Smaller screens

Last week’s Spark Animation 2014 conference, film festival and job fair revealed two sides of Vancouver’s animation industry. On the one hand, Bardel Entertainment – a big company with 500 employees working in three studios – premiered its big-screen feature,...

How long is too long?

Should a game provide “value for money” and pad out its story with as many tedious hours of fetching things as possible, or is there merit in a short, sharp ending? Read More

Fantasia, the game

A lot has changed since Disney Interactive first approached music game developer Harmonix Music Systems, creators of the original Guitar Hero and Rock Band games, about making an interactive sequel to Walt Disney’s beloved Fantasia film in 2010. Since acquiring Marvel...

More Gamergate

Gamergate, a diffuse but relentless online anti-feminist movement aimed at drubbing feminist women out of game development and criticism, continues to expand the scope of its attacks. First it started as a traditional anti-feminist campaign, targeting individual women...

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Marissa Mayer has been been playing defense for two years. As CEO of Yahoo, she has weathered critical attacks on her sleep habits, telecommuting policies, Vogue photo shoots, and most recently, her acquisitions. Yahoo  YHOO 1.69% has acquired approximately three...