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Fan Expo 2010 – Snakor’s Pizza Interview

September 17, 2010September 20, 2010 Doug Groves Arcana Comics, Comic, Fan Expo, Fan Expo 2010, interview, Kody Peters, Sean Jordan, Show, Snakors Pizza, webcomic, Wordburglar3 Comments

What happens when your bid to take over the world fails, and despite your scaly visage, you’re just not good at being evil? Get into the pizza business, of course. That’s the premise to the comic Snakor’s Pizza, about a wannabe super villain who has to turn to a more practical career choice when his dream dies. Peter talks with writer Sean (SJ) Jordan (aka The Wordburglar) and artist Kody Peters about ideas behind the comic and their influences. While available in print, you can get a taste of it…

Samsung Galaxy Tab coming without voice to Rogers and Bell

September 17, 2010September 24, 2010 Doug Groves 3G, Apple, Bell, data plan, Galaxy Tab, google, iPad, Rogers, Samsung, smartphone, tablet, Touch Wiz, voice, WiFi2 Comments

Since it was first announced, Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 7 inch Android based tablet has been getting a lot of positive press, and many who’ve had hands on experience are saying that it could be the first tablet to rival Apple’s iPad. Despite being only about half the size of the iPad, the 7 inch screen’s more 16:9 friendly aspect ratio provides what appears to be a good balance between portability and viewability. In the US, the Galaxy Tab will be launching on all the major carriers with various 3G data…

Fan Expo 2010 – Geoff Lapaire Interview

September 16, 2010September 20, 2010 Doug Groves Fan Expo, Fan Expo 2010, Geoff Lapaire, interview, Kyle, Pure Pwnage, Show, Showcase, TV1 Comment

To round out our Pure Pwnage coverage from Fan Expo 2010, we return to Geoff Lapaire, who earlier gave us a sneak peek at the official Pure Pwnage Android app. Although he doesn’t name the location, the Pure Pwnage TV show has been picked up in another market. Alex talks with him about working on the TV series compared to the web show, and where things stand with the second season of the TV show. On that subject, they have two episodes scripted, and are still waiting to get the…

TIFF 2010: Submarine Q & A with Richard Ayoade

September 16, 2010September 20, 2010 drsquid ben stiller, comedy, craig roberts, festival, Film, premiere, richard ayoade, sally hawkins, screening, submarine, TIFF, tiff 2010, Toronto, united kingdom, yasmin paige9 Comments

The Q & A session with director of Submarine, Richard Ayoade and the cast (Craig Roberts, Yasmin Paige & Sally Hawkins). Though I am only attending a handful of films at this years TIFF, Submarine was one of my must sees. Richard Ayoade (many of you might know him as Moss from the IT Crowd) brought his debut feature to Toronto, and this Q & A shows how funny he is in person. Yes I AM the guy who asked the the last question from behind my camera, and was…

Sony NEX-5 camera review

September 16, 2010September 20, 2010 Doug Groves bullpen, camera, camera review, DSLR, Kingpin Lei, laroquod, NEX-5, photography, point and shoot, review, sample pictures, Sony, thoughts16 Comments

We first got a quick peek at Sony’s NEX-5 at a Sony event a couple of months back, and were suitably impressed with the overall design. It’s not as bulky as a full on DSLR, while having more control, than your average point-n-shoot pocket camera. We finally got a review unit from Sony a couple of weeks back and have passed it around the bullpen. Click on past the break for our impressions, and some sample images from the NEX-5.

Plants vs Zombie on XBLA – the least great version? (review)

September 15, 2010September 20, 2010 Johnathan Leger game review, Microsoft, MS Points, Plants vs. Zombies, Pop Cap, PvZ, review, XBLA, Xbox 360, Xbox Live Arcade1 Comment

It’s no secret that Plants vs Zombies from Pop Cap is one of the favourite ‘go-to’ games in the RGB Filter bullpen. Solid gameplay and great visuals, along with with a good sense of humour (and zombies) is a winning combination, and PvZ is proof of that. When Pop Cap announced that it was shambling over to Xbox LIVE Arcade, with new game modes and a truly HD visual makeover, we had our 1200 MS Points at the ready. Does the the game hold up in its console incarnation, or…

