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The Short Story is Not Dead!

October 26, 2010October 27, 2010 Pete Chapman book, David Malki, Dinosaur Comics, eBook, indie publishing, Machine of Death, Ryan North, webcomics, Wondermark4 Comments

Book Publishing D.I.Y. Yes, these guys want you to buy their book…today. A flash mob bestseller…can it be done? Taking their cues from the indie comic publishers, a brave band of editors, writers and illustrators are launching a short story anthology, “Machine of Death“, to make a point to the big publishing guys. Read any good books lately? If not, then check out the MoD site for an entertaining rant about why that might be. Originally inspired by an episode of Ryan North’s Dinosaur Comics, MoD is edited by North,…

Fallout New Vegas Review

October 26, 2010November 1, 2010 Raj Bethesda Softworks, Fallout, Fallout New Vegas, Microsoft, ohmpage.ca, PC gaming, PS3, review, Sony, Xbox5 Comments

Two years ago we fell in love with Fallout 3. It was a marvelously rich experience full of atmosphere and wonder. Now the wasteland is back with Fallout: New Vegas from Obsidian Entertainment. In this new title we’re transplanted to the west in and around what was once Las Vegas before the nuclear war. There is a lot to explore here so we’d better get started. It’s difficult to review this title without comparing it directly with Fallout 3. They have so much in common that playing Fallout New Vegas,…

Arts Film video

Halloween Video Playlist-3

October 23, 2010October 26, 2010 Pete Chapman Blue Velvet, creepy, David Lynch, Fleischer Brothers, Halloween1 Comment

Everyone can knock off a list of their favourite horror films including the people who swear up and down that they can’t stand the genre. Everyone has something that creeps them out throughly and somewhere in all of the thousands of miles of footage, from the Lumiere brothers first experiments to what’s playing at the cineplex this Friday, there are moments that “get” even the most jaded and discerning filmgoer. People love to share these moments as much as clips of baby’s first steps or cute stunts their cat does…

Halo Ballet: Dance Dance Evolved?

October 22, 2010October 25, 2010 Doug Groves Bungie, Halo, Halorinas. Xbox 360, machinima, modern dance, The Music Gallery1 Comment

Miguel of Spooky Squid fame just passed on this link to the premiere of the Halo Ballet. Yes, as in the Bungie developed video game. This Sunday at The Music Gallery in Toronto, modern dancers will perform live choreographed machinima via networked Xbox 360s. X AVANT Festival — “Dance Dance Revolution™” featuring Halo Ballet™ + The Aperghis Suite + The Plunder Suite Modern dancers take on John Oswald, Georges Aperghis and the Halo™ video game environment Halo™ Ballet: Inspired by machinima — the repurposing of 3D graphics engines from video games…

Gamercamp Lv2 – For Love Of The Game

October 21, 2010October 26, 2010 Doug Groves Brandon Boyer, event, Gamercamp, Gamercamp Lv2, Hand Eye Society, Mathew Kumar, Toronto, TORONTRON2 Comments

Gamercamp Lv2 marks the return of the festival that celebrates indie gaming in Toronto. Last years inaugural event sold out, and this year looks like it’s going to be even bigger. Spanning 2 days, Gamercamp kicks off at the Toronto Underground Cinema with a number of keynotes from developers and some short films on video games, curated by Brandon Boyer. Gamercamp 2010 is jammed with badassery: over two days, we’ve got 25 speakers, blazing new demos, 3 arcades including the amazing Torontrons created by Hand Eye, and even a PJs…

2010 Toronto Zombie Walk – UPDATED

October 20, 2010October 23, 2010 Doug Groves Bloor Cinema, event, GWAR, Oderus Urungus, Return of the Living Dead, The Von Drats, Toronto, Toronto Zombie Walk, zombie walk0 comment

Just a friendly reminder that the 8th annual Toronto Zombie Walk is only a few days away, starting Saturday October 23rd at pm. The mass of undead corpses seems to grow every year, and with that, the Zombie Walk now requires registration (online registration now closed – see the site for in-person registration), mainly for city logistics purposes. Although you can register on the day, your best bet is to register in advance to save time before the event. If my number is any indicator, they’ve already surpassed 6000 officially…

Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood multiplayer interview

October 19, 2010October 22, 2010 Doug Groves Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, Christophe Grandjean, DLC, interview, Microsoft, multiplayer, PC gaming, PS3, Sony, Ubisoft, Ubisoft Montreal, Xbox 3600 comment

Now that PS3 owners have had the pleasure of trying out the Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood multiplayer demo, Ubisoft has taken to showing off the different modes more openly, and discussing their plans going forward. The main challenge in multiplayer was to find game modes that actually work with the franchise. To keep in the spirit of the franchise, the players are actually Templars training in the Animus, running through various simulations, which represent the different multiplayer modes. We had a chance to talk with Christophe Grandjean of Ubisoft Montreal about…

Zombie Satellite Galaxy 15 -ALERT!!!!

October 19, 2010October 20, 2010 Pete Chapman rogue, satellite, sice, space.com3 Comments

Zombie Satellite Galaxy 15 is not: -an early Eighties Italian/German Alien knock-off starring Klaus Kinski and Udo Kier with a dubbing script written by John Shirley. -an Anime series based on a Manga series with a huge, rabid, cult fan base but you’ve never heard of it because the American translated version is called “Undead Space Cadet Zero“. -a Sigue Sigue Sputnik/ Powerman 5000 mash-up, tribute band that played at the Bovine Sex Club: once. The set lasted fifteen minutes but it was awesome. No, Zombie Satellite Galaxy 15 is…

SwagBag winner announced

October 19, 2010October 22, 2010 Doug Groves Caanan Grall, Camilla derrico, Fan Expo, Fan Expo 2010, Max Overacts, Nick Thornborrow, Robert Kirkman, Snakors Pizza, swag bag, Swag Bag 2010, SwagBag 2010, Tanpopo, The Anthology Project, The Chubby Bounty Hunter, The Walking Dead, Uyugomiak, winner1 Comment

We’ve taken all the entries from the site, Twitter and Facebook, put them in the hopper, and asked random.org to give us an answer. The SwagBag goes out to Matthew Goddard, who appears to have found us via The Comic Warehouse, from his comment. Congrats Matthew, and we’ll be in touch shortly. Here’s a list of what Matthew has won: The Waking Dead: Days Gone Bye trade paperback, to get prepped for the launch of the AMC series, and just one of the best ongoing comic series in recent memory….

Review: Metroid – Other M

October 14, 2010October 19, 2010 Raj Metroid, Metroid Other M, Nintendo, ohmpage, Raj Patel, review, Wii2 Comments

The latest game in the long-running Metroid series is finally out, and for the first time it’s been created by Team Ninja of Ninja Gaiden fame. Other M is a direct continuation of Super Metroid, and it doesn’t skip a beat. Tying back to the classic game goes beyond merely connecting the dots narratively though, Team Ninja is tries to evoke many of the original aspects while mixing them with new elements to create something different. It’s an ambitious throwback with a melange of game mechanics from the older two-dimensional…

Return of the SwagBag Giveaway – UPDATED

October 13, 2010October 19, 2010 Doug Groves Caanan Grall, Camilla derrico, Fan Expo 2010, Max Overacts, Nick Thornborrow, Robert Kirkman, Snakors Pizza, swag bag, Swag Bag 2010, Tanpopo, The Anthology Project, The Chubby Bounty Hunter, The Walking Dead, Uyugomiak14 Comments

Reviews are in and interviews have been posted, which means our Fan Expo 2010 coverage has wrapped. If you didn’t get a chance to go this year, see our full Fan Expo 2010 coverage for interviews, reviews and more. It’s like going to the convention without a four hour lineup and the fire marshal locking you out! Best of all, do it from home in your underwear. The one thing you DON’T get out of virtual conventions is swag. Lots of wonderful swag. We can fix that too!

Fable III “Revolution” trailer launches

October 13, 2010October 15, 2010 Doug Groves Fable III, josh atkins, Lionhead Studios, trailer0 comment

In less than two weeks (or Oct 26), Fable III launches for the Xbox 360, continuing the adventures in Albion. This time, your character plays a revolutionary who becomes leader, and the decisions you make along the way. In our in-depth interview with Lionhead creative director Josh Atkins, he mentions that one of the goals of the game was to have the players actually put down the controls to consider their moral decisions. The trailer itself eschews gameplay to focus on the atmosphere of the game. The combination of music…