What sets games apart from films
Brendan Rowe Staff writer A whole segment of gamers out there believe video games can be art once they step away from the conventions other art forms have set in place. They speak of removing, for...
View ArticleYork program helps athletes recover through video games
Vera Abdel Malek Contributor Sometimes you just need to play through the injury – at least, that’s idea with one of York’s new rehabilitation studies. York University’s Sports Injury Clinic is using...
View ArticleToronto’s karate dojo arcade
Mark Dyer Contributor Downtown on Spadina Avenue, two brothers opened an arcade for the Call of Duty generation. A & C World is a new experiment in mixing business with community-building. By...
View ArticleA saved file, a saved life
Ernest Reid Science & Technology Editor A video game can help a player when they need it the most. That’s what game critic Ashly Burch hopes to prove with her new project How Games Saved My Life...
View ArticleHappiness at the centre of Chinese game and cultural design
Technology Department Chinese companies and politicians are caring a little more about happiness. “You’re starting to hear[...]about this shift from social harmony,” anthropology PhD candidate Heather...
View ArticleChinese game industry transforming rural China
Technology Department Online gaming is forcing game companies to upgrade China’s internet infrastructure. “Right now, all the local [game] companies are complaining about lack of growth,” says...
View ArticleThe wired, lost generation of China
Mark Dyer Contributor Online gaming is transforming China’s economy, culture, and definition of “youth”. One York researcher works to understand how this is possible. To escape the pressures of...
View ArticleA farewell to Science & Technology
Don’t worry, friends. Sci-tech’s not dead, just online Ernest Reid Science & Technology Editor @ernestreid I am sorry to report there will be no science & technology section next year or for...
View Article[WATCH] The video game counterpublic
When marginalized groups access the means of video game production, gamers win Daniel Joseph, PhD student in joint Ryerson and York Communication & Culture program, argues that Toronto has embraced...
View ArticleSuper Classical Bros.
Media Music Concert 2.0 unearths contemporary classical music in music scores of iconic films, television, and video games Scores from The Lord of the Rings, Kingdom Hearts, The Fresh Prince of...
View ArticleHello game, good bye imagination
Video games may be giving us another avenue for enjoyment but they can also have a negative effect on our psyche
View ArticleAnswering that new age-old question
Are video games art? This question has been asked by developers and players for almost as long as videogames have been made.
View ArticleThe queer perspective on gaymes
Like every other media out there, queer and trans representation in videogames is still struggling – but it’s also heading in its own unique direction
View ArticleThe changing face of the game
Video games are changing fast, and to predict the future of such a changing industry and medium would be foolish.
View ArticleNFL stops at York
Representatives from the National Football League were present today at Vari Hall to promote football. “We’re here today to support football,” says NFL brand ambassador Siobhan McCarthy. “The …...
View ArticlePop culture 2015 forecast
The movies, albums, and video games that will define the new year The year 2014 proved monumental for films, while arguably just passable in the music industry, and downright disappointing … Continued
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