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This youth hockey team left the Durham community speechless with their ‘soup-er’ donation to the local food bank
A youth hockey team in Durham Region spent the winter raising cans of soup...
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Viewing party gets Defiant fans involved, brings exposure to Toronto esports
Toronto Defiant held a viewing party for their fans to come together and support Toronto Defiant's first series of the season.
eGaming
Late-night gaming habits take toll on student
All-nighters have become a staple of university life, whether it be to catch up on late assignments or to socialize with friends. For Tom Hui, overnights are for video games.
News
Hack the ROM connects students with Indigenous knowledge through video game design
The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) hopes a new video game design program will better connect Ontario students with Indigenous knowledge and ancestral objects in its collection.
Arts & Life
Microsoft Store holding first-ever women’s gaming social
The Microsoft Store at the Toronto Eaton's Centre will be hosting their first ever Womens gaming social.
The goal of the event is to empower women who play video games, and to discuss the importance of community involvement.
eGaming
Ontario gamers are making a name for themselves in eSports
Thousands of professional eSports players gather all year round for tournaments, including the recent AMD ExtravaLANza in Markham, Ont. in early November 2016. Follow the team of local players who won the DOTA 2 tournament.
Arts & Life
Now you’re playing with women of power
Professor Victoria McArthur remembers some of the greatest female heroes in gaming history.
Arts & Life
The eight games of Christmas
With the holiday season fast approaching, it can be a hassle trying to figure out what to get for the video game lover in your family. To help you, this list of suggestions is broken down into three categories: Console, PC and 3DS.
Arts & Life
Fighting games hope to match success of eSports giants
They don’t have DotA 2’s $18-million prize pools, nor will they have 27 million...
Arts & Life
Video game gives teens ‘safe space to play around with relationships’
Sasse has recently come home after a year in France. Now that she's back, she'll experience being the new kid again at her high school. It's a fictional story playing out in a video game world, but the sorts of things teenage Sasse might face — bullying, romance, learning about boundaries and consent, coming to terms with one’s sexuality — are rooted in reality.
Hockey
Centennial College grad preparing for 2nd EA Sports Challenge
Wayne Morales won $10,000 in prize money last year at the EA Sports Challenge sereis for NHL '12 and is ready to do it all over again in NHL '13.
Hockey
EA Sports scores with NHL 12
Diving deeper into the game and looking at the little things that have been tweaked is where you find the subtle nuances that make NHL 12 from EA Sports a whopping success.
Arts & Life
EA’s NHL 12 a huge hit in Toronto debut
Much to the delight of hockey-crazed gamers in Toronto, EA Sports’ NHL 12 video game officially hit the shelves on Tuesday.
Arts & Life
Video games more than just play, gamers say
Nathan Lui has his eyes glued to the television.
His feet are up and resting...
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