Fighting Fit: Enter the Dojo
Tell your friends you study karate, and you’ll likely hear āWatch out, we got a badass over here,ā Neil deGrasse Tyson pose and all.
Chairman of the Board: No right answer
Board games are a great way to get to know people. Strangers can become friends and friends can become bitter rivals. Party games are designed specifically for this purpose, and can be either silly or deep. This game is a little of both.
Age of invention and imagination in āThe Comedy of Errorsā
This summer, Bard on the Beach presents Shakespeareās classics with some new twists on old favourites. From June 4 to September 26, The Comedy of Errors will transport audiences into the world of science fiction with its Steampunk re-imagining.
Comic Corner: Avengers assemble in the Elizabethan era
Have you ever watched The Avengers and wondered, āHey, what would this be like in Elizabethan England?ā Neither have I, but thatās exactly what fan-favourite author Neil Gaiman gives us in Marvel 1602, a unique and action-packed alternate universe fiction.
Crowded Bookshelf: The mysterious lives of robots
Iām a fan of mystery stories. Iāve read over a hundred of them by now, and amongst the ones that stuck best in my mind are those penned by Isaac Asimov, featuring Detective Elijah Baley and R. Daneel Olivaw.
Paved with good intentions
Fans tend to agree that Ben Affleckās ultimately passable Daredevil failed to adequately explore the inherent ironies of a street-level, mobster-mangling vigilante who works by day as a blind, penniless attorney with a devout Catholic conscience.
The Fast and Furiosa
Mad Max: Fury Road may be a twist-free, two-hour car chaseābut thatās not all it is. Director George Miller has seen to that. Like the otherworldly Frankensteinās-monster vehicles from the film, Fury Road packs an impressive amount of substance (most of it explosive) onto a recognizable chassis.
Northwest Fan Fest invades New Westminster
Northwest Fan Fest (NWFF), a convention celebrating geek culture, occurred at the Anvil Centre in New Westminster on May 29ā31. The West Coast Fan Society moved the convention from last yearās University of British Columbia location to New Westminster to allow for easier accessibility by public transit in order to attract more fans.
Take a trip back in time with ProgFest III
ProgFest III, the latest concert fundraiser presented by the Community Music School (CMS) at Douglas College, will celebrate the songs of 1970s progressive rock music with tribute bands Earthbound and the Undoing on June 27.
Animesque: Big Brother meets police procedural
Imagine being labeled a criminal without having committed any crime. Weāre talking Orwellian thoughtcrime. Enter Psycho-Pass, Production I.G. and director Katsuyuki Motohiroās homage to Ghost in the Shell anddystopian sci-fi in general.