Sissy’s Magical Ponycorn Adventure, the weekend-long game i co-authored with my five-year-old daughter Cassandra, has proven to be noteworthy, but not awardworthy. After being an Indiecade finalist and a Mochis nominee, Ponycorns has suffered two more awards show defeats. Last night at the Canadian Videogame Awards, in addition to losing the Best New Character award [...] Keep Reading

We’re tickled to announce that Sissy’s Magical Ponycorn Adventure is a finalist for TWO categories in the Canadian Videogame Awards! Yaaaaaaayyyyy!!! Ponycorns has placed in the following categories: Best Social/Casual Game Best New Character (Sissy) With the launch of Sissy’s Magical Ponycorn Adventure on the Apple iPad and Blackberry Playbook last June, 5-year-old Cassandra Creighton [...] Keep Reading

In 2010, Canada overtook the UK as the world’s third-largest video game developer, thanks in large part to an ecosystem of government grants and tax breaks. This support has angered some critics who see it as wasteful government spending, but smart people know which way the wind blows: since we don’t manufacture things any more, [...] Keep Reading

1. Getting the Babel Fish into Your Ear The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, 1984 Probably the most well-known puzzle of any on the list, the babel fish puzzle is renowned for walking the fine line between fun frustration (or “funstration”), and pure seething evil. Displaced Earthling Arthur Dent has been zapped aboard a hostile [...] Keep Reading

One of the areas in which graphic adventure games have most other games beat is that they’re actually funny. Reliant on plot, character, and writing in general, graphic adventure games have provided some of the most solid laughs in video game history. These moments have stuck with me through the years, and are as funny [...] Keep Reading