Jon Hall mashes buttons and wiggles a control stick into the new year. 2014 was a pretty good year for gaming overall, despite most major publishers shipping games with day-one patches in the tens of gigabytes (I’m looking at you, Wolfenstein) and a number of titles being delayed. However, the year is done (and…
Against all odds, being raised by a terrorist, Zak Ebrahim’s reminds us that sometimes we do have a choice.
Calvin A. Jay takes Dan Mangan’s latest offering for a spin and discovers a little of the old Dan and a whole lot of the new.
A look back at the past 4 Superbowl Halftime shows from Bruno Mars, Beyonce, Madonna, and the B.E.P.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ad8mH6vUX-s After successfully raising over $16,000 dollars, the Rio Theatre lit up its iconic neon sign Thursday night. Thanks to the help of 342 funders, the theatre was able to bring their sign back to life in front of a happy crowd that waited anxiously for the unveil. Rio Theatre owner Corinne Lea couldn’t be…
Student council had its first meeting this Monday January 12th. BCIT’s Student Association began 2015 with a new voting system in place for council meetings. Rather than using the traditional hand vote, the Association obtained i>Clicker2s for all councillors and board members. All votes are shown immediately on the screen and a record is taken…
Rachel Fox, movie programmer at the independent Rio Theatre in Vancouver, wanted to book the The Interview for a run long before the hack on Sony Pictures and the brouhaha involving North Korea. In fact, right up until the week before Christmas, she thought they would be able to book the film. “Then,” she says,…
A CRTC report released this past May suggests the numbers of cable subscriptions can’t keep up with fast emerging households, and how fast those households are opting out of TV plans. According to the findings, cable subscriptions grew by 126 000, but more than 134 000 households cancelled their TV subscriptions, and more than 170…
For students frustrated from the wait when wanting to book study time at the EhPod, the a proposed $1 million dollar expansion might be the answer to the problem. BCIT’s Student Association has allocated $170,000 from its student space committee budget to the project, and is waiting on approval of the remaining $895,000 from the…
It’s that time of the year again – The festive season comes to an end, along with the comforting holiday meals and hopefully not too many bottles of wine. The New Year means new beginnings, when we make resolutions in the hopes of keeping happy our mind, body, and soul. If you’ve been searching for…
If anyone was wondering why fences and scaffoldings surround NE1, wonder no more. The 37-year-old building is getting a makeover, and this is only phase one of the two planned as part of the maintenance project. The project was scheduled to begin June 30th and end by the end of November, but had a late…
Stats say it was the worst offensive season since 1985 this past year. Sports writer Mac Dalgleish delves into the year with a recap – and his two cents on the matter.