Relationships, right, people? I mean, what more is there to say? So onerous are relationships that the popular social network Facebook includes “it’s complicated” among users relationships statuses. Fucked up, I know. OK, so we all know relationships are complicated, and we’re at least a little bit familiar with the everyday, run-of-the-mill complications. However, the [...]
The Character Assassin: Sonic the Hedgehog
It’s been a while, but the Character Assassin is back, with a new fictional character under scrutiny, as we try to determine their Canadian political leanings. This time, we take a look a super-fast super-hero. Not the red one, the blue one.
Game Review Corner: Fury of Dracula
Adam and I have been discussing new things to do for the website and the show. On one such brainstorming session, the following conversation occurred. ADAM: Scott, you magnificent bastard. You have a whole room full of board games. SCOTT: Yes. Yes, I do. ADAM: You should review all of them. SCOTT: That’s insane. I [...]
[FML Friday]: ZOMG spiders!
It’s another rainy Friday here is the City of Champions. And though the weather might have you down, your emotional salvation lies in taking easy digs at the chumps lousy enough to post their absurd woes at FMyLife.com. I mean, you think you have it bad? You’ve got nothing on the guy whose dog shat [...]
The terrible twos: celebrating a local media gem
It’s not everyday someone turns two. You might even say it only happens once in a lifetime. And while most douchebag children get a chance to experience this milestone, it’s nothing but hard work, perseverance, sticktoitiveness, and other ridiculous made-up phrases and portmanteaux that allow a hyperlocal podcast to mark the occasion. Our colleagues from [...]
Politics in Edmonton just got more interesting
While Edmonton’s municipal election is just over four months away, and the nomination deadlines for candidates is equally distant (think Sept 20 for the nom deadline, and Oct 20 18 for the election itself), that hasn’t stopped a group of young upstarts from creating the alternative media homebase of Edmonton’s 2010 Municipal Election.