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The Crown Tundra revives hope for Pokémon’s immersive sense of adventure
November 3, 2020By: Zach Siddiqui, Peak Associate “Find me where the wild things are,” I hear myself quoting just minutes into the snowbound frontier of my latest digital adventure: Pokémon Sword and Shield’s most recent downloadable content (DLC), The Crown Tundra. Pokémon’s eighth generation of games has been controversial from the start. I myself have tilted back and forth in my stance on the current state of the franchise. Living out the adventures of the Tundra revitalized my excitement for future instalments. Part of that I owe to the DLC’s advertised selling points: Dynamax Adventures, quests for Legendary Pokémon, and an expanded…
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Student heals emotionally after falling asleep on bedspread at 2 a.m. in day clothes
August 11, 2020Written by Zach Siddiqui, Humour Editor VANCOUVER, BC — This morning, an SFU student woke up completely emotionally stable. He had fallen asleep on top of his bed covers at 2:37 a.m., still dressed in his T-shirt, shorts, and favourite…
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Man plays hide-and-go-seek with memories of times he was wrong
August 11, 2020Written by Zach Siddiqui, Humour Editor VANCOUVER, BC — An SFU student has been sighted in the downtown core playing hide-and-go-seek. When asked who was “it,” he explained that he was trying and failing to track down his memories of…
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SFU researchers to map COVID-19 vulnerability throughout BC
July 27, 2020Written by: Zach Siddiqui, Humour Editor An SFU-based research team of professors and graduate students will be looking at the communities in BC most vulnerable to COVID-19. Headed by Dr. Valorie Crooks and Dr. Nadine Schuurman, this project will visually…
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Student boosts house party’s cred by changing COVID-19’s Facebook status to “going”
July 23, 2020Written by Zach Siddiqui, Humour Editor PORT MOODY, BC — In hopes of drawing an upper-class crowd to her illicit house party, a student at SFU logged into her Facebook event and switched COVID-19’s status from “invited” to “going.” “It’s…
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Correct mask fit is key, says SFU study on masks and facial hair
July 22, 2020Written by: Zach Siddiqui, Humour Editor In a study on facial hair and face masks, SFU researchers have found that beardless faces are slightly better protected than bearded ones — but that the overall factor in protection for any face is…
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Two SFU professors receive $300,000 grants from Innovate BC
July 15, 2020Written by: Zach Siddiqui, Humour Editor Two SFU professors have been awarded $300,000 each in grant money through Innovate BC’s Ignite Program, out of four total winners. Dr. Martin Ester, a computing science professor, won the award for his collaboration…
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Alumnus “isn’t passionate” about current shampoo brand, regrets not switching it before graduating
July 14, 2020Written by Zach Siddiqui, Humour Editor Recently, a Vancouver-based university graduate took to Facebook to describe his regrets about the life choices he pursued during his bachelor’s. “I just graduated from SFU with honours, and after some heavy self-reflection, I…
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Pokémon Sword and Shield’s new DLC proves these games need more TLC
July 9, 2020By: Zach Siddiqui, Humour Editor After a not-so-glowing first reception, Pokémon Sword and Shield just got its first DLC add-on, Isle of Armor. Players can now travel from Galar to the Isle of Armor, complete with new sidequests and a…
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Student loses house keys somewhere inside dense course reading
July 6, 2020Written by Zach Siddiqui, Humour Editor VANCOUVER, BC — On Monday, Texas Boxerbatte, a third-year English student at SFU, found himself locked out of his home after dropping his house keys somewhere in the depths of his 150 pages of…
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