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🎮 Celebrating A Nintendo Legend 🕹 Today marks the fifth anniversary since the late, great Nintendo Engineer and Videogame Producer, Masayuki Uemura visited the NVM in 2020. With a career spanning over 30 years, he was most famous for his work leading Nintendo's Research and Development 2 team.

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We recently had the pleasure of hosting the latest in a series of Creative Teach Meets. With a focus on Digital Media Arts, this insightful event brought together professionals from educational institutions and creative practitioners to connect, inspire and plan future collaborations. 1/2

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🎮 Explore the history of Sheffield Castle 🏰 This half term discover historical maps of Sheffield castle, artefacts from the site and have chance to chat with an expert from Wessex Archaeology, the team behind the largest excavation project of Sheffield's lost castle. ⁠ ➡ thenvm.org/castle-quest/

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🏹 High Score Quest 🎯⁠ ⁠ Visitors can test their virtual archery skills this half term in Link's Crossbow Training as part of our Castle Quest activities. Hit targets and shoot down enemies as you step into the shoes of hero Link from The Legend of Zelda series. Take part ➡ thenvm.org/castle-quest/

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Our team had a brilliant day yesterday at Yorkshire Games Festival. We enjoyed all the talks including an insight into audio design from @elirainsberry.com sberry.com, a presentation from @twopointstudios.bsky.social's Gary Carr, a deep dive into videogame art design with @kittbyrne.bsky.social...

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We’re very excited to be at Yorkshire Games Festival today at the @mediamuseum.bsky.social It’s been a brilliant day with insightful talks from industry experts - all have been extremely inspiring! Plus we couldn’t resist a bit of Wallace and Gromit sightseeing 😁

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🎨 Half Term Castle Crafting 🏰⁠ ⁠ Alongside a suite of new castle themed videogames and an exploration of Sheffield Castle, visitors can get creative with fun craft activities, tailored for all ages: ⁠ 🏰 Construct pop up card castles from your favourite videogames or create your own design⁠

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🎮 Explore Sheffield Castle this half term at the NVM 🏰 ⁠ Dive into the excavation work of our neighbour, Sheffield Castle, through engaging activities and insightful materials including a detailed model replica of how it once looked circa 400 years ago. 📸 Sheffield City Council

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🎮 Join us on an epic adventure with Castle Quest 🏰⁠ ⁠ 🕹 Relive two fantastic retro adventures as 'Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse' and 'Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle' debut at the Museum, while a modern adventure see friends and family compete in beat 'em up fun in 'Castle Crashers'.⁠

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🎨 Creative Teach Meet: Digital Media Arts⁠ 🎮⁠ ⁠ We're hosting the latest Creative Teach-Meet. Focusing on media arts, videogames & digital literacies, schools & creative organisations will have the chance to share inspirational practice, connect and plan future collaborations in this network event.

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We love Shutterbug! As do our visitors! 🙌 Be sure to check out this brilliantly fun, bug photography game! 🐞📸 We recently chatted with the games developers @vividfax.bsky.social, @doodledemmy.bsky.social and Dan Pugsley about the game and its development ⬇ thenvm.org/blog/shutter...

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🎮 An epic quest arrives in February 🏰⁠ ⁠ Castle Quest is a half term experience that combines history, creativity and gaming.⁠ ⁠ Explore castle-themed videogames, design enchanting castles and dive into the fascinating excavation work of our neighbour Sheffield Castle.⁠ ⁠ ➡ thenvm.org/castle-quest/

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The brilliant @nvmuk.bsky.social featured in @theguardian.com yesterday: www.theguardian.com/games/2025/j... 👌

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A fantastic insight into the importance of preserving videogame magazines by @keefstuart.bsky.social highlighting the important work of @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social and ourselves in ensuring this important part of videogame culture remains accessible.

