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Nine Questions with Lost Girl Creator and Writer Michelle Lovretta

September 30, 2010October 2, 2010 drsquid Anna Silk, canada, Fan Expo, interview, Kris Holden-Ried, Lost Girl, Q&A, Showcase, Television, TV, writer74 Comments

Last week we put up our interview with the stars of the new Showcase Original TV Series Lost Girl. This week we got a chance to interview Michelle Lovretta, the creator, co-show runner and writer of five of the thirteen episodes, via email. In the interview Michelle talks about the show, how the lead character Bo relates to other strong female genre show characters, the role of sexuality in Lost Girl and much more. I will also be posting my thoughts about the actual show soon, probably after I have…

SteelSeries Xai Gaming Mouse Review

September 29, 2010October 7, 2010 drsquid Gaming, Laser Mouse, mouse, PC games, PC gaming, review, Steelseries, test, Xai7 Comments

I am staring at the box of the SteelSeries Xai. It has been packed up after my review, so we can give it away to one lucky reader. Then I look back at my Microsoft Sidewinder X8 gaming mouse. A mouse that is wireless and fracking glows RED! Yet I am so tempted to deny someone the chance to enjoy the Xai mouse – I want to crack open that package and go back to it right now. I won’t of course, but that feeling shows how much of an…

Left for Dead: The Sacrifice Comic Part Three Out Now – get ready for mashups

September 29, 2010September 30, 2010 drsquid Comics, L4D, L4D2, Mac gaming, PC gaming, The Sacrifice, Valve Software, Web Comics, Xbox 3601 Comment

Last night Valve released the third part of their “The Sacrifice” online comic that details the events in between Left for Dead 1 and 2, the ‘Passing’ DLC, and the “The Sacrifice” DLC (for both the first AND second games) coming on October 5th. The comic itself also fills in a lot of the backstory of the characters of Left for Dead 1, and is currently available online here. Also a few days ago on the Left 4 Dead blog Valve detailed their plan to expand how the comic will…

A Long and Winding Road – Rogers Samsung Galaxy S Captivate pre-order live

September 24, 2010September 29, 2010 drsquid Android, Android 2.1, Android 2.2, canada, Captivate, Galaxy S, google, launch, pre-order, Rogers, Samsung, smartphone, superphone7 Comments

After many weeks of no new information Rogers has finally announced their pre-order program for the Samsung Galaxy S Captivate. When you pre-order you get a free Bluetooth headset, and there is a contest to win a Samsung 55” TV, Blu-ray player and Camera. The pre-order promotion ends on October 20th, meaning that the release of the phone should be the 21st. Originally announced by Rogers to be coming ‘soon’ at the beginning of August by, the Captivate’s release date has been unknown until now. As the weeks passed by…

Sony Ericsson X-10 Mini unboxing and short review

September 22, 2010September 29, 2010 drsquid Android, Android 1.6, canada, google, review, Rogers, smartphone, Sony, Sony Ericsson, unboxing, video, X10 Mini, Xperia1 Comment

A couple of weeks ago, before the craziness of Fan Expo and TIFF, Sony Ericsson was kind enough to send us the new Xperia X10 Mini for us to review. In the video above you can see our un-boxing of the phone, and a short review, where I go over the main features of what they claim is the ‘The worlds smallest Android phone’. The X10 Mini was also recently awarded ‘European Mobile Phone 2010-2011’ by the European Imaging and Sound Association (EISA). Please note that while shooting the video…

TIFF 2010: Monsters Q&A with director Gareth Edwards and cast

September 21, 2010September 22, 2010 drsquid Colin Geddes, Director, District 9, festival, Film, Gareth Edwards, Midnight Madness, Monsters, Q&A, sci-fi, Scoot McNairy, TIFF, tiff 2010, Toronto, Whitney Able2 Comments

Monsters, directed by Gareth Edwards, was one of my top picks for this year’s TIFF. I had heard some good things about the film – some were calling it this year’s District 9, made at a fraction of its budget. Going in, I wasn’t really sure what to expect. It turns out that aside from the fact that Monsters and District 9 both feature their aliens in a ‘real-world’ setting, the two films have almost nothing in common. In actual fact, Monsters totally surprised me — it is unlike any…

