Eric Weiss

Games Editor
Eric has been writing about video games ever since arriving in Toronto in 2010. A lifelong gamer and professional nerd, he is also a contributor to Indie Game Reviewer and wrote the script for the video game Apocalypse Later during TOJam in 2012. Email - [email protected]


Articles by Eric Weiss:


  • July 11, 2014

    The Restart: Streets of Rage

    Dork Shelf is revisiting classic video games to see how well they hold up today. The new series kicks of with SEGA’s Streets of Rage, starring Blaze Fielding.

  • July 7, 2014

    Thought Bubble: No League of Their Own

    The IeSF is now open to women, but the latest controversy is still a reminder that traditional sports does not provide the best template for digital competition.

  • June 23, 2014

    Interview: Murder, He Coded

    Actor Rainbow Sun Francks discusses the portrayals of gamers on TV in the latest episode of CTV’s The Listener.

  • June 20, 2014

    Interview: Prepare for SPACE/OFF

    SPACE/OFF co-creator merritt kopas discusses interstellar space battles, breakups, and the importance of selling your video game.

  • June 16, 2014

    TOJam 9: Jamming with Children

    Kim Koronya discusses the logistical challenges she faced as a new mother while participating in April’s TOJam 9.

  • May 8, 2014

    TCAF Director Chris Butcher talks Comics vs. Games 3D

    The Toronto Comic Arts Festival’s co-founder talks about once again taking over the Toronto Reference Library this weekend, and its collaborative work with video games, Comics vs. Games, now entering its third year – and the third dimension.

  • South Park: Stick of Truth
    March 5, 2014

    South Park: The Stick of Truth Review

    A South Park video game with input from creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone carries weighty expectations. You enter thinking South Park: The Stick of Truth should leave an impact, that it won’t be good unless it so offends and delights your sensibilities that you won’t be able to look at other games the same way again. And that’s more or less what happens. Just not for the reasons you’re expecting.