Video Game Review: A Space Shooter For Two Bucks

A while back, we reviewed a PS Mini called Young Thor by Quebec-based developer Frima Studio. Well, Frima is back with their latest PS Mini which may just change the way that people look at the PS Mini genre with a fun, arcade-inspired game whose name is also serves as a summary of the game. It’s A Space Shooter For Two Bucks. Continue reading

Wednesday Link-Off: Iced

Since Jamie Sale was iced from Battle of the Blades this week, let’s kick off the links with her.

The old Philadelphia Spectrum had one final big event before it was demolished. It had people come in and tear it apart from the inside. (Crossing Broad)

Ex-Queen’s Gaels’ QB Danny Brannagan took some snaps on Sunday for the Toronto Argonauts making him the first Canadian in a decade. Improvements in coaching in Canada would indicate that he might not be alone Canadian QB in the CFL ranks for long. (55-Yard Line)

Norman Chad really hit it out of the park this time. Here’s his take on ESPN’s never ending takeover of the sporting world with a look at “ESPN High School.” (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

After the jump, Joe Morgan fired, another Washington sports spelling mistake and a NASCAR fight. Continue reading

Uncharted: Eye of Indra (The Motion Comic)

I’m pretty sure I’ve mentioned before that I’m a huge fan of the Uncharted video game series. The other day, I was looking up a target for a release date of the already announced Uncharted 3 when I came across this. (By the way, I’ve only been able to find out that it’s starting production sometime this year but I’d imagine that a 2011 release date is likely.) In conjunction with the release of Uncharted 2, developer Naughty Dog released a series of motion comics that were a prequel to Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune to fill in some back story to the first game.

So here’s some of Nathan Drake’s adventures just before the events of the first Uncharted game in Uncharted: Eye of Indra. Continue reading

Video Game Review: Young Thor

When you think of a Canadian video game developer, you immediately think of Ubisoft or EA Sports Vancouver. Well, Quebec City based developer Frima Studio wants to add itself to the discussion. The award-winning studio has just released a new game for the PS Mini collection based on Norse mythology called Young Thor. Continue reading

EA Sports Announces CIS Football Video Game

In an announcement that may shake the foundation of the video game industry, EA Sports announced the launch of a new video game franchise. This August, EA Sports will release the first ever CIS Football video game which will be developed, appropriately, by EA Canada out of Burnaby, British Columbia. Continue reading

E3 2009: The Sony Outlook

The last console manufacturer to go up on the main stage was Sony. The maker of the Playstation 3 and Playstation Portable had some new hardware coming out in addition to the big game unveils. So what did Sony have for us? Find out after the jump. Continue reading