Nikon Officially Announces The New D7000 DSLR

September 15, 2010September 20, 2010 kingpinlei auto focus, d7000, D90, digital camera, DSLR, HD, new, Nikon2 Comments

Breaking News – Here it is, the moment a lot of people have been waiting for. Nikon has finally announced their new D7000 DSLR which replaces the D90 with features that even goes above their D300. Here are just some of the specs: – New 16.2 MP DX sensor (APS-C) – a massive 39-point autofocus system – 100 percent viewfinder coverage – 1080/24p and 720/30p HD video with a limit of 20 minutes of recording – dual SD card slots – a standard ISO range of 100 to 6400 – 6fps…

Boxee Box pre-order announced for all your pillaging needs

September 14, 2010September 20, 2010 Doug Groves Avner Ronen, Boxee, Boxee Box, Hardware, media streamer, press release, set top, settop7 Comments

After originally announcing the Boxee Box for a spring release 2010, Boxee had to revise their schedule, promising the diminutive D-Link built media player for a fall release. The Box allows users to access content both on the local network, as well as access thousands of online sources including network television, Netflix, Youtube and much more (of course, some services are geo-locked). Despite some skepticism, and some hardware changes, it looks like they’re going to make good on the autumnal release. When first announced, the Box was to be powered…

Halo: Reach – a review and a fond farewell

September 14, 2010September 20, 2010 Doug Groves Bungie, FPS, game review, Halo, Halo: Reach, Microsoft, multiplayer, ODST, review, Xbox, Xbox Live1 Comment

A Fond Farewell When Halo: Reach was announced as a prequel, a lot of gamers expressed their concerns,making comparisons to Lucas’s critical failure with the Star Wars movie prequels. This totally ignores that one of the defining differences between film and video games is that it’s pretty hard to make a game worse than the original. Unless, as a developer, you’re completely phoning it in, a large part of the art of game making, as opposed to film making, is tweaking the elements of gameplay, not just making the graphics…

The Start Show – starting today

September 13, 2010October 2, 2010 Doug Groves Behind the Front Visual Arts Studio, gala, Golden Gear, Hand Eye Society, indie gaming, Indie Showcase, OCAD, The Start Show13 Comments

The Start Show, being held at the Great Hall in the Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD) , is all about promoting and celebrating Toronto’s awesome indie game scene, with a special games-as-art focus. The Hand Eye Society will be there running a number of titles, and if you haven’t yet checked out the Hand Eye Society, I’d highly recommend it. The Start Show runs every day from 8am to 10pm, until Friday Sept 17th, with a special Gala event on Thursday night. I can’t recommend this highly enough. …

CBC’s “Pushing Buttons” – an in depth look at games and a Top 10 list

September 13, 2010September 20, 2010 Doug Groves Assassin's Creed, Baldur's Gate, CBC, EA, EA Canada, Eternal Darkness, Homeworld, Mass Effect, media, Need For Speed, Peter Nowak, Pushing Buttons, Quest For Tires, Splinter Cell, Ubisoft Montreal, Unreal, video games1 Comment

Video games have been garnering a lot more attention in the mainstream press these days, and it’s not just enraged parents groups concerned with the effects a Mature rated title is having on their 13 year old who’s playing it in the den. Today marked the launch of a new feature on the CBC website called Pushing Buttons, which over the course of the week will take an in depth look at video games and their cultural and financial impact in Canada. Today is all about the history of games,…

Fan Expo 2010 – Robin D. Laws Interview

September 13, 2010September 20, 2010 Doug Groves crowd sourcing, Fan Expo, Fan Expo 2010, game design, Hamlets Hit Points, interview, Korad, Over The Edge, Robin Laws, role playing games, RPG, Show6 Comments

One of Peter’s main quests during this years Fan Expo was to seek out writer and game designer Robin Laws. In the midst of the fire marshal declaring the building over capacity, they found the time to have a lengthy discussion on gaming. In particular, Robin discusses the Hamlet’s Hit Points project, which analyzes other forms of storytelling, with the objective of taking those dramatic beats, and adapting them to a role-playing environment. You can catch part two of the interview after the break…