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It's game day! Tonight, @scienceandsorcery.bsky.social are jumping into the world of Never Stop Blowing Up, and raising funds for the NVM! Join them for a live stream 7pm, as four game store workers finds themselves sucked into another, very strange world. 🔗 twitch.tv/scienceandsorcery

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As part of tonight's stream, we're raising funds for the @nvmuk.bsky.social And we have some donation incentives to influence the game! The fundraiser is open now, and @samsighs.bsky.social will honour pre-game donations so why not help us get started now! www.justgiving.com/page/science...

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It's game day! Tonight, we're jumping into the world of Never Stop Blowing Up, and raising funds for the @nvmuk.bsky.social Join us from 7pm GMT, as four game store workers finds themselves sucked into another, very strange world. 🔗 twitch.tv/scienceandsorcery (Scottish storms permitting)

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Just under a week left to apply to join our board. It's an excellent opportunity for those passionate about culture, heritage & videogames. We're seeking up to four individuals to join as Trustees alongside an inspiring individual to serve as Chair. Deadline: Mon 27 Jan thenvm.org/about/work-w...

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We're so excited for tomorrow! It's going to be awesome and we're so grateful for the support 🙌 Tune into @scienceandsorcery.bsky.social's Twitch channel tomorrow for 'Never Stop Blowing Up' which will help raise funds for our charitable work. 📆 24 Jan 🕖 7pm GMT 🔗 www.twitch.tv/scienceandso...

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Huge thanks to @scienceandsorcery.bsky.social for putting together 'Never Stop Blowing Up' - a live streamed D&D adventure to help raise vital funds for the NVM. Science & Sorcery produce monthly one-shot games to support various charities and campaigns featuring long-form storytelling.

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Last week saw the confirmation the Nintendo Switch 2, which is expected to be released this year! While the initial teaser trailer didn't give too much away, we do know it's bigger than its predecessor and a new Mario Kart is on its way. What games / features are you hoping for the new console?

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During the recent Christmas holidays we introduced several new LED gaming experiences, including the excellent Glow Golf.⁠ ⁠ Created by experimental games designer Alex Johansson (pictured), Glow Golf is a minimalist LED game that mimics a golf course through a line of light. ⁠

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New role for 2025?⁠ ⁠ Are you passionate about videogames, culture and education? Do you have the strategic vision and experience to support a growing national charity?⁠ ⁠ There's still time to apply to join us in the role of Trustee at @thebgi.bsky.social, the governing charity of The NVM.

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We're so excited for this! Thank you so much @scienceandsorcery.bsky.social for choosing us to raise funds for the NVM. Money raised helps fund our community projects, award winning learning program and our vital preservation activities. 24 Jan @ 7pm ⬇ www.twitch.tv/scienceandso...

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New Year, New Challenge, New Role! ⁠ ⁠We're seeking a bold, inspiring individual to serve as Chair of our Board of Trustees at the @thebgi.bsky.social to help shape the future of our pioneering work.⁠ To find out more, how to apply and to download the recruitment pack ⬇ thenvm.org/about/work-w...

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As 2024 comes to a close it's time to reflect on some of the brilliant moments we've enjoyed! 2024 saw us:⁠ 🕹 Welcome over 600 students for @gamescareerweek.bsky.social 🎮 Co-create a videogame adventure trail in Rotherham with Children's Capital of Culture which saw over 2,500 people take part⁠

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🎮 Battle it out in our new LED game: Tap O' War 🕹⁠ ⁠ We're back open today so if you're looking to venture out of the house we have plenty of new experiences for you to enjoy including new LED game Tap O' War.⁠ ⁠ Find out more about how Tap O' War came to life ⬇ thenvm.org/blog/tap-o-w...

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"this person has shown in practical ways how vital and life-changing video games can be.” @keefstuart.bsky.social on Community player winner Stacey Jubb @nvmuk.bsky.social https://buff.ly/3OWD97s #GRAwards #gamedev #community

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