Canada

In Real Life

Kids Shoot LEGO Figure Into Space

6:00PM January 27, 2012 | Luke Plunkett

Two Canadian kids have sent a LEGO minifig boldly where few LEGO minifigs have gone before: into space. More »

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3G PlayStation Vita Delayed In Canada

6:00PM December 15, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

The 3G edition of the PlayStation Vita will be delayed in Canada “due to extensive planning and testing with their 3G partner”. More »

In Real Life

EB Games/GameStop Gets Rid Of Used Games Section

6:00PM November 23, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

An employee of Canada’s EB Games (read: GameStop) has let us know that, in one of the company’s shittier moves in recent years, the distinction between “new” and “used” games is apparently going to be all but removed. More »

Nintendo

A Perplexing Way To Play16 GameCube Games

4:20AM October 25, 2011 | Mike Fahey

Blessed with a surplus of ancient Commodore 1702 monitors and a handful of GameCubes, Personal Computer Museum curator Syd Bolton stacked them all together to form a pleasantly confusing cube of cubes. More »

News

Ex-Katamari Damacy Dude Hopes Vita Version Is ‘Gooooood’

10:45PM September 27, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

On Famitsu.com, former Katamari Damacy designer and current Glitch developer Keita Takahashi is blogging in English and Japanese about his life and Canada as well as his opinions about things like the Vita Katamari game. More in the link. [Famitsu]

News

Regulator Orders Canadian Cable Giant To Stop Throttling Online Games

5:00AM September 18, 2011 | Owen Good

Last week, Rogers Cable and Telecom, Canada’s largest cable provider, admitted that its network monitors may “inadvertently” throttle traffic of customers playing online games. “Inadvertently” or otherwise, Canada’s telecommunications regulator has told Rogers to knock it off. More »

PC

Canadian Cable Giant Admits It Could Be ‘Inadvertently’ Throttling Games

2:00PM September 10, 2011 | Owen Good

In March, Canadian gamers were upset to learn that World of Warcraft traffic was being throttled by Rogers Cable and Telecom, the country’s largest broadband provider. Now the company has admitted that other games’ online traffic might trip its pipeline monitors and result in their throttling, which Rogers called “inadvertent.” Canadian gamers do not accept that answer. More »

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Today, Canada Gets The World’s Best Xbox 360 Bundle

6:30PM August 25, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

Starting today, and for a limited time, an Xbox 360 bundle will go on sale in Canada that is, well, better than any other I’ve ever seen for the console. More »

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The Winnipeg Jets’ Sweaters Won’t Be On The Disc When NHL 12 Ships

8:40AM August 20, 2011 | Owen Good

The sale and transfer of Atlanta’s NHL franchise to Winnipeg means ‘Peggers beloved Jets are returning to the ice this year. But if you’re expecting a sneak preview at what their new sweaters will look like, you won’t find it in NHL 12. More »

In Real Life

Hello Sexy Tron-Inspired Costume

10:00PM August 11, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

The latest Tron, Tron: Legacy, was filled with attractive actors in fetching costumes. Here are some more nifty outfits — they’re not official Tron wear, but they glow. That’ll do. More »