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March 2010

Mar 08: Violent God of War III suffers from feeble ending
Mar 04: Quantic Dream's Heavy Rain questions what a video game must be
Mar 04: Vancouver’s Hothead Games, Klei Entertainment sign with EA Partners
Mar 01: God of War III director admits to being indecisive

February 2010

Feb 20: Review: Matt Hazard Blood Bath and Beyond
Feb 18: Beware creepy little girls in BioShock 2
Feb 18: X10 provides a glimpse at Halo: Reach and Dead Rising 2
Feb 18: Canadian Video Game and Digital Arts Awards announced
Feb 18: Reviews: Army of Two: The 40th Day, Bayonetta, MAG, Vancouver 2010
Feb 18: Mass Effect sequel dark, intense
Feb 03: B.C. government announces tax credit for video game developers

January 2010

Jan 27: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's iPad tablet device
Jan 21: Mass Effect 2 raises the stakes
Jan 21: Killing the competition
Jan 07: Black Box forges on with Skate 3

December 2009

Dec 17: How Mass Effect 2 uses your Mass Effect save file
Dec 17: TRON, True Crime reboot in development in Vancouver
Dec 17: Review: LittleBigPlanet PSP
Dec 17: Review: The Saboteur
Dec 17: Joystuck's holiday gift guide for gamers
Dec 10: Why Avatar fails
Dec 03: Trigger Happy's holiday gift guide for gamers 2009
Dec 01: Review: Undead Knights
Dec 01: Review: TouchMaster 3

November 2009

Nov 30: Tech gifts and TVs
Nov 26: The semantics of serious games
Nov 21: Review: Left 4 Dead 2
Nov 21: Valve's success comes from listening to gamers
Nov 21: Review: Ratchet and Clank Future: A Crack in Time
Nov 21: Review: Half-Minute Hero
Nov 21: Review: Armored Core 3 Portable
Nov 21: Review: Lucidity
Nov 21: Tech gifts for the holidays
Nov 21: Fall game round-up
Nov 14: How to unlock hint movies in New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Nov 14: Review: Scribblenauts
Nov 14: Review: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smash-Up
Nov 14: Going Beyond the Yellow Brick Road with The Wizard of Oz
Nov 05: Modern Warfare's conflict can seem a little too real
Nov 05: NHL 2K10 hindered by aggravating Wii controls
Nov 05: Side-scroller Trine elevated by great 3D graphics
Nov 05: Katamari Forever benefits from some new moves

October 2009

Oct 23: Left 4 Dead 2's Realism Mode made for advanced zombie killers
Oct 23: Enter world of Dragon Age early with 'Journeys'
Oct 22: From Jack Black to Nathan Drake
Oct 21: Ultimate Alliance 2 a solid superhero effort
Oct 18: Toy Story Mania! not worth the effort
Oct 18: Section 8: Passable shooter, but lacking inspiration
Oct 16: Muramasa: The Demon Blade is a Wii side-scroller with style
Oct 15: With 'Wet' it was love at first sight
Oct 15: Cutting console prices
Oct 08: FIFA game made in Vancouver by an international team

September 2009

Sep 29: PSP Go anticipates the future
Sep 26: Halo 3: ODST an example of masterful storytelling
Sep 25: Nintendo drops Wii price
Sep 24: Metro Vancouver video game centre survey
Sep 24: Consumers have never paid for content
Sep 18: How communities engender trust in media - or not
Sep 17: Halo 3: ODST pre-launch event
Sep 11: Review: Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box
Sep 11: Prices drop on video game hardware
Sep 11: Fall games preview redux
Sep 06: PAX PAX PAX!
Sep 02: Hardcore gamers going green

August 2009

Aug 27: Fall games preview
Aug 13: Summer video game round-up
Aug 13: Finishing Fallout 3
Aug 05: Making games for the iPhone

July 2009

Jul 27: Covering Comic-Con
Jul 20: The Periodic Table of Awesome
Jul 13: EA Sports crowns its first King of the Court
Jul 10: Movie games getting better
Jul 09: Closing in on casual games
Jul 06: Teach the controversy

