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MiniDAYZ is not for the faint of heart
February 3, 2018By: Alex Bloom This sandbox zombie survival game put out by Bohemia Interactive takes many of the elements you would associate with console games and manages to distill them into a mobile-friendly format. In MiniDAYZ you start off on a beach with nothing but the clothes on your back. The goal is simple — survive — but the execution is nuanced. As you wander, you will find abandoned cities, survivors (or bandits), and zombies . . . lots of zombies. While you will feel more comfortable sifting through the wreckage of civilization with a shotgun clutched in your…
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Old Music Friday: love and heartbreak edition
February 2, 2018By: Lyz Boyd, Courtney Miller, Danielle Davie, Elisha Summers, Natasha Tar [embed]https://open.spotify.com/user/thepeaksfu/playlist/12epIbST1SPqtG1fh13M0P?si=sD0vOXCJTu6uOUbKPWC1Qw[/embed] “Crazy In Love” – Beyoncé, Jay-Z Danielle Davie: To me this is not a love song, but a party song that everyone can get into. It reminds me of school dances in…
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History in the making: Dee Rees
February 2, 2018By: Alex Bloom Looking at her filmography, it is no surprise that the first full-length movie Dee Rees directed was a documentary. Eventual Salvation (2008) tells the story of her grandmother’s return to Liberia. Rees went on to direct Bessie…
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Downsize your expectations if you want to see Downsizing
February 1, 2018By: Jennifer Russell If you want to maximize your time and money, don’t see Downsizing. The movie had such a promising, original concept, but it fell apart in the execution because the writer and director, Alexander Payne, seemingly couldn’t decide what…
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Album Reviews
January 31, 2018By: Danielle Davie and Neil MacAlister Apologies in Advance by Sylvan LaCue Apologies in Advance is one of the most beautifully personal albums I’ve heard in a long time. The 20-track project is framed as a kind of Alcoholics Anonymous meeting…
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Shows to see at the Cultch this February
January 30, 2018By: Alex Bloom Jabberwocky — February 6–17 at the York Theatre [caption id="attachment_102466" align="alignleft" width="164"] (Image courtesy of the Cultch)[/caption] Presented by the Old Trout Puppet Workshop, this is a theatrical experience like no other you will see this year.…
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Ese Atawo discusses Blind Tiger Comedy’s POC night
January 30, 2018By: Alex Bloom Blind Tiger Comedy, founded by improv groups The Sunday Service and Hip.Bang! is a company that both teaches comedy and puts on shows. The company offers four full semesters of classes a year, with various areas of…
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Golden Globe highlights
January 29, 2018By: Victoria Lopatka Best Original Song – Motion Picture “This is Me” // Music and lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul // The Greatest Showman [caption id="attachment_102115" align="alignleft" width="164"] (Image courtesy of 20th Century Fox)[/caption] This powerful and emotive…
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New Music Friday
January 26, 2018[embed]https://open.spotify.com/user/thepeaksfu/playlist/1k3IhFINoLllzG7hmimXm5[/embed] By: Danielle Davie, Meghan Light, Courtney Miller, Natasha Tar “God’s Plan” – Drake Danielle Davie: It’s not as much of a banger as some of Drake’s other songs — “One Dance” comes to mind — but it was enjoyable. Meghan Light: I was…
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Redungeon is a mobile game that gives new life to a boring genre
January 25, 2018By: Alex Bloom This 8-bit, retro-style mobile game by Eneminds takes a simple concept and gives it a lot more depth than you would expect. At first glance it seems like another Temple Run re-skin as you play a character…
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Simon Fraser University’s independent student newspaper since 1965.
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