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Those who slackline are commonly referred to as “slackers.” The name couldn’t be more fitting; slacklining is relaxing, easy to get into and best done with friends in the sun. If you want to give it a try, the folks at Mountain Equipment Co-op (1550 Granville St, 421-2667) can set you up with a slackline […]

Halifax, get ready to pry behind closed doors. Doors Open Halifax is allowing Haligonians to venture behind the doors of Halifax buildings with social or historical significance that are not usually open to the public. On June 8 and 9 from 10am to 4pm, people will have the freedom to explore buildings such as City […]

Halifax, ditch those old threads and get all dressed up at a live auction and fashion show that will provide guests with the perfect chance to help out a great charity, while simultaneously upgrading their wardrobe. Auctioning off more than 75 designer dresses and 20 pairs of designer shoes from the likes of Badgley Mischka, […]

Aliens: Colonial Marines has a lot going for it. It has one of the best developers around, a great framework to build on and actually designed to be official Aliens canon. But it fails in one key aspect: the gameplay. The shooting mechanics are clunky. The controls feel outdated and Xenomorphs just blandly pop out […]

It’s Monday night, and the folks in charge of Geeks versus Nerds, a monthly live pop-culture debate, are curled up on couches in a cozy west-end living room for their weekly team meeting. There’s a cabinet in the corner of the room packed with VHS tapes, figurines and board games, and on the table, there […]

Perhaps one of the most unusually entertaining launch games for the WiiU’s eShop (also available on Mac and PCs), Little Inferno is a fascinating art project as much as it is a game.The entire experience is set in front of a fireplace, in which the user burns things like toys, food or completely unexpected objects. […]

Mario’s back again to help kick off Nintendo’s shiny new console, however instead of coming off as a stale rehash as New Super Mario Bros. 2 did on the 3DS, this platformer introduces fresh new ideas that reinvigorate the tried and true formula. This is another 2D Mario game—so you’ll be running and jumping on […]

Authors have always tackled with the idea of insanity. Whether Lewis Carroll or Joseph Conrad, insanity has always been present in literature. Far Cry 3 is the first game to truly attack this idea and succeed. Throughout the amazingly open single player campaign you will guide Jason (typical bro) from lost vacationer to a man […]

Rayman Jungle Run takes the beautiful hand-drawn art style of Rayman Origins and puts it on your phone or tablet. It’s not quite as deep as the console experience, but it’s still worth that app store gift card your aunt gave you for Christmas. Rather than moving around the environment as you please, Rayman is […]

With a different take on the tower defense genre, Amazon’s first foray into making games is fun, if you’re playing on a tablet and not a phone. The goal of the game is to fight back waves of enemies attempting to reach your base on a set path. But instead of building towers strategically in […]

In 2010, 24-year old NSCAD graduate Hangama Amiri returned to her hometown of Kabul, Afghanistan after 17 years. She spent time with local women, listened to their stories and took these conversations back to Canada. Amiri put these women and their stories to canvas in a project called The Wind-Up Dolls of Kabul—a project that […]

The shiny new Nintendo console is out, and there’s no better way to show it off than the NintendoLand compilation. A collection of 12 mini-games illustrates how the WiiU’s controller, the touch-screen, motion enabled quasi-tablet works. And it works pretty well. The game is at it’s best when you’re playing with a group (who use […]