Life Imitating LARP

The FRINGE Festival has been taking over Toronto this week. While shows range from shadowcast versions of Buffy the Vampire Slayer to Jurassic Park the selection this year offers some of the most unique performances I’ve come across in a ...Read More

Vancouver Water Gun Fight on July 11!

The event already has 2300+ confirmed guests, so I assume you're one of them. If you're not, though, check out the Facebook event page for all the rules (rule #11: Don't get naked in the fountain. Rule #14: OK, get ...Read More

Ubisoft opens new Toronto studio *Video Update*

Ubisoft and the Government of Ontario jointly announced the creation of a new studio that would be comprised of approximately 800 employees in the city of Toronto. Read More

Special Canuck Edition of The Escapist

There a really interesting Canadian edition of The Escapist that was published earlier today. The Escapist, for the uninitiated, is something of a blogazine that publishes content about the video game industry and that which surrounds it. When it first ...Read More

Your Opinion: Aquatica removed from iPhone app store

The game made by Toronto-based Ketara Software got reamed by the internet masses for releasing a game that looks and plays exactly like flOw, originally made by Jenova Chen for free in Flash and later for the Sony PS3, has ...Read More

Xavedoodle (zay-vee-doo-dle): Unholy Mix of Chicken and Wolf

Thegamedesigner, aka Michael Todd, is up to more tricks. He's been producing really quick games in the span of days instead of weeks/months, and the video above is a trailer for his next one, Cordell's Journey. I imagine it'll hit ...Read More

SNOW Cover Art

Surely you know how much I totally heart Benjamin Rivers' short adventure game SNOW. Sure you must know that SNOW was originally a graphic novel. AND SURELY you must know that there's a second issue in the making. Read More

That’s How We Roll: Ladies, Derbies & Play

I clearly remember the second time I tried on roller skates because I still have scars. The scars aren’t emotional – it’s not like anything awful happened. But thanks to some rocks on the pavement that day will be forever ...Read More