FEATURES

UBISOFT FINDS ITS MANGA GROOVE WITH NARUTO
>Globetechnology.com
To call Naruto a phenomenon in Japan would be putting it mildly. Since its debut in 1999, the manga (comic book) series created by Masashi... > read more

EVERYDAY SHOOTER: ONE GAME DESIGNER’S LABOUR OF LOVE
>CBC.ca
Now that the video-game industry has reached a point where hundred-person teams with million-dollar budgets crank out productions that rival… > read more

MYSTERY CASE FILES 4: GONE TO THE DOGS?
>Gamezebo.com
Take a good look at this adorable face. It belongs to Bubba, the winner of the Find Felix contest that was part of Big Fish Games’ Mystery Case… > read more

YOUR FAMILY HISTORY—DIGITAL STYLE
>Microsoft Home Magazine
Michael Zavacky, an Ottawa-based graphic designer, has been researching his family tree for 10 years. Family history is important to this… > read more

PINK IS THE NEW PINK
>Globetechnology.com
When the pink Motorola RAZR came out in late 2005, a blogger at The Guardian asked the incredulous question, "Is this actually what women… > read more

CANADIAN COBAINS
>Sceneandheard.ca
How ironic that the immortal rock slogan “it’s better to burn out than to fade away” was penned by a Canadian. The phrase certain rang true… > read more

REVIEWS

VIDEOGAME REVIEWS (CRITIQUE AND CONSUMER)
200+ reviews including:
◊Call of Duty 4
◊Geometry Wars Galaxies
◊Beowulf
◊The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
◊Jam Sessions
◊Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos
◊Amplitude

CASUAL GAME REVIEWS
100+ reviews and previews including:
◊Miss Management
◊Build-a-lot
◊Mystery Case Files 4: Madame Fate
◊Peter Flat’s Inflatable Adventures
◊Fairy Godmother Tycoon

CONSUMER TECHNOLOGY REVIEWS
◊Mio C220S vehicle GPS navigation system
◊BlackBerry 8830 World Edition
◊Fujitsu LifeBook P7230
◊LG 8600 Chocolate Flip
◊Samsung SPH-A720

MUSIC REVIEWS
◊Digitalism—Idealism,
◊The Mars Volta—Scabdates
◊Hadley—Seventy-one the Beautiful
◊Jimmy Chamberlin Complex—Life Begins Again

MISC REVIEWS (BOOK, DVD, THEATRE, ETC.)
◊Scar Tissue (book review)
◊Nirvana—Nevermind (DVD review)

INTERVIEWS

ARIELLA LEHRER, PRESIDENT, LEGACY INTERACTIVE
>Gamezebo.com
In the late 1990s, Ariella Lehrer took one look at an industry saturated with shooters and beat ‘em ups and decided to found Legacy Interactive to… > read more

CARLA HUMPHREY, CO-FOUNDER, LAST DAY OF WORK
>Gamezebo.com
Carla Humphrey is the co-founder of Last Day of Work, the folks responsible for the Virtual Villagers series, Fish Tycoon, and, most recently, Plant … > read more

NAOMI CLARK, GAME DESIGNER, GAMELAB
>Gamezebo.com
We were happy to be able to chat with Naomi Clark, Content and Community Manager at Gamelab, who is fresh off the success of her latest… > read more

CARA ELY, SR PRODUCER, OBERON GAMES
>Gamezebo.com
When Gamezebo published our Why We Need Women editorial back in January, it hit a nerve. Why aren’t there more women in the casual games… > read more

STANLEY ADRIANUS, FOUNDER, GAMENAUTS
>Gamezebo.com
Most game studios start small and gradually work their way up, but California-based Gamenauts isn’t one of them. After debuting with the critically… > read more

HIRONOBU SAKAGUCHI, CREATOR OF FINAL FANTASY
>Toronto Star
It’s no secret that Xbox 360 sales in Japan haven’t been as brisk as Microsoft would have liked. It’s a rocky relationship that began with the… > read more

OTHER

GAME STRATEGY GUIDES
◊Agatha Christie: Peril at End House
◊Fairy Godmother Tycoon
◊Mystery Case Files: Ravenhearst

EVENT COVERAGE / BLOGGING
◊E3 2007 blog (CBC) Filed regular updates from the 3-day show including Introducing the new E3, Nintendo courts gamers of all kinds at E3, BioWare shows off its new sci-fi role-playing game, Rock Band attracts hordes of groupies and closing thoughts
◊E3 2004 Report: Booth Babe Dialogues
◊Just go for a walk: Non-competitive gaming