The coming of winter (and holidays) signifies the start of baking season—and what better thing to bake than a rich, chocolatey, elaborate cake? This recipe is a classic favourite of mine, one I like to break out of my bookmarks when one of my bolder friends has a birthday party.
The first few months of my term as EIC have been a veritable roller coaster, quandary, and pleasure. I stepped into the role, green as our floors—due in equal measure to fresh-facedness and anxiety—and was bombarded with issues right outta the gate.
It seems like Ubisoft has an Assassin’s Creed quota they need to meet every year, because this year they’ve released not one but two games: Assassin’s Creed: Rogue for the PS3 and Assassin’s Creed: Unity for the PS4.
Everyone wants to be Batman. The bleak and brooding Batman Begins may have saved the Bat-franchise from the abysmal Batman & Robin, but its tone and style have since been aped incessantly by directors who seem to think that comic book movies can’t be relevant or profitable unless they are “dark.”
Lazarus is the newest project of the award winning duo of writer Greg Rucka and artist Michael Lark. As much as I anticipated and enjoyed this read as a quintessential sci-fi narrative with a strong female protagonist, I was let down a bit—but only a bit.
Munchkin (n): a derogatory term for someone who plays a role-playing game (RPG) and instead of focussing on storytelling, focusses on over-powering their characters, getting all the loot, and killing other players. The term came from more experienced role-players commenting on other players’ immature and petting gaming style.
Could you do with some pop-rock covers, concert band, choral arrangements, original pieces, or a more jazz standard theme to your night’s soundtrack? Then check out the Douglas College music department’s concert season.
A dying mother asks her son for one last wish: for him to spread her ashes in a northern lake of Kyrat, a fictional representation of Nepal. Thus begins the story of Far Cry 4.
The third instalment of the Hunger Games phenomenon is finally here with The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1. First off, I’m actually glad the final book has been divided into two movies. The movies now have a lot more room to seriously follow what Suzanne Collins wrote.
With NaNoWriMo coming to a close this week, there’s another time-limited writing competition worth checking out: the International 3-Day Novel Contest. During the Labour Day weekend, writers are challenged with producing a novel of about 100 pages in just 72 hours.