June 2009

Jun 22: Buffy versus Edward
Jun 18: Radical Entertainment and Prototype
Jun 11: E3 2009 had lots to be excited about
Jun 11: Nintendo DSi review
Jun 11: Downloadable console games

May 2009

May 29: Charging for news
May 28: Smoking Gun taps Rushkoff to help write first video game
May 28: The Latest: Video game adaptations of movies
May 27: Finally, the Flip comes to Canada, full-bore
May 25: Eidos Montreal takes on two ambitious projects
May 24: Sam the man
May 20: Pele helps Vancouver game developer with soccer title
May 13: First GDC Canada gets off to a great start
May 12: Vancouver’s new convention centre lacking
May 10: Goonies reunion
May 07: Microsoft snapping up Vancouver’s BigPark
May 07: Getting writers involved early in game development
May 06: A quantum leap in headphone design
May 06: Big and powerful is passe as computers go green
May 06: More on the future of journalism
May 05: Funny dialogue #1
May 04: Required reading

April 2009

Apr 30: In the video game world, sequelitis is (usually) a good thing
Apr 28: Spontaneous dancing in Antwerp
Apr 27: Canada's Elan Awards fumbling relevance
Apr 18: Barney's 'Cremaster' as a video game
Apr 09: Nintendo makes a mark with DSi
Apr 09: Review round-up
Apr 04: The return of Mrs. Falbo
Apr 02: Vancouver video game gathering
Apr 02: Review round-up

March 2009

Mar 30: Not a problem
Mar 24: PEBCAK
Mar 21: 'Battlestar Galactica' comes to an end
Mar 19: iPhone as a gaming console
Mar 18: 'Wild Things' poster
Mar 12: Want to invest? Try video games
Mar 12: Review round-up
Mar 11: Talking shuffle
Mar 11: Ian Wilkinson joins Hothead
Mar 05: Sound experiments in video games

February 2009

Feb 26: Kurzweil's Law of Accelerating Returns on engineering human health
Feb 24: Wheaton proves the Doctorow Theory
Feb 12: Dragon Age: Origins origin stories revealed
Feb 12: B.C. game developers hoping for help in B.C. budget
Feb 05: New York City abstracted with Lego
Feb 05: New scholarship for women wanting to work in video game development
Feb 05: So you wanna work in video games?
Feb 02: Modified Straight cover pays respect to those laid off

January 2009

Jan 29: The family tree of Vancouver's video game development community
Jan 22: Amen
Jan 19: We were ten years too early
Jan 19: Remote View catch-up
Jan 18: Olbermann on Bush presidency
Jan 14: Duel of the deadly duo
Jan 07: Cory's going to love this one

December 2008

Dec 30: Review: Far Cry 2
Dec 30: Review: Fable II
Dec 30: Gaming on the big screen
Dec 24: Keeping amateur sports organized
Dec 24: Darkrooms in a box. Kind of
Dec 16: Banana Phone
Dec 11: Back catalogues get new life with digital downloads
Dec 11: Under review: Haze, Soulcalibur IV, Dark Sector
Dec 11: Joystuck's holiday gift guide
Dec 04: Trigger Happy's holiday gift guide, 2008
Dec 04: Techno Logic's holiday gift guide, 2008

November 2008

Nov 27: Gears of War 2 versus Resistance 2
Nov 24: Playstation Home expected before end of year
Nov 16: An equation to change the world
Nov 13: Download down-low
Nov 06: Too Human flawed, but enjoyable
Nov 06: Guitar wars
Nov 04: So this is what it's like to live history
Nov 04: Tech gift guide

October 2008

Oct 30: Review: Silent Hill: Homecoming
Oct 30: Review: Dead Space
Oct 29: A new taxonomy of gamers
Oct 28: Power to the people
Oct 23: Guitar Hero versus Rock Band
Oct 23: Facing off against Phaneuf
Oct 16: Electric Playground goes daily
Oct 02: NHL 09 hits the ice

