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A shadowy figure reviews Long Pigs

By Laroquod | Published: September 8, 2010
[ Shortly after seeing Long Pigs while attending Fan Expo with rgbFilter, I found this transcript, JPEG-and-all, on my server's HD. Hacking a server to randomly express an opinion about a movie seems unlikely, but since I pretty much agree with it, here it is. —PLQ. ] A shadowy figure says, “A painted grid of some [...]
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Fan Expo 2010 – The Anthology Project

By Doug Groves | Published: September 2, 2010
Last year at Fan Expo, we spoke with Nick Thornborrow of The Anthology Project, which was aiming not just to put out a quality collection of shorts from a variety of artists, but to really care about the physical quality of the book itself… to make a beautiful “artifact” as Nick put it. Well, the book [...]
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At X’10 – Halo: Reach sneak peak

By Doug Groves | Published: August 27, 2010
One of the closed door events at X’10 this year was for the highly anticipated final chapter of Halo, at least from Bungie.  Unfortunately, once we were ushered behind the heavy curtains we weren’t allowed to actually record anything, but we did get to see the first single player missions, Noble Actual and Winter Contingency [...]
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The Hand Eye Society meets for the 9th time

By Doug Groves | Published: August 24, 2010
The 9th iteration of the Hand Eye Social is only a couple of days away, and if you haven’t been to one, I’d highly recommend it.  The socials bring together the Toronto indie gaming scene and are always a blast, whether inside the venue itself, or outside taking a breather and talking with others (it [...]
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Toronto Zombie Walk 2010

By Doug Groves | Published: August 17, 2010
2010 marks an impressive 8 years that the Toronto Zombie Walk has been up and running (or shambling).   Although there’s still over two months to go until the undead take to the streets of Toronto again, there’s been a change that people should take note of.  This marks the first year that they have [...]
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Bell Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant Launch Concert featuring Metric

By drsquid | Published: August 17, 2010
Wednesday August 4th: I am running late, so I’m pushing my way through the huge crowd that has gathered on Toronto’s Front Street to see a free Metric concert sponsored by Samsung. I want to get as close to the stage as possible to cover the show, but I have no idea how I’ll be able [...]
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Bell Galaxy S launches tomorrow with event at Yonge and Eglinton

By drsquid | Published: August 5, 2010
The new Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant super-phone launches tomorrow on Bell. After last nights amazing Metric street concert, put on by Samsung in Toronto to promote the phone, the interest in this Android phone is very high. Bell has released the pricing details, and will it will be $149.95 on a 3-year term, $499.95 no contract, [...]
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Samsung Galaxy S Street Party tomorrow with Mystery Band

By drsquid | Published: August 3, 2010
Continuing the hype around the new Bell Samsung Galaxy S phone was the announcement, last week, of a street party happening tomorrow, featuring a mystery band. Summer’s Hottest Street Concert Fast Approaching TORONTO, July 29, 2010 — The secret continues as we approach this summer’s ultimate street party featuring one of Canada’s hottest bands and the new [...]
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Indie Gaming Celebrated at Hand Eye Society Social

By Laroquod | Published: August 2, 2010
The indie gaming scene in Toronto is exploding, and rgbFilter has covered one of local Hand Eye Society's latest socials.
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Starcraft II is here, and you can win a copy

By drsquid | Published: July 27, 2010
rgbFilter is celebrating the release of the game by giving away two copies of Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty, in conjunction with Future Shop. Just leave a comment after the break, and we will randomly pick the winners.The entries have been tallied! Congratulations to unokilo321 and heimp!
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Samsung Galaxy S coming to Telus too?

By drsquid | Published: July 26, 2010
UPDATE – According to MobileSyrup, the Telus Galaxy in question is actually going to be the mid-range Galaxy Apollo. Hopes dashed. When Samsung announced the launch in Canada of the Galaxy S ‘Superphone’, on Bell, they also said that “Canadian consumers can anticipate the release of additional Galaxy S smartphones throughout the rest of 2010.” Well, it looks [...]
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Scott Pilgrim Launch Party report and pictures

By drsquid | Published: July 22, 2010
On Monday night we attended the Scott Pilgrim’s Finest Hour (vol.6) Launch Party, and while I knew that the comic was popular, I didn’t expect to see so many people crowding Markham Street, waiting for the book, and their hero, Bryan Lee O’Malley to sign it. If you are not too familiar with Scott Pilgrim, it [...]
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