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Plants vs. Zombies stumbles onto Xbox this September

August 6, 2010August 6, 2010 Doug Groves Michael Jackson, Microsoft, multiplayer, Peggle, Plants vs. Zombies, Pop Cap, PvZ, XBLA, Xbox 360, Xbox Arcade, Zuma2 Comments

Since it’s release on the PC almost a year and a half ago, Plants vs. Zombies has migrated to both the Mac and iOS. This September, it’ll make it’s console debut on the Xbox 360 as an XBLA title, priced at 1200 MS Points (or $15). Besides getting a resolution bump to 1080p, the game will have 7 different play modes, including two new multiplayer modes (coop and vs.), and 21 different mini games. “With a ton of new features and content exclusive to the XBLA version, we’ve pulled out…

Bell Galaxy S launches tomorrow with event at Yonge and Eglinton

August 5, 2010August 5, 2010 drsquid Android, Android 2.1, Bell, canada, contest, event, Galaxy S, google, Lady Gaga, launch, Metric, Samsung, smartphone, Super AMOLED, superphone, Toronto, unboxing, Vibrant1 Comment

The new Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant super-phone launches tomorrow on Bell. After last nights amazing Metric street concert, put on by Samsung in Toronto to promote the phone, the interest in this Android phone is very high. Bell has released the pricing details, and will it will be $149.95 on a 3-year term, $499.95 no contract, which are very good prices for such a powerful phone. With it’s super AMOLED 4″ screen, fast processor, and 16GB of storage, it compares very favorably to the iPhone 4, but is much better…

Edgar Wright brings his ‘The Wright Stuff’ series back to Toronto, starting tomorrow

August 5, 2010 drsquid canada, Edgar Wright, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Flash Gordon, Hot Fuzz, Scott Pilgrim, Shaun of the Dead, Toronto, Toronto Underground Cinema, Wright Stuff4 Comments

BREAKING NEWS – Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky and Rushmore (pending studio approval) added to the line-up Last year Edgar Wright was filming his new magnum opus, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (based on the hugely popular comic set in Toronto) in and around the city. Luckily for Toronto film geeks he managed to take some time off from his busy schedule to put on two mini film festivals at the Bloor Cinema – The Wright Stuff & The Wright Stuff: Double Bill Pope. RGB Filter was on hand for…

Halo 2600 kicks it old school

August 5, 2010August 5, 2010 Doug Groves Atari, Atari 2600, Ed Fries, Figure Prints, Halo, Halo 2600, Microsoft, Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox23 Comments

Ed Fries, who helped get Microsoft Game Studios get of the ground, and was a seminal part of the original Xbox project at Redmond, has kind of come full circle, then back again. Although he’s currently involved in a number of other gaming projects, it’s this little diversion called Hal0 2600 that is worth checking out. It’s a full fledged Atari 2600 adaptation of Halo… sadly it doesn’t include Warthog levels, as for some strange reason, the 128 bytes of RAM wasn’t quite enough… The thing you need to realize…

Acer launches new line of Aspire notebooks in Canada

August 5, 2010August 5, 2010 Doug Groves Acer, Acer Arcade, Acer Nplify, AS5745, AS7745, Aspire, ATI Mobility Radeon, blu ray, canada, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, Intel, launch, notebook7 Comments

If you were in the market for a new notebook, but the thin and light category just doesn’t have the oomph you need, don’t worry. Along with the new TimelineX notebooks announced yesterday, Acer’s also announced the AS5745 and AS 7745, of those who want some additional horsepower. The AS5745 Series sports a 15.6″ 1366 x 768 display, while the AS7745 has a larger 17.3″ 1600×900 screen. Some systems will be available with Blu-ray and ATI Mobility Radeon GPUs (5650 or 5850). For those who need to make sure ALL…

Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini finally released by Rogers

August 4, 2010August 4, 2010 drsquid Android, canada, google, launch, Rogers, Sony Ericsson, x10, X10 Mini, Xperia, Xperia X1015 Comments

After a few months of rumour and speculation Rogers has officially released the latest model in Sony Ericsson’s new Android smartphone series, the X10 Mini. The Mini is the little brother of Sony’s Ericsson’s first Android phone, the X10. This phone, while having some great hardware specifications (such as a 1 GHz processor and 4″ display), was hobbled by the decision to release it with the out-dated Android 1.6 operating system. Sadly the X10 Mini follows in its brother’s footsteps, also coming with Android 1.6, running Sony’s custom Timescape UI….