September 2008

Sep 29: Much ado about music games
Sep 26: 'From Me to We'
Sep 25: Television article rewind
Sep 25: Teaching kids to roleplay
Sep 25: Disappearing photo albums
Sep 14: Feist's debut on Sesame Street
Sep 13: DFW dead
Sep 12: NHL'ers say the darndest things, part 3
Sep 12: NHL'ers say the darndest things, part 2
Sep 11: Running Windows on a Mac
Sep 10: When will games grow up?
Sep 10: NHL'ers say the darndest things
Sep 05: Is PC gaming dead?
Sep 04: Will Wright and Spore
Sep 04: Sourcing the best notebook
Sep 02: Chrome in a comic book

August 2008

Aug 28: Have remote, will travel
Aug 28: E3 wrap for FFWD
Aug 23: Video game summer camp
Aug 17: Creating creatures
Aug 14: I'll Flip you
Aug 08: Skirmishing

July 2008

Jul 31: Doris Lessing answers questions
Jul 31: Games to watch out for
Jul 31: Dr. Horrible versus Captain Hammer
Jul 30: Shedding Kaylee
Jul 28: Talking with Brad Wright
Jul 24: E3 2008: Battle of the Big Three
Jul 20: Zune is half an experience
Jul 20: Penny Arcade redux
Jul 20: Artist-designed screen skins to customize your gadgets
Jul 20: Living in Mario Land
Jul 10: Exercising with Wii Fit
Jul 08: So sayeth the Judge
Jul 07: Remote View rewind
Jul 07: Catching up

June 2008

Jun 18: Taking a break
Jun 12: Are Wii having fun yet?
Jun 05: Apple Store comes to Vancouver
Jun 05: Driver's choice

May 2008

May 30: ARG creator moving on to next big thing
May 29: VIGS, round two
May 29: Adopt personas
May 22: Buy, buy Blackbird
May 16: Cleaning with steam
May 15: A look at Vancouver's Digital Week
May 12: Fixing GTA
May 09: Parkour with pants
May 08: Grand Theft Auto IV review
May 02: More than media merchandising
May 01: Welcoming Grand Theft Auto IV

April 2008

Apr 28: Kevin Shortt interview
Apr 24: A tale of two operating systems
Apr 24: GDC is great
Apr 23: Gaiman on Reid?
Apr 17: Looking at 'Lost: Via Domus'
Apr 17: Learning is easy, unlearning is difficult
Apr 16: Tim Robbins = Smart, funny, clever, wise
Apr 10: Massive Gets Connected
Apr 08: Cheap GPS
Apr 07: Back to 'Galactica'
Apr 07: Review: I Am Legend
Apr 05: How hypnosis works
Apr 03: Game reviews

March 2008

Mar 29: How Mass Effect handles a massive story
Mar 27: Music DRM coming to an end
Mar 27: Turok, revisited
Mar 22: The resurgence of first-person shooters
Mar 13: Radiohead's experiment in digital distribution
Mar 11: Stargate: The Ark of Truth
Mar 07: Why GDC matters
Mar 03: Games are the future: Kurzweil

February 2008

Feb 28: 'Burn Notice' worth watching
Feb 28: Bye-bye HD DVD, hello Blu-ray Disc
Feb 28: Mass Effect: Victim of quota filling?
Feb 27: Science fair presentations
Feb 21: Busy week
Feb 16: Time for Technorati
Feb 16: Me versus Seth MacFarlane
Feb 14: Macworld roundup, and Apple Store comes to Vancouver
Feb 11: Lost returns from the brink
Feb 07: Mass Effect gets screwed out of a nomination

January 2008

Jan 31: Canadian copyright reform
Jan 24: Gotta love them creative Canadians
Jan 24: Maid Marian, revisited
Jan 21: Saving John
Jan 17: Content rules CES 2008
Jan 14: Long live the King
Jan 14: Fall of surprises
Jan 10: Canadian Rock Band fans get left out
Jan 08: USA Network redefines its tone
Jan 03: Much ado about earbuds
Jan 01: Where in the world is Nate Saxon?

