rgbFilter is celebrating the release of the game by giving away two copies of Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty, in conjunction with Future Shop. Just leave a comment after the break, and we will randomly pick the winners.The entries have been tallied! Congratulations to unokilo321 and heimp!
Read MoreUPDATE – According to MobileSyrup, the Telus Galaxy in question is actually going to be the mid-range Galaxy Apollo. Hopes dashed. When Samsung announced the launch in Canada of the Galaxy S ‘Superphone’, on Bell, they also said that “Canadian consumers can anticipate the release of additional Galaxy S smartphones throughout the rest of 2010.” Well, it looks like Telus might be the first carrier to have one of these ‘additional’ Galaxy S phones. On Howard Forums, one of the internet’s best discussion groups for phone geeks, the image above…
Read MoreOn Monday night we attended the Scott Pilgrim’s Finest Hour (vol.6) Launch Party, and while I knew that the comic was popular, I didn’t expect to see so many people crowding Markham Street, waiting for the book, and their hero, Bryan Lee O’Malley to sign it. If you are not too familiar with Scott Pilgrim, it is a manga inspired-comic set in Toronto, starring the titular Scott Pilgrim and his efforts to win, and keep, his dream girl, Ramona Flowers by battling her seven ‘evil exes’. Since the first issue…
Read MoreJust 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.
Read MoreEven 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…
Read MoreTo celebrate the long awaited launch of the final volume in the Epic Scott Pilgrim comic book series (soon to be a major motion picture, and video game by Ubisoft), the Beguiling comic store in Toronto is taking over Markham Street, all night long, to hold an amazing launch party. Along with an appearance by author Bryan Lee O’Malley, who will be on-hand to sign copies of the book at midnight, there will be other amazing events, such as live music, and an indie gaming arcade presented by, the Hand…
Read MoreA few days ago Christopher Butcher, the TCAF Festival Director & Co-Founder, posted his festival wrap-up on the TCAF website, Torontocomics.com. In this he thanks everyone who attended, and “some of the organizations and individuals who worked to make TCAF 2010 such an unprecedented success”. We can attest to this — this year’s TCAF was the best ever, and you can see all our coverage here. However the biggest news in his post was the announcement that the Festival would be returning in 2011, and would be occurring annually from…
Read MoreIt was a different world when Toronto’s NXNE (North By Northwest don’t you know) started out in 1994 as a music festival, based on the model by sister event SXSW (South By Southwest, natch). Even in the early days, NXNE was an ambitious affair with dozens of venues and enough bands, and music lovers, to fill them up. Since then the festival has grown and evolved, adding the film component in 2001, and most recently introducing NXNE interactive. Although nothing so big is expected here, it was at SXSW interactive…
Read MoreThe Toronto Hand Eye Society, a “not-for-profit coalition of projects and people in support of Toronto’s videogame communities”, is holding their third social of 2010, at Unit Bar, 1198 Queen West. In addition to having a presentation by Brandon Boyer, founder of Offworld, contributing editor of Boing Boing & newly appointed IGF Chairman, the Society just announced that indie game artist Mark Essen will also be attending: Mark Essen Hoffman aka MESSHOF, a bona fide indie videogame rockstar & educator, will be rocking Unit Bar this Thursday alongside Mr. Boyer….
Read MoreIt’s been a couple of years after the Canadian wireless spectrum auction, and the floodgates have really started to open up, at least in Canada’s most populous city. Public Mobile is the latest new entrant in the wireless carrier race to go live with their service. Unlike other newcomers like Wind Mobile and Mobilicity, there’s no data plans to be seen, but if all you want is talk and text, they offer some compelling plans. Public Mobile started with a $40 unlimited talk and text plan, which allowed you to…
Read MoreThe Toronto Underground Cinema, formerly the Golden Classics Cinema, on 186 Spadina Ave, is having an opening night FREE double bill of Clue, and Big Trouble in Little China! This new cinema is run by former employees of the Bloor cinema, who left to open a theatre that focused more on ‘cult classics, seldom-seen treasures, popular favourites, and whatever else kicks cinematic ass.’ Opening night is Friday, May 14th, and will be celebrated with a double bill that highlights the Underground’s ethos: 7:00 — Clue (1985): Based on the Hasbro…
Read MoreOn Day 2 we returned to Toronto Comics Arts Festival to talk to some more of the very talented writers and artists in attendance. We managed to get interviews with some great webcomic artists, like Ryan North, creator of Dinosaur Comics, Emily Horne and Joey Comeau of a softer world, Brandon Bird, and David Malki of Wondermark. We also talked to Jim Munroe, of nomediakings, writer of the ‘post-Rapture graphic novel’ Sword of My Mouth. Lastly, in a bizarro finale to the show, Alex interviewed Evan Dorkin, creator of Hectic…
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