In Real Life

First Look At The "Set" Of The Halo 4 Live Action Series

The Halo 4 live action web series announced earlier this week is already filming, on the campus of Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada.


In Real Life

Awesome Art Happens When Creators Cross Over For Comics Vs Games

Cool stuff happens at TIFF Nexus, a collaboration and design space in Ontario. Right now, the space holds an exhibition that mashes together 14 artists and designers from comics and games with digital and physical work that draws inspiration from each medium.


April 23, 2012
In Real Life

Riot Cops, Student Protesters Lock Down THQ’s New Video Game Studio

On Friday, THQ’s Montreal Studio — the big, fancy, new setup that Patrice is running — spent part of the day locked down as students and riot police clashed on the street directly outside its offices.


April 19, 2012
PlayStation

The Spartans Will Fight In The (Correct) Shade In NCAA Football 13

News and notes from around the world of sports video gaming: • Here’s something I never really noticed before: Michigan State wore an incorrect green in NCAA Football. Their fans, as you might imagine, take that very seriously.


January 27, 2012
In Real Life

Kids Shoot LEGO Figure Into Space

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


December 15, 2011
PlayStation

3G PlayStation Vita Delayed In Canada

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


November 23, 2011
In Real Life

EB Games/GameStop Gets Rid Of Used Games Section

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.


October 25, 2011
Nintendo

A Perplexing Way To Play16 GameCube Games

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.


September 27, 2011
News

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

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]


September 18, 2011
News

Regulator Orders Canadian Cable Giant To Stop Throttling Online Games

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.