Do futuristic games have 8-bit beat?
I lay there bleeding from the sizeable hole on my chest, just before my left shoulder. I knew that the end would come soon. A…
Arts & Culture
Turning 18 . . . meh
On Jan. 16, 2011, I turned 18 years old. Yes, I turned 18 in the year 2011. This is the part where you quickly do…
Ways to survive Winnipeg public transit in Winnipeg’s deep freeze
It’s crazy. At the beginning of each and every month students line up by the hundreds in University Centre to get their hands on a…
Bringing Strindberg’s dreams to life
Every year, Winnipeg’s Master Playwright Festival honours a playwright whose work has been significant to the craft and inspiring to audiences and fellow playwrights alike….
Unnecessary Review
Holy shit you guys, I have something pretty special to talk about. In recent years popular media has evolved from standard-def to hi-def, then hi-def…
More guns, less whimsy
The Green Hornet has suffered from the expectations it created. While the film is — as I write this — the highest grossing currently in…
Recital probe
Classical musicians from the University of Manitoba’s faculty of music are trying to change the way we consume music by performing outside of organized orchestral…
Five Questions
Five Questions is a continuing column in which we pose a different artist the same five crucial questions. One: The Manitoban: What substance or activity…
Dude, bro
The first major comedic release of 2011 is Ron Howard’s The Dilemma. Despite being marketed as a buddy film in the same vein as 2009’s…
Thick smoke and pineapple juice
I sit there, in the dimly lit dive bar that foreigners, such as myself, have come to known as a sort of English speaking safe…