Canadian composer Nicole Lizée delves into the tech- and game-inspired elements of her piece Arcadiac, to be performed by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra this weekend.
Konami’s Revengeance
Even in an industry built on familiarity, change is inevitable. For Konami, that change can move forward and backward, illustrated by Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance and Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate.
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance Preview
Fans of Metal Gear Solid and third-person action have a lot to look forward to with Revengeance, with a few noteworthy caveats.
Interview: Kickstarter’s Cindy Au
Kickstarter’s head of community sits down with Dork Shelf to talk about best practices and advice for game creators.
Gallery: Long Winter
Music and games came together on Friday's Long Winter showcase, as the Hand Eye Society presented Dyad and They Bleed Pixels alongside Toronto bands.
News Shelf: 12/11/30
Big studios, heated discussions and an even tinier version of the little console that could - all this and more in this week's News Shelf.
News Shelf: 11/23/12
Nintendo and THQ and Schafer and Molyneux and the Czech president gets involved in the case of two jailed Bohemia Interactive devs? It's been one hell of a week. Check out this week's news roundup.
Gamercamp: The Artistic Comeback of Games
Video games began as an emerging technology but have mostly been perceived as a toy. Pixel by pixel, however, games are making a huge cultural comeback.
Gamercamp: Reinvention of the Arcade
New York brings games into public space with the Canadian exclusive Gamercamp No Quarter Arcade.
Interview: Ubisoft scriptwriter Jill Murray
Assassin's Creed III: Liberation scriptwriter Jill Murray sits down with Dork Shelf for a Q&A about Ubisoft's upcoming Vita game.
Gamercamp: Don’t Even Breathe
The genius of DayZ is in showing how humans become beasts themselves in their pursuit of survival.
Samsara Review
A sort of sequel and kindred spirit to Ron Fricke's visual poem Baraka, Samsara is a pure and rewarding sensory experience about all that's beautiful and horrible about the world at the moment.
The Master Review
The Master might be a movie of uncertainties, but it’s guaranteed that it will be the most widely discussed movie of 2012. Easy to admire, yet made in such a way that defies full comprehension (at least in a single viewing), folks will line up to spit out grand statements or theories about it’s greatness while haters will delight in tearing it down as a big beautiful beast of a movie signifying nothing. It reaffirms Paul Thomas Anderson's status as easily being one of the most intriguing (perhaps frustratingly so for some) directors around today.
Interview: Metanet Software’s Mare Sheppard
Metanet Software's Mare Sheppard is keynoting the Freeplay Independent Games Festival in Melbourne, Australia and gave Dork Shelf a sneak peek about her talk and indie dev life.
Dark Horse Review
The almost surreal man-child comedy/drama Dark Horse from divisive director Todd Solondz almost becomes his most accessible film since Welcome to the Dollhouse. Almost.