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Jim Shaw is mad as Hell, and he’s not gonna take it anymore. (ish.)

November 20, 2009November 22, 2009 Danny X CRTC, Fee for Carriage, Rogers, Shaw1 Comment

The world needs more Jim Shaws. The outspoken CEO of Shaw Communications was quoted in Marketing Magazine today as being “sick of the debate” regarding fee for carriage. “It is time to stop this debate and move forward,” he said. Shaw not only opposes the concept of Fee for Carriage, but also calls the CRTC out on its seeming inability to stick to its guns. “I thought you guys made the decision and you should stick to it,” said Shaw of the CRTC’s earlier decisions to oppose fee for carriage….

Left 4 Dead 2 is out, and is all that and more

November 18, 2009 drsquid Left 4 Dead, PC, Steam, Valve, Xbox 3604 Comments

Valve unlocked Left for Dead 2 at midnight, on November 17th, for those who pre-ordered, and pre-loaded the game. I somehow forgot this fact, despite having done the former and latter, so the first thing I did when I got home tonight was play the game. Though I have only had time to play a for few hours, it’s defintely going to be my new gaming addiction. As said, in our review of the demo, L4D 2 takes all that you loved from the first game (you did buy the…

8 bit Left 4 Dead. I don’t think Nintendo would have released this…

November 18, 2009 drsquid classic gaming, indie gaming, Left 4 Dead, NES, PC0 comment

This, believe it or not, is a real game, coming from EricRuthGames early next year. The flagship title of the PixelForce NES de-makes is Valve’s Left 4 Dead. This game play footage gives you an idea of what the project looks like in action and how it plays. As you can see, it’s a standard top-down 4 directional action/shooter. Remade in the NES retro style, the resolution is at 256 x 240 and features 16 colors and a 4 sound channel soundtrack. Now, let’s just get this out of the…

Amazon Kindle available in Canada

November 17, 2009 Doug Groves Amazon, Kindle2 Comments

Amazon has announced that the Kindle ebook reader is now available in Canada, which bring an integrated ebook reading experience to the market. Besides books, Canada will have wireless access to over 90 newspapers on a single use or subscription basis. In the US, customers can browse and buy books directly through the device using a 3G connection, for a fee of 10 cents per book. There is a similar deal with one of Canadas wireless carriers, but as of yet that carrier hasn’t been announced. If you’re interested in…

Boxee Media Center Beta arrives Dec 7

November 6, 2009November 6, 2009 Doug Groves beta, Boxee, event, Linux, Mac OS X, Windows0 comment

Boxee, the social media connected media center, is having a beta reveal party on December 7, 2009. The software has been in alpha for the past year or so, and brings a wealth of online content to the living room interface, whether you’re running Windows, Linux, Mac or Apple TV. From the annoucement: At the event we will demo the new Beta, launch new applications from partners and start a 4-weeks early-access for users to test the Beta before we release it to the public at CES on Jan 7th….

Assassin’s Creed: Lineage Part 1 short film online

October 27, 2009 Doug Groves Assassin's Creed II, Hybride, PC games, PS3, Ubisoft, Xbox 3601 Comment

Remember when Ubisoft bought Hybride, the Montreal based studio that did effects work for Sin City, 300 and other films? Besides continuing work on film effects, one of the fruits of that purchase is now available to watch online, in the form of Assassin’s Creed: Lineage. There’s also a good interview with Ubisoft’s UK marketing director talking about the convergence of games and film… “So the beauty of something like Lineage is that it allows us to take a lot of the assets developed for the in-game engine and create…

Play Left 4 Dead 2 demo tomorrow if you preorder

October 26, 2009 Doug Groves demo, L4D, L4D2, Left 4 Dead0 comment

There’s no secret that some of us here are huge fans of the zombie-blasting multi-player game Left 4 Dead, proving an exception to the Max Brooks rule. You can see why this is of some import to those of us who just don’t want to wait until November 17th to get our melee-style zombie smashing on. There’s been a couple of noteworthy items, the first being… Those who have pre-purchased Left 4 Dead 2 via Steam may now pre-load the game demo, which is due to launch for early access…

HULU might start charging for content.

October 26, 2009October 26, 2009 Danny X Hulu2 Comments

HULU, the online ad-supported content provider that provides streaming content from FOX, NBC and Disney for free, may start charging for content as early as next year. Chase Carey, deputy chairman of HULU’s parent company News Corp., discussed the future of the company’s model at the B&C OnScreen Summit recently, saying “It’s time to start getting paid for broadcast content online”.

Toronto Zombie Walk and Hallowe’en Closing In

October 23, 2009 Doug Groves event, Halloween, make up, tip, zombie walk4 Comments

The Toronto Zombie Walk is only a day away (Saturday Oct 24, 2009), and Hallowe’en -the best holiday of the year! – is just around the corner, so for anyone thinking of really ghouling it up for the events, I thought I’d pass on some most excellent make-up tips I’ve run across via Instuctables … don’t worry, no gory picture until you click on…

Canadian Copyright Reform… uhm… stuff

October 21, 2009October 21, 2009 Doug Groves comedy, copyright, CRIA, CRTC, Hulu2 Comments

The above clip from This Hour Has 22 Minutes (from Oct 20, 2009) is a great bit about the fears of new technologies and their impact on the recording and television industry. Of course, the fears of new technology destroying the living of artists stretches all the way back to the player piano. Somehow we’ve managed to survive this far… In other news, the Globe and Mail today has an interesting article about how Canadians are being left out in the cold (no ‘snow’ wisecracks please) when it comes to…

It’s Rogers vs Rogers and Bell vs Bell at the CRTC

October 16, 2009 Doug Groves Bell, canada, CRTC, Rogers0 comment

Sometimes when you start researching and writing, it’ll take you to unexpected places. Those places could be far off lands only tangentially related to your initial interest (thanks to Wikipedia), or keep you focused on the matter at hand, while consolidating your position. The latter is true in the case of this article, which I thought was going to be just a bit of information on the CRTC Fee For Carriage (FFC) issue, which a couple of jabs at the ridiculous PSAs both sides are showing. It became something different……

This video just Blu my mind

October 8, 2009October 8, 2009 Danny X animation, Blu, MUTO3 Comments

Argentinian graffiti artist Blu, who made waves a couple of years ago with his breakout animation MUTO, is back, and he’s not alone. This time he’s teamed up with American artist David Ellis to create COMBO, an expansive work that uses not only paint and ink, but the building itself as a medium rather than just a canvas. It’s a brilliant vision brought to life through decidedly old-skool means. From Designboom: the latest BLU animation was made at the fame festival in southern italy. the animated graffiti took over a…