excellence in shorter-form, more esoteric games\u2013 abstract… and unconventional game development). Which is AMAZING. More commentary here<\/a>.
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\n* Pictures of the event here<\/a>.
\n* Video of the awards is here, where you can see my completely unprepared acceptance speech<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Setup has an interview with me here<\/a>. They have interviewed some great people in the past and it’s an honor to be included!<\/p>\n

Tetrageddon Games was included in Arcade Review #6<\/a> as part of a wonderful article written by Ansh Patel<\/a> discussing net art.<\/p>\n

Tetrageddon Games was part of the official selection for Out Of Index 2015<\/a>! This was pretty amazing and I’m so honored to be included among such a great lineup… I say that a lot. :)<\/p>\n

I gave a talk with Loren Schmidt at this last Fantastic Arcade (2015).
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\nvia Fantastic Arcade 2015 Day one recap<\/a>, Photo by Emi Spicer<\/a>
\nI discuss FROGS, and Anatomically Incorrect Dinosaurs, you can see it here<\/a> (I talk in the second half):
\nhttp:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/venuspatrol\/v\/18243359<\/a>
\nFROGGY was included in<\/a> Fantastic Arcade’s spotlight selection.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m in a video for the Austin Chronicle – VIDEO: Fantastic Arcade Wrap Up We chat up the weird wonderful gaming fringe with help from the Daily Dot<\/a>, with other totally amazing game developers.<\/p>\n

Have made some recent appearances in press, like Cult of Mac:
\nIndie dev parodies internet life for fun and profit<\/a>, askmen list of Rising Stars 2015<\/a>, and a few times in Boing Boing’s Offworld: Fall in love with one special freeware arcade<\/a>… Also in Rock Paper Shotgun<\/a>… which is really cool because I like Alice O’Connor and Leigh Alexander and then they wrote about me and I’m like “whoa…” :)<\/p>\n

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\nMonkey Fortunetell<\/a> (a game I co-created with Rachel Simone Weil<\/a>) was showcased at the Austin Museum of Digital Art (AMODA).
\nIt was also included in FILE Festival Media Art<\/a> selection.<\/p>\n

Tetrageddon Games was showcased in the Game Tasting event at IndieXChange (IndieCade) 2014. So much positive feedback, and lovely people! Thank you!<\/p>\n

I was on Who’s Developing Now!? With Legendary Neurotoxin talking about Tetrageddon Games. It was recorded and posted. For those interested you can see it here<\/a>.
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