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Ghoulish Gaming: 13 Games to Play with the Lights On

October 29, 2014

Whether you are a video gamer, role-player, or dice roller, here are 13 games (in no particular order) that have what you need for many hours of petrifying playing this spooky Halloween gaming season.

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My Extra Life 2014 Game Marathon

October 27, 2014

There has been a lot of negativity and poison within gaming culture of late, but on October 25th, over 40,000 gamers set all that aside to do what we do best in a 24-hour gaming marathon in support of Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. I am so very thankful to friends and family who ...

Comics

Kickstarter of the Week: Final Empire

October 24, 2014

Arena Mode and Assault or Attrition were the top funded books in the Kickstarter: fiction category. Now the science fiction superhero series comes to its epic conclusion in Blake Northcott‘s Final Empire. “It’s intimidating to throw your heart and soul into an idea and then release ...

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Extra Life 2014: When Rage Quits Really Can Save Lives

October 19, 2014

Other than pesky colds and the occasional flu (damn you, back to school germs!), my kids are fairly healthy, and for this, I am extremely thankful. But my heart forever goes out to the children and parents who are not so fortunate which is why, for the third year running, I’ll be ...

Comics

Addicted to Ladies Night

October 18, 2014

I’m sure it was Fate, that blustery, not quite spring day, when my friend and I ventured off to Toronto Comic Con. I was determined to find a copy of Jeremy Whitley’s Princeless, but none of the vendors had heard of it — until I got to Comic Book Addiction. Yes, we love Princeless, they ...

Comics

Review: Thor #1

October 15, 2014

Thor #1 Jason Aaron (writer), Russell Dautermann (art) Marvel Comics October 1, 2014 Thor is no longer worthy, and the fact that his replacement will be a female has been hyped for a few months now. Time to see if this hype pays off. If you were following Marvel’s recent epic crossover ...

Comics

Review: Rat Queens #8

October 14, 2014

Rat Queens #8 Kurtis J. Wiebe (writer), Roc Upchurch (art/colours) Image Comics | Shadowline Productions October 2014 Apparently Wiebe went and had himself a baby girl, Willow Kate—so I suppose we can forgive him for the delay in getting Rat Queens #8 into our impatiently waiting hands. ...

Opinion

Remember Swimsuit Issues? I Miss Those

October 10, 2014

When Marvel presented its Milo Manara variant cover to Spiderwoman #1, the internet exploded with people condemning both Marvel and the artist for the unnecessary sexualization of the character. The defenders of Manara’s work argue that you can find similar poses at a yoga studio or complain ...

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Reading Diaries: Study Them When They’re Coming Apart

October 10, 2014

This month I read The Sisters Brothers and Room. They were both good, but I think only Sisters Brothers is a reread. Room is the sort of book that’s built around reveals and tension, and I’m not sure that there’s much there once that’s gone. Certainly it’s a clever ...

Roundtables

GamerGate Rolls On — Does It Affect Your Personal Behaviour?

October 9, 2014

How it all started: Feminist Frequency’s Anita Sarkeesian released her latest installment of Tropes vs Women in Video Games and was promptly deluged with threats of rape and violence. She had to leave her home and contact with the police. Zoe Quinn, developer of the game Depression Quest, had ...

Wendy Browne

Ghoulish Gaming: 13 Games to Play with the Lights On

My Extra Life 2014 Game Marathon

Kickstarter of the Week: Final Empire

Extra Life 2014: When Rage Quits Really Can Save Lives

Addicted to Ladies Night

Review: Thor #1

Review: Rat Queens #8

Remember Swimsuit Issues? I Miss Those

Reading Diaries: Study Them When They’re Coming Apart

GamerGate Rolls On — Does It Affect Your Personal Behaviour?

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