December 2007

Dec 31: Learning to love the despicably rich
Dec 27: Making money with Maid Marian
Dec 21: Make way for TiVo, Canada
Dec 19: Geeks Rule the television
Dec 17: Nonstop Fernando
Dec 13: Playing the movies of summer
Dec 12: Presenting: Remote View
Dec 10: WGA videos
Dec 10: Holiday videos
Dec 06: Trigger Happy's gifts for gamers, 2007
Dec 06: Joystuck's gifts for gamers, 2007

November 2007

Nov 29: Gracious, more gadgets!
Nov 29: Techno Logic's gift guide for technophiles and technophobes
Nov 27: Halo 3, Mass Effect
Nov 26: TiVo coming to Canada
Nov 22: Communicating with Santa Claus
Nov 20: Holiday movie going
Nov 15: The Halo effect
Nov 12: The Simpsons on the writers' strike
Nov 08: Distributed computing has come a long way
Nov 08: Bioshock, Phantom Hourglass, NHL 08, Heavenly Sword
Nov 01: Space opera set to conquer

October 2007

Oct 31: Talk about multi-instrumentalist
Oct 30: The real question people want the answer to ...
Oct 27: McGrath does it again
Oct 25: Introducing: Techno Logic
Oct 25: Great Canadian Video Game Competition winner announced
Oct 18: How Canada gets its video game ratings
Oct 11: Living in an airplane
Oct 07: "Amniotic" accepted
Oct 05: Video game biz: news and notes
Oct 05: Scott McCloud, revisited
Oct 05: Internal Soundtrack: Somebody's Watching Me
Oct 04: How do you say 'Thank you' in punk?

September 2007

Sep 28: It's all about the games
Sep 27: And the winner is . . .
Sep 20: All about Victor Lucas
Sep 18: Internal Soundtrack: Dancing in Chains
Sep 13: Why I hate Shaw
Sep 08: Davie Day 2007
Sep 06: 16 game reviews. Whew!
Sep 06: E3 and the 'big three'
Sep 04: Wife power!

August 2007

Aug 24: Dogs and cats, living together. Mass hysteria
Aug 23: Weird and wacky and most excellent game
Aug 17: Living in a computer sim
Aug 16: Crooked Little Vein
Aug 16: Rewriting Canadian history
Aug 13: Games take centre stage
Aug 10: Internal Soundtrack: Young Folks

July 2007

Jul 28: Internal Soundtrack: Six Months in a Leaky Boat
Jul 26: How E3 was different
Jul 19: Canadian indie game developers are tops
Jul 14: OMFG
Jul 14: The 'new' E3
Jul 14: She sells Sanctuary
Jul 06: Mid-term report

June 2007

Jun 28: Using the Wii to grab your balls
Jun 28: Internal Soundtrack: Life on Mars?
Jun 24: Internal Soundtrack: March Into the Sea
Jun 23: Internal Soundtrack: Romantic Comedy
Jun 22: The Children of Hurin
Jun 22: Internal Soundtrack: Pedal Pusher
Jun 21: PS3 launch post-mortem
Jun 21: Internal Soundtrack: Sisters in the Struggle
Jun 20: Internal Soundtrack: Sisters in the Struggle
Jun 20: Heading to Mars
Jun 15: Coming to a television near you
Jun 14: Great Canadian video game competition
Jun 11: Internal Soundtrack: Dashboard
Jun 09: Internal Soundtrack: Nowhere With You
Jun 08: Surf noir series debuts this weekend
Jun 07: Video-game writers redux
Jun 01: Heroes finale sucked

May 2007

May 31: How comics can inform video games
May 31: Internal Soundtrack: The Sweetest Thing
May 30: Internal Soundtrack: Your Song
May 26: Internal Soundtrack: Your Rocky Spine
May 23: What karma can bring
May 18: Oh, that Tony
May 18: Bob & Doug are back on air
May 17: Casual goes mainstream
May 11: Gotta love those commercials
May 06: Another reason I luv the interweb
May 04: Drive cancelled, Studio 60 returns
May 03: God of War II is pretty good

