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GoldenEye 007 is a revisiting of the first person shooter that started it all. GoldenEye for the N64 has a special place in many gamers’ hearts, but this re-imagining comes up short. The game is quite different than the original—it keeps some of the same motifs from its predecessor, but this is a complete retrofit. […]

StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty is the first part of an epic trilogy years in the making. The original StarCraft was one of the most successful real-time strategy games of all time, responsible for many sleepless nights. You take control of Terran, Protoss or Zerg forces as you gather resources, build an army and wreak […]

The first downloadable add-on to Call of Duty: Black Ops, First Strike, is a decent addition of content for those who spend countless hours online shooting each other, but for more casual players—hang on to your 1,200 Microsoft Points. In First Strike, which seems to imply that this is the first of many map packs […]

Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit takes the racing series back to its roots and in most ways succeeds. Players can select from a wide range of vehicles, from a sturdy Subaru Impreza to a Lamborghini. However, it wouldn’t be fair to race cars that diverse against each other, so the vehicles are split up into […]

The latest in the Call of Duty franchise, Black Ops, is full of intense shooting, a multiplayer component that will keep you up at night and a storyline Tom Clancy would be proud of. There are three modes of gameplay to engage in: campaign, multiplayer and zombies. Yep, a zombies mode. The campaign is a […]

The fashionable people of NSCAD are ending their fall semester on the catwalk. Thirteen student designers under the direction of instructor Gary Markle will show off their handcrafted collections and offer a peek at the caliber of work coming out of the growing fashion program. Student coordinator and designer Alison May Crozier, whose five piece […]

If you grew up in the early ’90s, chances are you owned one of Super Nintendo’s Donkey Kong Country video games. Released by Rare in 1994, Donkey Kong Country became one of the standout titles for the SNES by mixing fluid graphics, thought-provoking gameplay and game physics that gave weight to the cartoon gorilla. Donkey […]

Lisa Drader-Murphy is no stranger to celebrity—the talented designer is a local one herself. But that doesn’t mean she can’t be star-struck. At the Toronto International Film Festival gifting suite, she met Michael Sucsy, director of HBO’s Grey Gardens remake. “I was such a fan of that movie that I had designed a dress called […]

Stillness fills the inside of St. John’s United Church, a large red-brick building at the corner of Windsor and Willow streets. The church was closed two years ago when structural and environmental assessments concluded the building was beyond repair. Worshippers now assemble at the nearby Maritime Conservatory. Louisa Horne and Heather Bown have returned to […]

Halo is a lot like mac ’n’ cheese. Everybody eats it, it always tastes the same and is sure to fill. Where things get interesting is when you start throwing in new ingredients. Make it spicy: add hot Italian sausage and jalapenos. Make it romantic: add lobster, shallots and a blend of fine cheeses. This […]

Each year for the past five, the First Voices Project has brought Aboriginal youth from Canada, Botswana, the Philippines, Guatemala, Chile and Honduras together for 10 days to share their stories and connect through art. This Saturday, both new participants and alumni are gathering for their last event—and sharing it with the community. “This year, […]

Holy Cross Cemetery was founded in 1843 and it’s been falling apart ever since. The Irish-Catholic cemetery lies in disrepair on a hill in the south end of Halifax. Tombstones have toppled over, sunk into the earth or lie in pieces on the ground like broken china. A sign near the entrance proclaims: “Warning: Gravestones […]