Video games which coincide with movies are notoriously awful; luckily Transformers: War for Cybertron has nothing to do with Michael Bay’s take on the long-running, toy-selling series. In Cybertron, you play as either the good guys (Autobots) or the baddies (Decepticons). The campaign is long and varied enough to keep you hooked for about 15 […]
Colin Chisholm
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Let’s Golf 3D
Nintendo’s eShop, on its 3DS platform, is probably one of the best examples of how to run a digital download store. One of the best games available there is Let’s Golf 3D. Using simple, but fun controls you command a variety of upgradable characters while golfing through unique courses from England to ancient Greece. Sometimes […]
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Haven Season One
Haven is like CSI meets The Twilight Zone. Haven, Maine—actually Lunenburg—is a small town with lots of bizarre things going on, from freak weather to psychic neighbours to people who draw voodoo dolls. The weirdest and most unbelievable part of this town is that nobody seems to care or notice. That is until FBI agent […]
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Video game tournaments in Halifax
The Last Game Store, located in Clayton Park, is part-video game retailer, part-electronic museum. Along the ceiling is a history of consoles, from a ColecoVision to the Xbox 360’s ill-fated HD-DVD drive, and on the floor an assortment of arcade machines. It’s obvious a lot of love and care was put into the vibe of […]
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Jetpack Joyride (Halfbrick)
From the creators of the popular Fruit Ninja comes something completely different, Jetpack Joyride. Remember the helicopter game, or other runner games where you just have to take off to your right at progressively faster speeds, while avoiding obstacles and collecting points? Jetpack Joyride is like that but with far deeper implications. The entire game […]
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From Dust (Ubisoft)
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. The game centers around a tribe which needs a safe haven in the tempest of a cruel Earth. Tsunamis, volcanoes, shifting land, it’s not easy for these nomads, which is why they call upon you, “the breath.” You follow a group of mysterious wanderers who are searching for “the […]
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Mouse Bros
Mouse Bros is a fun, easy-to-play game that harkens back to a simpler time when things like stories and HD graphics were a long way off. Controlling a jumping mouse (or mice), your goal is to catch food that dangles off of hooks while dodging incoming bad guys like bees, planes and bombs. By tilting […]
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Game Radiator launches Mouse Bros.
Got an iPhone? How about .99 cents left on your credit card? Then check out the premier title from Game Radiator, entitled Mouse Bros. This Halifax-based independent game developer needs to get noticed for their app to become successful and expand their operation. Mouse Bros. was created by just two people: Steven Brown and Dave […]
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Bailing out or failing out of university
Fred: “George, I think we’ve outgrown full-time education…Time to test our talents in the real world, d’you reckon?” George: “Definitely.” Fred and George Weasley are an interesting pair of wizards in the Harry Potter universe, but one thing makes them stand out from most of the other characters: They never graduate from Hogwarts. The twins […]
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The stereotypes and facts about Halifax universities and colleges
The Sorting Hat sits atop every first year that enters Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and determines to which of the four houses they belong. It is a mysterious item and takes the student’s traits, feelings and even their desires into account. In real life, there’s no sorting hat to tell you where to […]
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Star Wars: Empire At War
An oldie but a goodie, Star Wars: Empire at War, is now available at the Mac App Store and nobody should pass on this thrilling real-time strategy game. The game takes place in that galaxy far, far away between episodes III and IV—you can play as either the Rebellion or the Empire. If you don’t feel […]
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Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars
What happens when you take one of the best first-person shooter franchises and make it into a tactical RPG? Good things, apparently. You command a team of ghosts, super hi-tech soldiers who are in Kazakhstan attempting to foil a plot by an ultranationalist Russian political party. Did I mention this is under the Tom Clancy […]