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Minecraft – A First Person Builder

October 2, 2010November 10, 2010 Pete Chapman 16-bit ALU, first person builder, FPB, FPS, Minecraft, open source, PC gaming, sheep, TNT, video, YouTube2 Comments

Two weeks ago my sixteen year old son, Reid, was playing with it. Earlier this week Cory Doctorow was writing about it at Boing Boing. What is this thing called “Minecraft”? If you know about it then you’re probably playing it. If not…then…so you don’t feel out of the loop tonight when the people who hang out in the kitchen talking at parties weigh in on this one: here’s a crash course. Minecraft is an online game which uses the visual conventions of a first person shooter for constructive purposes, literally….

Fan Expo 2010 – Bedlam Ink

October 1, 2010October 5, 2010 Doug Groves Bedlam Ink, Fan Expo, Fan Expo 2010, Jessie Lam, Lost Girl, motion comic, Navid Khavari, Show, Showcase, Tigh Walker, video, webcomic4 Comments

The folks over at Bedlam Ink, who are charged with doing additional storytelling for the new Showcase series Lost Girl were at the Fan Expo booth this year. This included both a printed comic, which is a standalone story, as well as a motion comic that works as a prequel to the TV series. Jessie, Navid and Tigh from Bedlam Ink were kind enough to take some time to talk with us about how the comics tie into the series, and some of the process of developing the comics for…

Evangelion 1.11 – You Are (Not) Alone – review

October 1, 2010October 4, 2010 Peter Brunton anime, blu ray, Evangelion, Funimation, Hideaki Anno, Neon Genesis Evangelion, review, Tokyo-3, You are (note) alone2 Comments

Blu-Ray Release by Funimation Directors: Masayuki, Kazuya Tsurumaki, and Hideaki Anno (Supervising) Writers: Hideaki Anno, Yoshiki Sakurai So, I recently picked up the blu-ray release of Evangelion 1.11: You Are (Not) Alone, and realised that not nearly enough people know about this thing. More than a few of you are probably familiar with the original Neon Genesis Evangelion, but for those who aren’t, here’s a primer: Shinji Ikari, an introverted teenaged boy with obvious family issues, on top of the usual “bundle of hormones and crazy”, has just arrived in…

Arts Computing Science

I Have Seen the Future and It is Shared.

September 30, 2010October 4, 2010 Pete Chapman A.I, artificial planet, Orion's Arm, science fiction, Singularity, Turing Test, worldbuilding0 comment

Does science fiction have a future? It’s past as a genre of pulp fiction that came up with the twentieth century leaves it in a precarious position at the beginning of the twenty-first. Once, like the buffalo, it roamed across the wide open spaces of the news stands and now only a handful of those magazines still exist and it’s been a long time since the days when a single short story sale could secure two month’s rent in Greenwich Village. There are novels, truck loads of novels as the…

Telus launching Samsung Galaxy Apollo

September 30, 2010October 1, 2010 Doug Groves Android, Android 2.1, Eclair, Galaxy Apollo, google, Samsung, Telus1 Comment

There’s no shortage of Android devices pouring out the Samsung factories these days, with the latest to land on Canadian shores being the Galaxy Apollo, courtesy of Telus. Unlike other Samsung Galaxy models, the Apollo is targeting those looking for something a little more compact in an Android phone. With a slightly smaller screen (and lower resolution of 400 x 240 as opposed to 800 x 480), this is definitely for people looking for something easier to slip into their front pocket.

