Great Expectations – The Deal With Valentines Day
Olivia Smith gets to the heart of what Valentine’s means to BCIT students.
To 2015 and beyond
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…
Super Smash Brothers on WiiU: An All-Out Brawl
Jon Hall dives in, divides, and conquers. Ria RenoufRia Renouf is an Associate Editor for BCIT’s Link Magazine. A second-year Broadcasting student, she’ll report on anything; her first loves, however, are movies, music, gaming and technology. Outside of BCIT she reads many books and cheers for the Vancouver Canucks and Seattle Seahawks. She also aspires…
“The Terrorist’s Son”
Against all odds, being raised by a terrorist, Zak Ebrahim’s reminds us that sometimes we do have a choice.
Katy Perry to bedazzle Superbowl XLIX
A look back at the past 4 Superbowl Halftime shows from Bruno Mars, Beyonce, Madonna, and the B.E.P.
A brighter Rio
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…
“The Interview” finally shows in Vancouver.
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,…
Cutting The Cable
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…
Enter the Cellar
The Art of Cellaring Beer: Ever had a beer that tasted like cardboard? That’s a stale beer – one that’s been left on the store shelf a few months too long. It’s a golden rule – beer is meant to be drank fresh. Right? Actually, not always. And hidden amongst you is a small secretive…
Juicing your way to a healthy 2015
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…
Final Fantasy 15 English Trailer Impressions
Is it as bad as some of the previous installations we’ve seen? Link tech guy and resident gamer Jon Hall brings us more.
SantArchy
If you picked up December’s issue of Link, you probably read Mitchell Flann’s story about SantArchy – the annual “parade” of unruly Santas that take the streets of Vancouver by storm every year on Dec. 13th. Filling pubs, riding the sky train, handing out candies or engaging in public spankings they’re a spectacle to behold –…