I scanned the high shelves as I walked down the aisle. Bright colours like yellow, blue, and pink drew my attention. Hundreds of smiling faces stared back at me, unblinking. I admit that you can catch me walking around in Toys ‘R’ Us once every couple of months to see what kind of new or […]
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Horror isn’t so horrible
I remember watching my first horror movie when I was five or six. My grandparents had the pay-per-view plan on their TV, and 13 Ghosts was playing continuously on one of the channels. I was just a kid, but it didn’t scare me as much as it should have. A big glass house with […]
Top 5 Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 Specialists
Background: Black Ops 3 introduced a new feature to the Call of Duty franchise – Specialists. The player must choose from nine distinct specialists to play as, pre-made characters with their own unique look and back story that indirectly relates to game play. While the gender, facial structure, and body type of each specialist cannot […]
Q&A: Sean Ekins, dungeon master
Sean Ekins is a dungeon master – a storyteller within the tabletop role-playing game Dungeons and Dragons (D&D). While regular players create characters to play as within the game, he single-handedly creates mythical worlds and fantastical campaigns. Without dungeon masters, there would be no D&D as we know it – they are the story. […]
It’s about more then just being a body building
It didn’t always occur to James Vickers that he wanted to be a body builder. Or that he was even interested in fitness. But after realizing he wasn’t sure about who he was, losing interest in the things he used to enjoy, feeling disconnected from his friends, he turned to a different lifestyle and a […]
Always in our hearts, if not on our screens
Each year our generation gets older, it seems like more and more celebrities are dying. What we don’t expect is how connected we may feel and how their deaths may hit us. Jordyn Meade-Baxter takes a look at what causes us to mourn the loss of those who we never really knew. I turned […]
Can music save someone’s life?
This controversial idea has blown up in the world of music. Fans and artists alike are swearing that music has saved them, while others say it’s impossible. Music is powerful in many ways, but can it really save a life? The idea that music can save a life came to me at quite the young […]