Media intelligence through investigation and experimentation

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