SuperCapyGuthrieBrothers ’splosion game news

Cryptic 3rd person speaking Craig D. Adams, aka Superbrothers, has announced that he is working on a super secret project (mentioned but not fully understood in a previous Hand Eye Society meeting post) with Jim Guthrie and Capybara Games (makers ...Read More

Dear Ubisoft Toronto: Fire this guy

I'm a fan of your games, for the most part. I LOVE that you're investing so heavily in Canadian production facilities like the new Toronto studio, and I look forward to playing the games that come from it, but fuck, ...Read More

Super-deformed Big Head Mode costume

Eric Testroete in Vancouver, B.C. went ahead and made himself a sweet costume this past Halloween that was " inspired by big-head mode seen in videogames." This kinda thing immediately brings back memories of reading about "SD" games that were coming out in ...Read More

LARPing in 1985

Check out this video from the CBC Digital Archives, covering LARP enthusiasts in 1985. I'd embed the clip but it's a WMV and it doesn't want to play nice, so instead just click the picture below - you might have ...Read More

Squids invade Indiecade 2009

Earlier this month game maker/novelist Jim Munroe and myself, Miguel Sternberg, attended Indiecade '09 in Culver City, California. He was there as a finalist for his interactive fiction game, Everybody Dies, while I was there to play independent games and enjoy ...Read More

Polytron and Infinite Ammo = Infinitron Polypharma

Phil "Fish" Poisson of Montreal-based studio Polytron recently debuted a new game that his company and Winnipeg-based Infinite Ammo are working on collaboratively titled "Power Pill", a multi-touch game for your iThing. You essentially  play a pill that can modify ...Read More

Halifax fraggers PWN Cancer

Whenever someone gets married and a "no gifts, please" clause is attached to the invitation, my first thought is to make a donation to something like Child's Play on behalf of the nearly-newlyweds. As it turns out, there's another ...Read More

Capybara release Critter Crunch on PS3 for $6.99 Oct. 8

What the eff is it with Toronto developers releasing kooky and beautiful games for my beloved PS3 at great price points? First it was Jon Mak's Everyday Shooter, which set the originality-bar really high for PlayStation Network games, and now ...Read More