Peter Strauss

Totally forgot to post this article. It was sitting there, abandoned and neglected in my Unpublished bin. Here it is: (header image by Jon Simo) I have a lot of awesome friends who are incredibly creative and inspiring and I thought I would namedrop share some of their best work from this past year as well as have a go-to playlist of their best work. Mike Palmer & Jon Simo Roaming Focus Ep 5 – Prison Roaming Focus is a cool, ongoing photography series but this episode was on another…read more

Hurray! Year end recaps of the year in movies. The time of cramming all the ones I’ve missed! This list will likely be redundant in six months when I see all the other stuff I missed. Still, a great year for movies. I was especially happy that most of the Oscar bait/prestige pictures were painfully obvious and of little interest to me and many of the blockbusters were actually excellent. I try to base my picks off of Toronto releases (or VOD availability in Canada) but I don’t really care…read more

Movies live! 2012 was a letdown year for me, luckily a lot of great films were saved for 2013. This year was packed with awesome blockbusters, cool indies, and a variety of envelope-pushers. The following are a loose list of what really made an impression on me, generated some great discussion, and were altogether memorable, satisfying films from 2013. Half of my TIFF films this year are releasing in 2014 and already make up half of my Top 10 list for that year—things are looking good.

A year of letdowns and compromises results in a somewhat unenthusiastic list.

Countdown to a strong year.

One of the most significant years in video game innovations, this is a year to remember. With no less than four games that put character and story before explosions, it was a special year indeed.

2009 was a year for the cinephile where genre films dominated the average Oscar-bait melodramas. These are the best of the bunch.

Role-playing games were all the rage in 2009 with games of different genres expanding through RPG mechanics. Some worked, some didn’t. But what games were the best of 2009?