Ubisoft crossover fever: Assassins Creed, CSI and Pets to have Facebook components

September 30, 2010October 3, 2010 Doug Groves Assassin's Creed, Brotherhood, crossover, CSI, CSI Crime City, facebook, Hamsterz, iPad, iPhone, Nintendo DS, PC gaming, Petz, PS3, Ubisoft, Wii, Xbox2 Comments

Do you like console gaming, but somehow find yourself wasting too much time on Facebook, making you fell guilty for not using your beatiful next gen console to its fullest potential? Depending on how you look at it, maybe Ubisoft is going to give you a reason to fire up the console more often, or maybe they’re just going to suck you all the way into the black (and blue – so much blue) pit that is Fb. At a press conference in San Francisco, they’ve announced that they’ll be…

Nine Questions with Lost Girl Creator and Writer Michelle Lovretta

September 30, 2010October 2, 2010 drsquid Anna Silk, canada, Fan Expo, interview, Kris Holden-Ried, Lost Girl, Q&A, Showcase, Television, TV, writer74 Comments

Last week we put up our interview with the stars of the new Showcase Original TV Series Lost Girl. This week we got a chance to interview Michelle Lovretta, the creator, co-show runner and writer of five of the thirteen episodes, via email. In the interview Michelle talks about the show, how the lead character Bo relates to other strong female genre show characters, the role of sexuality in Lost Girl and much more. I will also be posting my thoughts about the actual show soon, probably after I have…

Fan Expo 2010 – Gravy Train

September 30, 2010September 30, 2010 Doug Groves April Mullen, Fan Expo 2010, Gravy Train, interview, Show, Tim Doiron, video5 Comments

We first met April Mullen and Tim Doiron at 2009’s Fan Expo, they were promoting the DVD release their hilarious mockumentary Rock, Paper, Scissors: The Way of the Tosser. Between then and now, they’ve gone on to make another feature film, Gravy Train, which premiered this past April, and has now launched on DVD, but you can find out about that, and more, in the video interview.

Xbox Dashboard Fall Update 2010 – Netflix in Canada on the 360

September 29, 2010October 2, 2010 Doug Groves Arcade, Avatars, Kinect, Microsoft, Netflix, netflix how to, netflix on xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox Dashboard, Xbox Live, Zune1 Comment

The Xbox Dashboard getting a fall update is about as dependable as the leaves changing colour and pumpkins popping up at every corner store. If you’ve already signed up for the preview program (now closed), you should have it now. Though we Canadians don’t get all the goodness of our US brethren (no ESPN and no Zune Pass), the update does support Canadian Netflix access, and gives the user an idea where Microsoft is headed, not just with the Xbox, but with it’s interface metaphor across a wide swath of…

SteelSeries Xai Gaming Mouse Review

September 29, 2010October 7, 2010 drsquid Gaming, Laser Mouse, mouse, PC games, PC gaming, review, Steelseries, test, Xai7 Comments

I am staring at the box of the SteelSeries Xai. It has been packed up after my review, so we can give it away to one lucky reader. Then I look back at my Microsoft Sidewinder X8 gaming mouse. A mouse that is wireless and fracking glows RED! Yet I am so tempted to deny someone the chance to enjoy the Xai mouse – I want to crack open that package and go back to it right now. I won’t of course, but that feeling shows how much of an…

Fido goes Android with the Acer Liquid E

September 29, 2010September 30, 2010 Doug Groves Acer, Android, Android 2.1, Doubletwist, Fido, google, Liquid E, Rogers, smartphone, Spinlets, superphone0 comment

Fido has added the Acer Liquid e to their smartphone line up. When we took a look at the phone on Rogers in the bygone era of earlier this summer, we were suitably impressed with the performance, for a relatively low cost. On Fido, the phone is even cheaper, at only $30 with a 3 year contract. For that price you’re getting a fairly clean Android 2.1 install on a 3.5 inch 800 x 400 resolution screen. When we reviewed it, we summed it up thusly: The Acer Liquid E…

Fan Expo 2010 – Nerd Girl Pinups interview

September 29, 2010September 30, 2010 Doug Groves Fan Expo, Fan Expo 2010, interview, Nerd Girl, Nerdgirlpinups, Show, video1 Comment

One of the stops we made during Fan Expo this year was the Nerd Girl Pinups booth. For a couple of years now Nicole (friend of the show) and the gang there have hosted a Fan Expo after party a few blocks up from the convention floor. Dave talks with Katherine Curtis and Kenickie Street about what’s new with nerdgirlpinups.com, and gets the lowdown on their new calendar, which you can check out here.