How Tribeca Festival chose its first-ever video game official selections
This year’s Tribeca Festival is a big deal for video game fans. While most well known as a film festival, this year’s show featureseight indie games as official selections. Those range from anticipated titles likeKena: Bridge of Spiritsto eye-catching curiosities likeThe Big Con. It’s a historic moment for both the festival and the gaming industry as a whole. Despite video games’ continued growth as a primary form of entertainment, the art world has beenreluctant to accept the mediumas a legitimate form of storytelling....