Shipwrckd Travels

If I were stuck on a desert island, these some things I'd bring…

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Vice: News, Nudity & Nonsense

I think I like this book.  My problem with it though, is that despite being an archive spanning the past five years, too much of the content is too fresh in my mind.  It seems like the editors either played…

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Rebel Emergency

If you listen to rock and you live in Toronto, then you really should know a thing or two already about Rebel Emergency.  But just in case you don’t, I can tell  you now that they play a solid mix…

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Peter Project Cleans Up

It seems like Toronto turntablist/producer Peter Project has a lot of smelly friends.  They smell so bad that he decided to make personal hygiene the theme on his sparkling new release, FRESH. Many of the tracks have samples about bathing…

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Nintendo Unveils 2010 Preview!

Just got the latest update for Nintendo’s 2010 preview.  I’m noticing some strong Greco-Roman themes with this quarter, both in gaming and pop culture. Enter at last, The Glory of Heracles, the long awaited Japanese RPG, Rage of the Gladiator…

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Looking For Group – Vol. 2

Looking For Group Vol.2 fills a fast growing niche of web-based comics lucky enough to take flight in RL.  Yes, that’s “Real Life” to all you n00bs.  For the die-hard fan, there is nothing more fulfilling than actually getting to…

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Red Dead Redemption – Teaser Trailer

Red Dead Revolver was one of the first PS2 games that I owned, and one of the most engaging for its time.  Despite easy game play, the multi-player shoot out mode made for many extra hours of fun.  I can’t…

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Secret Girlfriends

Ok, so I was just doing some background research on a less than scintillating Comedy Network show “Secret Girlfriend” and this hidden gem of internet literature from in Yahoo Answers popped up in the 4th hit. It’s pretty funny how…

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H1N1 Fury!

Your very own writer made the national news last week in a chance encounter with the CBC’s ‘The National’. My original statement was something to the effect of ” H1N1 is a scam being fueled by the pharmaceutical industry in…

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Skratch: The Ultimate DJ

Here’s a quick preview of DJ Hero’s lastest competition, Skratch: The Ultimate DJ, with code being produced by Toronto’s very own Bedlam Games.  Skratch is backed by Nu-Mark Technologies, and Mix Master Mike.

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Psychic Toys

This blows my mind, and is a proof that we are really living in the  21st century envisioned by our 80s cyberpunk brethren. Two rival toy companies are releasing brainwave powered ‘toys’ which seem more like  byproducts from the US…