Tag: Review

By Peter Hemminger

Some bars encourage you to drink as much you can, as quickly as you can, and then get the hell out of dodge. Vicious Circle doesn’t seem to think that way. A lot of care has gone into ensuring the Circle is a place you can spend the entire night in comfort. The drink selection,… Continue reading Vicious’ nice drinks

By Rob Scherf

If Calgary’s nightlife has just one place that’s utterly stunning in its uniqueness, that place is Mortal Coil. Located in the heart of Mission, the Coil has been a fixture of Calgary culture for almost seven years, and shows no signs of slowing down. The first thing new visitors will notice is that Mortal Coil… Continue reading Immortality be damned

By Andrew Ross

The Drum and Monkey is essentially a classic English-style pub. Dark walls, TVs in the corners, lots of wood, and plenty of footy paraphernalia. There’s beer on tap including the venerable Boddingtons, English food of the stock that’s bred generations of Anglo Saxons (soup, burgers, and shepherd’s pie), and music that doesn’t draw attention to… Continue reading Bang a drum

By Patrick M. Boyle

This was Nintendo’s contribution to the puzzle game explosion led by the phenomenal success of Tetris. Each player started the game with a jar containing numerous red, yellow and blue viruses. The object was to eliminate all of the nasties by steering capsules thrown into the top of the jar by a lab-coated Mario. Lining… Continue reading Dr. Mario (1990)

By John Leung

Sega’s famous blue hedgehog was created by the brain trust of the Sonic Team, led by Yuji Naka (creator of other games such as Chu Chu Rocket and Billy Hatcher). In the games, Sonic must battle the evil Dr. Robotnik, speed through zones and grab the rings and defeat Dr. Robotnik’s somewhat easy-to-defeat bosses (when… Continue reading Sonic the Hedgehog (1990)

By Andrew Ross

Wing Commander does not require much of a computer, it ran perfectly on my family’s 386, but was unplayable on our Pentium 166. Despite being a relatively low-tech game, Wing Commander is still one of my favourite games of all time. This game was the reason to own a joystick. What was so great about… Continue reading Wing Commander (1990)

By Troy Greenwood

What modern man has not, at some point in their life, yearned to conquer the world? Civilization was perhaps the first computer game to quench this thirst. In charge of a civilization on an extensive map, filled with enemies and resources, your job is to explore the map, manage resources, confront your enemies and conquer… Continue reading Civilization (1991)

By Andrew Ross

I have to start with a disclaimer: I never shelled out the $30 for the full version of Wolfenstein 3D. Being a kid without an allowance, I didn’t have the means for such largesse, so I was restricted to playing the first dungeon. Of course, I played that first dungeon over and over, until I… Continue reading Wolfenstein 3D (1992)

By Robbie White

Released in arcades in 1970, Asteroids was Atari’s answer to Space Invaders. They must have done something right because Asteroids went on to become Atari’s all-time best seller. Asteroids took the “high score” idea and went a step further, allowing players to enter their initials when they achieved a high enough score. Asteroids was also… Continue reading Asteroids (1979)

By Robbie White

In 1993, Nintendo was feeling pressure from the various 32-bit consoles such as the Panasonic 3D0 and Atari Jaguar. Also their biggest competitor Sega had its new 32X system on the horizon. Nintendo’s answer was to push its Super Nintendo to the limits with the Super-FX chip. Star Fox was the first game to use… Continue reading Star Fox (1993)