TIFF 2010: Submarine Q & A with Richard Ayoade

September 16, 2010September 20, 2010 drsquid ben stiller, comedy, craig roberts, festival, Film, premiere, richard ayoade, sally hawkins, screening, submarine, TIFF, tiff 2010, Toronto, united kingdom, yasmin paige9 Comments

The Q & A session with director of Submarine, Richard Ayoade and the cast (Craig Roberts, Yasmin Paige & Sally Hawkins). Though I am only attending a handful of films at this years TIFF, Submarine was one of my must sees. Richard Ayoade (many of you might know him as Moss from the IT Crowd) brought his debut feature to Toronto, and this Q & A shows how funny he is in person. Yes I AM the guy who asked the the last question from behind my camera, and was…

Rogers and Telus launch Motorola Flipout and Charm entry-level Android phones

September 10, 2010September 14, 2010 drsquid Android, Android 2.1, canada, Charm, Flipout, google, HSPA, launch, Motoblur, Motoblur 1.5, Motorola, QWERTY, Rogers, smartphone1 Comment

Google Android’s assault on the smartphone market share has been relentless this year, and along with HTC, the battle has been spearheaded by Motorola. The latest Android phones available in Canada from Motorola are two entry level models that bring unique form factors to the wide variety of phones available, and they both run Android 2.1 with an update of Motorola’s Motoblur UI. Google’s strategy to win the war against RIM and Apple is simply to overwhelm the enemy with numbers – there are a staggering amount of Android phones…

Duke’s back, Hail to the King – lines courtesy of Sam Raimi, Bruce Campbell, John Carpenter & Roddy Piper

September 6, 2010 drsquid 2k Games, 3D Realms, Army of Darkness, Ash, Bruce Campbell, Duke Nukem, Duke Nukem Forever, Evil Dead, Gaming, PC gaming, PS3, sam raimi, Xbox0 comment

Now that Duke Nukem is back in the public eye, perhaps Sam Raimi, Bruce Campbell, John Carpenter, and Roddy Piper should consider taking action to ensure that they are properly credited in the new game for the lines ‘appropriated’ from Army of Darkness and They Live…(oh and Scarface). Check out a clip from They Live after the break.

The End is Nigh: Duke Nukem Forever is coming out in 2011

September 5, 2010 drsquid 3D Realms, Announced, Duke Nukem, Duke Nukem Forever, Gearbox Software, George Broussard, Hell Freezes Over, PC games, PC gaming, PS3, Randy Pitchford, released, Take 2, When Pigs Fly, Xbox 3603 Comments

Woah! Duke Nukem Forever is actually coming out. In 2011. At PAX Take Two announced that Gearbox Software would be completing the game. 3D Realms, the original developer, shut down development last year when they ran out of money. More details about how Gearbox got involved and revived a game we all thought was dead can be found in this great article on Kotaku here. Seeing as DNF has been in production since 1997, I thought I’d list a couple of things in gaming and tech history that have happened…

Telus and Bell also releasing the Torch on the 24th

September 2, 2010September 2, 2010 drsquid announcement, Blackberry, Blackberry 6, Blackbery Torch, release date, RIM, Rogers, smartphone, Telus, Torch3 Comments

Telus and Bell have joined the Blackberry Torch party and also announced that they will be releasing the Blackberry 9800 Torch on September 24th. No official price has been announced by Telus, and Bell has said it will be $199 on a 3-year contract. I think it’s safe to predict the Telus price to be the same. The 24th is a big day for Canadian RIM fans. However, it remains to be seen if RIM and the carriers can generate the same level of excitement for the Torch as the…

Acer launches four new notebook models in Canada

August 25, 2010August 29, 2010 drsquid 5741, Acer, Acer Aspire, AO533, AOD260, AS8943G, Aspire One, canada, netbook, notebook, press release0 comment

Acer continues to make sure that every segment of the notebook market is covered with their latest releases. For the power user, the AS8943G series, with an 18.4 inch edge-to-edge glass display, include 4GB of RAM and use Core i3 or Core i5 processors depending on price point, and for graphics include ATI’s 1 GB Mobility Radeon HD5650 with Direct X 11 support so it should be up to snuff when it comes to gaming as well. Another interesting feature of these is the dual mode trackpad, which can easily…