Acer launches new TimelineX thin and light notebooks in Canada

August 4, 2010August 4, 2010 Doug Groves 1830T, 3820T, 5820T, Acer, Aspire, ATI Mobility Radeon, canada, Intel Core i3, Intel Core i5, launch, LED backlit, Microsoft, notebook, Thin & Light, TimelineX, Windows 72 Comments

It’s been a while since we’ve seen a update to Acer’s Timeline series of thin and light notebooks. In fact, when they launched in North America, they weren’t officially known as Timeline machines at all, but the rather more pedestrian model numbers, such as the AS1410, which we took a look at last September. At the time, the AS1410 represented a great value for someone looking for something more powerful than a netbook, without the bulk that a more traditional notebook. Due to the ultra low voltage CPUs in the…

Inception via Donald Duck

August 4, 2010July 30, 2014 Doug Groves Disney, Donald Duck, humor, Inception, Movie Mash Up, photoshop fun, Scrooge McDuck6 Comments

If you’re wondering what this poster is about, blame Videogum. Yesterday, they posted an article about this Scrooge McDuck comic book, which has some startling similarities to Christopher Nolan’s film Inception… Read on if you dare the tongue in cheek spoiler alert…

Three free games, and more, for Playstation Plus subscribers

August 4, 2010August 4, 2010 Doug Groves Capybara Games, Critter Crunch, DLC, free games, Gaming, Kahoots, Playstation Plus, PS3, PSN, Syphon Filter, Toronto1 Comment

During E3 2010, Sony announced Playstation Plus, their paid subscription model to match Xbox LIVE. Since one can already game online for free with PSN, there seemed to be little incentive to pony up the $50 US/year for Playstation Plus, which added the capability to cross game chat, and the promise of exclusive and free content. It looks like Sony has stepped up to the plate on the latter, and is delivering some solid free content to Plus members, including Critter Crunch, from Toronto based Capybara Games. There’s a whole…

Toronto Underground Cinema’s ‘The Rep’ Web Series

August 4, 2010 drsquid canada, Film, The Rep, Toronto, Toronto Underground Cinema, web series, webisodes, webseries1 Comment

Our new favourite Toronto rep cinema, the Toronto Underground Cinema, surprised us a few weeks ago when they released the first episode of their new webseries: That’s right folks! Consider yourselves lucky, for you’ve just stumbled upon a brand new web series shot live on location at The Toronto Underground Cinema. Each month will bring you a new episode about the ups and downs of running a movie theatre, and an inside look at something many of us film fans have thought of doing! Can you think of anything cooler…

EA officially announces Battlefield 3

August 3, 2010August 3, 2010 drsquid Battlefield 3, beta, EA, Gaming, Medal of Honor, MoH, PC games, PC gaming, pre-order, PS3, Xbox 3601 Comment

Taking a page of the Halo book, EA has announced that if you pre-order the Medal of Honor Limited Edition, which is released on October 12, 2010, you’ll get an invitation to the Battlefield 3 beta. This is the first time that EA has formally confirmed that Battlefield 3 is coming, however there was no additional information about the game given. Hopefully EA will release more news about Batttlefield 3 soon — even one really cool screenshot would be good enough for me. On Sunday, they also launched their latest…

Samsung Galaxy S Street Party tomorrow with Mystery Band

August 3, 2010August 3, 2010 drsquid Android, Android 2.1, Bell, canada, event, Galaxy S, google, Metric, Party, Samsung, smartphone, superphone, Vibrant2 Comments

Continuing the hype around the new Bell Samsung Galaxy S phone was the announcement, last week, of a street party happening tomorrow, featuring a mystery band. Summer’s Hottest Street Concert Fast Approaching TORONTO, July 29, 2010 — The secret continues as we approach this summer’s ultimate street party featuring one of Canada’s hottest bands and the new premium Samsung Galaxy S smartphone. It will be good to be mobile on August 4th. What: Street concert event open to the public When: August 4, 2010, show starts at 7:00 p.m. Where:…