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A spread of various tokens and dice used for board games surrounded by cards.
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How to Play The Pawn’s Special Game

Peak Web April 1, 2025

Are you on the hunt for a fun way to waste time? Never fear — The Pawn is here! After multiple months of testing, we’ve come up with the perfect game for you to play during the extraordinarily lengthy 10-minute break that you have between your 8:30 a.m. to 11:20 a.m. lecture in West Mall, and your 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. “seminar” (or should we say syrup-making session?) in Blusson Hall. To make sure this game works perfectly, every current staff member of The Peak Pawn was invited to the office to play. Our preliminary testing determined that we…

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A rooster, a man and woman dressed in traditional Chinese clothing, and a dragon all drawn in brushstrokes. They are surrounded by a pagoda strung up with lanterns, a gray mountain, and wispy clouds.
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Rooster: a virtual portal to ancient China

Peak Web May 7, 2024

A parchment-like scroll is laid out on a flat surface. Perfectly imperfect splotches of watercolour red, gray, and green bleed onto the pages as they shift under your command. Black brushstrokes line up the scenes you are about to experience…

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A moody illustration of person with long disheveled hair in a dark purple-lit bed room playing a game on a console, things sprawled on the floor and star-themed decor on the wall.
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Video games that helped me cope with health anxiety

Peak Web March 13, 2024

Content warning: mentions of illness and death. Illness anxiety, previously called hypochondria, is a type of anxiety where the affected person constantly believes they have a serious medical problem. For me, every new freckle signals cancer, and the common cold…

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An illustration of an Indian mother and son sitting at a table in a house. The mother is wearing a red saree with a henna tattoo on her hand, and the son is feeding her.
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Venba is a heartwarming love letter to a Tamil immigrant’s experience

Peak Web September 26, 2023

I’ve always believed a great game is characterized by the way it engages the player physically, mentally, and emotionally. Most video games tend to capture players with elaborate plotlines, dramatic effects, and competitive battles, but Venba awakened my emotional state…

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Illustration of a character connecting the words “connect the” and “lingo” with a pencil.
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Connect the Lingo

Peak Web January 27, 2022

A ____________ is worth 6 points       32 points, 12 rebounds, 12 assists  When a player enters an opponent’s blue line before the puck does    NFL Championship Trophy Its rules are thought to have originated in Montreal Five players on the…

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A photo of a question mark on a chalkboard.
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Do you know who this professional athlete is?

Peak Web January 25, 2022

Welcome to the most challenging and intricate game you’ve ever played. This will test your intelligence, wit, and of course, your ability to use Google search. Will you be able to guess this athlete based on our clues?  They are…

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Food Fantasy is fantastic but frustrating

Peak Web September 25, 2018

       With stunning graphics and anthropomorphized food items, Food Fantasy is a mobile game that is both fun and engaging. It combines aspects of two common gaming genres, RPG and restaurant management, into one game, making for a…

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Bendy and the Ink Machine’s newest game is the weakest one so far

Peak Web May 13, 2018

The range of emotions I experienced when playing the newest chapter of Bendy and the Ink Machine (BATIM) went from excitement, paranoia, and fear to confusion, frustration, and outright annoyance. This newest instalment delivers a chapter with lacklustre plot, stunning…

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SFU researchers develop simulated reality game to showcase trans youth experiences

Peak Web March 6, 2018

SFU sociology researchers are teaming up with master’s students from the Centre of Digital Media to develop an immersive game where players assume an avatar and navigate the Lower Mainland as a trans youth to better understand the daily experiences…

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Why I’m not jumping on the Pokémon Go bandwagon

EIC July 25, 2016

[dropcap]O[/dropcap]ne of the fondest memories of my childhood is marathoning all 10 (at the time) Pokémon movies in a 24-hour period. I wept when Entei sacrificed himself for Molly and cheered when Latios and Latias rocketed over the city of…

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