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Limbo game review

July 22, 2010July 27, 2010 Doug Groves Achievement perfect, Limbo, Limbo game, Playdead, review, XBLA, Xbox, Xbox 3609 Comments

Unlike most platform puzzle games, Limbo isn’t going to put a smile on your face, unless you have a slightly dark sense of humour. The official summary of the game is “Uncertain of his sister’s fate, a boy enters LIMBO”. Like that austere and sparse description, the game world is full of empty space, leaving a lot of room for the player to imagine the world behind the game, rendered in what can be described as a beautifully layered charcoal sketch, with a silent film era grain. As the boy,…

Google’s Nexus One says goodbye

July 21, 2010 Doug Groves Android, google, HTC, Nexus One1 Comment

Google had already announced that they were going to end their direct sales of the Nexus One to customers some time ago. As of today, the carrier-free unlocked phone is sold out, never to return. Though there are carrier branded versions available in some countries, the real target of the Nexus One was early adopters, looking for the most recent and uncluttered Android interface. To that end, the Nexus One will certainly be getting another round or two of official Android updates. There’s little doubt in my mind that the…

Xbox 360 4G and Kinect priced and bundled

July 20, 2010July 20, 2010 Doug Groves Kinect, Kinect Adventures, Xbox 360, Xbox 360 4GB, Xbox bundle, Xbox Live2 Comments

If you’ve been waiting to get your hands on (or literally hands off, I guess) Kinect, the controller free controller for the Xbox 360, you’re one step closer. Microsoft hass announced a new bundle specifically for Kinect, which includes the new Xbox 360 4GB console, the Kinect sensor and a traditional controller, bundled with the “Kinect Adventures” game, all for $299.99 Canadian. Additionally, the standalone Kinect sensor, bundled with the aforementioned “Kinect Adventures” will be available for $149.99 Canadian. The Xbox 360 4GB model (with 4GB of storage on board)…

Walking Dead dispatches

July 20, 2010 Doug Groves AMC, Comic, Frank Darabont, Gale Anne Hurd, interview, Robert Kirkman, Walking Dead, zombie1 Comment

AMC and the producers of The Walking Dead are managing to keep fans updated on the series production almost daily. In the latest round, there are a couple of notable interviews on the official blog, including one with producer Gale Anne Hurd of The Terminator and Aliens fame, as well as the director of the second episode, Michelle MacLaren (who also directed, among others, the 3rd season opener for the brilliant Breaking Bad). The really good news is that Robert Kirkman, creator of the comic series, appears to be very…

Reminder: Scott Pilgrim Vol. 6 Launch Party Tonight!

July 19, 2010July 19, 2010 drsquid Beguiling, Bryan Lee O'Malley, Hand Eye Society, launch, Oni Press, Party, Scott Pilgrim, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Toronto1 Comment

Just a REMINDER, be sure to attend tonight’s Scott Pilgrim Vol. 6 Launch Party on Markham Street, in Toronto, tonight. More information about the party can be found in our earlier post here. We will be attending, so expect some awesome video footage in the coming days.

Telus officially announces the HTC Desire Android smartphone

July 19, 2010July 19, 2010 drsquid AMOLED, Android, Android 2.1, Android 2.2, canada, Desire, Froyo, google, HTC, Sense UI, smartphone, Sony Super LCD, superphone, Telus2 Comments

Though Canada often seems a step or two behind in getting the latest and greatest smart phones, we’ve recently seen what could be called Superphones (you know, large high-res screens and 1GHz + processors) hitting our shores. Rogers is already carrying the X10 Bell has announced the Galaxy S. Beyond Android, the iPhone 4 will clearly be in this category when released in Canada. [ED Note: I’d put the Acer Liquid E in there as well, given its specs]. The latest announcement, from Telus, is that the HTC Desire will…

Netflix in Canada fall 2010

July 19, 2010 Doug Groves digital distribution, Netflix, subscription service, Zip.ca2 Comments

When it comes to digital content distribution, the United States has had a huge jump on other countries, largely because most of the big distributors have all been US companies. When Netflix first started out, it was a DVD subscription service, but they quickly embraced the digital distribution via subscription model. This has made the company the go-to service for not only movies but television distributed online. After years of expecting a Canadian company would pick up the ball, it appears that Netflix itself has managed to wrangle a deal…

Inception prequel comic online – The Cobol Job

July 19, 2010July 19, 2010 drsquid Christopher Nolan, Comic, Crystal Reid, Inception, Joe Ng, Long Vo, Online, prequel, Toronto, Udon, Udon Comics, web1 Comment

Even though I read about this ‘prequel’ comic before I saw Inception (twice!) this weekend I didn’t read it immediately. You see I was attempting a media blackout of all information about the movie, so I would go into the theater knowing as little as possible about the film. After seeing the film, I can tell you that the comic spoils nothing, especially if you have already seen some the trailers, and know a little about the film’s premise. The comics is written by Jordan Goldberg, one of the co-producers…

Bell launching Samsung Galaxy S Android smartphone soon

July 19, 2010August 23, 2010 drsquid Android, Android 2.1, Android 2.2, Bell, canada, Froyo, Galaxy S, Samsung, smartphone, Super AMOLED, superphone, Vibrant5 Comments

What is a ‘Superphone’? A smartphone with a large high-resolution screen, fast (1 GHz +) processor & HD video capture? If so, then the Sony Ericsson X10 on Rogers, a phone sadly hobbled by its out-of-date OS, could be considered Canada’s first Superphone. The Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant would be the second. Announced earlier this year, and released in Europe at the beginning of June, the Galaxy S was announced on June 29th to be coming to Canada with Bell. This was surprising news to us, since usually Canadians have…

Movie Mash Up – UP Gran Torino

July 17, 2010July 30, 2014 Doug Groves editorial comic, Gran Torino, Movie Mash Up, rgbcomic, UP2 Comments

Is UP just a rip off of Gran Torino? You decide.

iPhone 4 to hit Canada (and elsewhere) July 30th

July 16, 2010 Doug Groves Bell, bumper, Death Grip, iPhone 4, press conference, Rogers, Telus5 Comments

In the iPhone 4 press conference, originally intended to address the Death Grip antenna issue some users are experiencing in the US, Apple also announced that the iPhone 4 will be coming to Canada on July 30th. We can only guess that Bell, Rogers and Telus will all have it launch day, unless Rogers is still the preferred carrier here. As of this writing, all three carriers were still reporting “Coming Soon”. On the antenna issue, when the phone is held ‘that way’, it causes a larger drop in signal…

Crackdown 2 review

July 16, 2010July 16, 2010 Doug Groves Billy Thomson, Crackdown 2, review, Ruffian Games, Xbox 360, Xbox Live1 Comment

When we got an early hands-on with Crackdown 2 back in May, I was enamoured with the game. You see, I was a huge fan of the original, and everything seemed in place to make Crackdown 2 bigger and better. In a lot of ways, Ruffian Games did build upon the original, but in their quest for pure gameplay, I couldn’t help but feel something was lacking.