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Thursday, April 10 Board Game Day Over 100 games to choose from, fall in love with something new. 5:30pm, Games People Play, 1587 Barrington Street, 444-4003 Magic Legacy Format An “eternal” format, play cards from all legal sets but with a power cap. 6pm, The Monster Comic Lounge, 2089 Gottingen Street, 429-2398 Hero Clix Construct […]

Have you always been a big gamer? Yep, I’ve always had games in my life in one way or another. When did the jump from playing games to creating them come to you? Pretty early on. I remember playing a simple world map adventure game as a kid and thinking how cool it would be […]

The latest installment continues the tradition of bringing the beloved trading card game to the virtual space. For 2014, the game is smoother and easier to use with exciting new decks and creatures to play with. The brutally long loading times of previous versions aren’t as taxing, and everything flows with a little more ease, […]

You might be getting sick of Assassin’s Creed, and I don’t blame you. Another guy in a white hood stalking and killing Templars—who cares? Luckily, Black Flag mixes up the formula enough to really invigourate the series. Set during the golden age of piracy in the Caribbean, you play as Edward Kenway, who grapples with […]

You show up at your parents’ home after returning from a flight abroad, but nobody’s there. It’s up to you to find out what’s happened by examining clues and diary entries left behind by the occupants, your family. Although it may sound like the set-up to a thriller, Gone Home is a first-person interactive adventure […]

Mario who? Despite multiple releases in 2013, Nintendo’s plumber platformers Mario and Luigi haven’t reached the heights that Ubisoft’s limbless hero Rayman has. Rayman Legends takes running and jumping, flips it on its head and injects a beautiful style that saturates the senses. From placid early levels to enraging challenging stages later on, this is […]

Developer Firaxis already had a major winner with Xcom: Enemy Unknown, but has made it into near tactical perfection with the standalone expansion pack—Xcom: Enemy Within. Although adding on new mechanics, levels and stages— improving the game tenfold—then charging full price for it again might rub some people the wrong way. But if you’ve never […]

The game where “you gotta catch ’em all” is back and its finest form in years. Gone are the 2D sprites of yesteryear—in their place, fully fleshed out characters and a world worth exploring. The story is what you’ve come to expect, if you’ve played any Pokémon game before. Starting as a budding trainer, you […]

The Viking buckles under the weight of his armour, stunted by a fast blow to the thigh; his opponent, the Roman, also drops to his knees. The fight is now fair. Shields crash together, swords slice the air and lords in waiting cheer the victor: the nobility of the Barony of Ruantallan battle one-on-one for […]

Deadpool as a character was ripe to receive his own video game; the brash, fourth wall-breaking, self-referential anti-hero is true to form with his constant quips. Though this crass humour may not hit with everyone, it’s what fans of the “merc with the mouth” is used to. Behind all this attitude lies a bland and […]

Blood Dragon is exactly what happens when developers are allowed to have complete creative control and let their imaginations go crazy. Utilizing the exact same mechanics as Far Cry 3 (actual copy of Far Cry 3 is not needed to download this), Blood Dragon drops the player into the shoes of Rex Colt, a cyber-solider […]

Remember Me poises intriguing extensional questions that, as a society, we are just scratching the surface of. Specifically memories in a growing world of social media and connection. As Nilin, you explore the world of Neo-Paris in the year 2084 on a mission to get your lost memories back. Remember Me is set in a […]