April 2007

Apr 29: Did Flames suffer from matinee games?
Apr 28: EA looking for new IP
Apr 28: Voodoo stays at home
Apr 23: Once More With Feeling
Apr 20: How to write for video games
Apr 20: New Painkiller Jane series set to debut on television
Apr 13: Nathan's back, thank goodness
Apr 13: Stay tuned for new Xbox 360
Apr 10: Oh, that Georgy
Apr 06: Scrappy Black Donnellys
Apr 05: Show me your Voodoo
Apr 05: Internal Soundtrack: Final Countdown
Apr 04: Internal Soundtrack: Dashboard

March 2007

Mar 31: Heterogeneity is meat 77
Mar 30: When the geeks get the girls
Mar 29: Forget 2010
Mar 23: Shiver me timbers
Mar 23: Remembering Grandpa B
Mar 22: Gears for Best of Year? Nope
Mar 19: Internal Soundtrack: Fields of Gold / Uptown Again
Mar 18: Internal Soundtrack: John the Baptist
Mar 18: Internal Soundtrack: Bang the Drum
Mar 16: The "geek" shall inherit the earth
Mar 10: Surgeons benefit from video-game experience
Mar 10: Where, oh where, has Studio 60 gone?
Mar 09: Internal Soundtrack: Black Mirror
Mar 07: Internal Soundtrack: I Don't Like Mondays
Mar 06: When the Dark comes rising, six shall turn it back
Mar 03: They did it again
Mar 02: 24, season 6: cool or crappy?
Mar 02: PS3 review

February 2007

Feb 28: Company Man is heart-wrenching Heroes
Feb 28: Writers get some respect
Feb 25: Watching for Ellen
Feb 23: Stargate SG-1 gets cancelled, then reborn
Feb 22: Girls on the cover
Feb 22: Wide, wonderful world of Wii
Feb 16: Steven Spielberg thinks Canadians make great filmmakers
Feb 13: Internal Soundtrack: Go For Soda
Feb 10: Internal Soundtrack: It's Cool to Love Your Family
Feb 09: Sedgwick great as the Closer
Feb 09: Final Fantasy, the band, not the video-game
Feb 08: Internal Soundtrack: Bombs Away
Feb 04: Ha-ha-ha! Grossman shows his true colours
Feb 02: Little Mosque bound to be a Canadian classic

January 2007

Jan 30: Damn, I'm clever
Jan 27: While we're on the topic
Jan 27: Cut Sid the Kid some slack already
Jan 26: The People's Golden Choice Globe Awards
Jan 25: Playstation 3 is heavy duty
Jan 25: Move. Now.
Jan 23: Admit your mistake, move on
Jan 22: Internal Soundtrack: Sesame Street music
Jan 19: CES about content, not gadgets
Jan 18: Internal Soundtrack: The Seed 2.0
Jan 16: Clive Thompson on 'Super Columbine Massacre RPG!'
Jan 16: Internal Soundtrack: Our Country
Jan 14: The Diamond Age headed to small screen
Jan 13: The fate of Fall 2006 television shows
Jan 11: Wii good, but not great
Jan 08: Internal Soundtrack: Breakin' the Rules
Jan 07: Internal Soundtrack: Skinny Boy
Jan 05: Gold for Team Canada Juniors
Jan 05: Trekking the new frontier
Jan 02: Internal Soundtrack: I Ain't Ever Satisfied
Jan 01: I am Blaniac

