This article has nothing to do with video games, and for that, please forgive me. i was enrolled in a bona fide University at one point in my life working toward a degree in Cultural Studies before Opportunity knocked and suggest i actually do something with my life instead. Here’s what my ramblings could have [...] Keep Reading

i introduced myself to residents at the Canadian Film Centre Media Lab this week, by telling them about my background making web games for a Canadian broadcaster. i said that after my tenure there, i had over fifty games to my name … and then i paused. “To my name.” i corrected myself – i [...] Keep Reading

Virtual Worlds News reports today that the a new Federal Trade Commission study finds “explicit sexual content” in virtual worlds for kids and teens. Like prudish moms scouring books in the elementary school library for cuss words so that they can kick up a book-burning bonfire, the FTC has gone searching for offensive content and [...] Keep Reading

Earlier this week i played a Flash game called Continuity. The game is a clever mash-up of a platformer and a slider puzzle. You have to re-order segments of the level to get your stickman to the key(s), and then the door. Go play it. i’ll wait right here. Continuity is a student project (JEALOUS!), [...] Keep Reading

Get Set Games was recently formed by a number of talented Toronto game developers, and Rob Segal. i met most of these fellas through TOJam, an annual create-a-game-in-a-weekend expo, which i maintain is the lifeblood of the indie game industry here in the Big Smoke. At the second TOJam, these guys were responsible for a [...] Keep Reading