December 2006

Dec 31: Great minds remember alike
Dec 31: Internal Soundtrack: You Only Live Once
Dec 30: What a little 'or' can do for you
Dec 29: Sports Night better than West Wing or Studio 60
Dec 28: Those clever game designers
Dec 22: How HD will help hockey
Dec 21: Why I might consider working in advertising
Dec 15: TV on DVD best bets
Dec 14: NHL versus NHL
Dec 14: Internal Soundtrack: Reindeer
Dec 13: Internal Soundtrack: Spirit on the Water
Dec 12: I'm changing my name
Dec 12: Photographic memory for sound? Please
Dec 12: Reasons for the interweb to exist: #2
Dec 12: Reasons for the interweb to exist: #1
Dec 10: Internal Soundtrack: Theme to The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Dec 09: CTV licenses broadband content
Dec 08: Internal Soundtrack: One I Love
Dec 06: Perhaps you could CALL your brother?
Dec 06: Studio 60 episode 10: B-12
Dec 05: Internal Soundtrack: Bad Dog No Biscuit
Dec 02: Learning to play Hold 'Em
Dec 02: Thoughts while watching CBC coverage of the Liberal leadership convention
Dec 01: Hi. My name is Blaine. I'm an Alec Baldwin fan.
Dec 01: Internal Soundtrack: Personal Jesus

November 2006

Nov 30: Trigger Happy's holiday gift guide for gamers
Nov 30: On this cold, dark morning
Nov 29: Internal Soundtrack: Mushaboom
Nov 27: Internal Soundtrack: Changes
Nov 25: Internal Soundtrack: Theme to The Legend of Zelda
Nov 24: Celebrities and their sidekicks
Nov 23: Competition fierce for PS3, calm for Wii
Nov 22: Internal Soundtrack: Nothing Else Matters
Nov 21: Helsinki Complaints Choir
Nov 21: Santa Claus dumped from Forbes 15
Nov 19: Holy cold-hearted bastard Bond
Nov 19: Internal Soundtrack: James Bond Theme
Nov 18: Internal Soundtrack: Can't You Figure It Out?
Nov 17: Smith gets to wrap it up
Nov 17: Live from the launch
Nov 17: Internal Soundtrack: Last Time in Love
Nov 16: Video-game review round-up
Nov 15: Two days to launch
Nov 13: Internal Soundtrack: Christmas carols
Nov 10: Best television commercials, fall 2006
Nov 09: Vancouver's video-game explosion
Nov 09: Internal Soundtrack: This Fine Social Scene
Nov 08: Unclear on the concept
Nov 08: Internal Soundtrack: The Wind Up Bird
Nov 08: Nevada Day, part 1
Nov 06: Internal Soundtrack: The Man Whose Head Expanded
Nov 05: 2006 is the Year of the Mark
Nov 03: 'Intelligence' an apt title for this show
Nov 02: Grad school for gamers

October 2006

Oct 31: Introducing Commodore Books
Oct 31: Why Firefox rules
Oct 31: Internal Soundtrack: Enter Sandman
Oct 30: Happy Halloween
Oct 29: Internal Soundtrack: Angel's Fall
Oct 27: Channel Changer: Howie's a big Deal in Canada, too
Oct 27: Internal Soundtrack: This Time (I'm Gonna Try It My Way)
Oct 26: Internal Soundtrack: Don't Call Me Whitney, Bobby
Oct 25: Internal Soundtrack: Crazy
Oct 24: Internal Soundtrack: Building Steam With a Grain of Salt
Oct 23: Internal Soundtrack: Theme to Raiders of the Lost Ark
Oct 22: Internal Soundtrack: Alone Together
Oct 20: TiVo for Canadians
Oct 20: Internal Soundtrack: Wake Up
Oct 19: Have a Trigger Happy Halloween
Oct 19: Internal Soundtrack: Wouldn't It Be Nice?
Oct 18: Internal Soundtrack: Let the Eagles Soar
Oct 17: There is no zero
Oct 17: Internal Soundtrack: Electric Avenue
Oct 16: Studio 60, ep #4
Oct 16: Slings & Arrows, season two
Oct 14: Bye-bye Clover
Oct 13: Friday the 13th
Oct 12: Joystuck for October
Oct 12: Heroes shows some diversity
Oct 10: Spending Thanksgiving with some Survivors
Oct 04: Have some Beans