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  • Inside Indie Gaming

    Inside Indie Gaming

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    BY ROBERT SGOTTO Minecraft, Braid, Super Meat boy, Castle Crashers. Indie gaming and development has really picked up steam recently, but what really goes into making a game independently from a publisher? A five man team sounds small but that doesn’t mean they don’t work hard. To learn more about indie games and their development…

  • Trafalgar Two: Delays and promises

    Trafalgar Two: Delays and promises

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    STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY ROBERT SGOTTO Students in Sheridan’s new residence are disappointed with bugs and delays that they hoped would have been resolved when they moved in last summer. Glitches in the laundry room and ongoing construction have many irked. Others complain about the kitchens. MORE RELATED TO THIS STORY: Residence works hard to…

  • Bruins hosting first League of Legends intramurals at Davis campus

    Bruins hosting first League of Legends intramurals at Davis campus

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    COVERAGE BY ROB SGOTTO The Sheridan Bruins are hosting their inaugural League of Legends intramural tournament at Davis campus this Friday. Come check out our live coverage of the event starting at 6 p.m. Friday. Watch live video from SheridanSun on www.twitch.tv

  • Sheridan students can’t say ‘no’ to Nintendo

    Sheridan students can’t say ‘no’ to Nintendo

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    STORY BY ROBERT SGOTTO Sheridan’s Marquee took a warp pipe to the past last Thursday by adding a touch of Nintendo nostalgia to pub night. Nintendo fans and partygoers alike came out in costumes to celebrate their favourite characters from games of the past, and to forget about school for the night. “It’s good to…

  • Sheridan’s Down Right Fight battle royale

    Sheridan’s Down Right Fight battle royale

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    STORY BY ROBERT SGOTTO Sheridan’s Marquee was transformed into a battle royale Saturday when Down Right Fight (DRF) hosted its second fighting game tournament of the year. The tournament saw 90 competitors duke it out in Ultra Street Fighter 4, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom, and the most popular title, Super Smash Bros Melee. DRF is…

  • Sheridan takes out the trash

    Sheridan takes out the trash

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    VIDEO BY ROBERT SGOTTO The office of sustainability spearheads Sheridan’s green plan by reducing waste to landfills. On Oct. 16, volunteers and co-op students helped sort and audit Sheridan’s waste, the first time since April of last year. There’s a lot of confusion on what waste goes where, and coffee cups seems to end up…

  • Sheridan Plays Halo

    Sheridan Plays Halo

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      INFOGRAPHIC BY ROBERT SGOTTO The ever popular Halo series is getting a complete revamp with Halo: The Master Chief Edition. Halo’s anthology which will be released on November 11th this year, will include Halo 1, 2, 3, and 4 while improving graphics and frame rates for the series. With four of the biggest Halo games…

  • Brace yourself, Blizzards storm is coming

    Brace yourself, Blizzards storm is coming

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    http://youtu.be/qBxzsiIbuIc STORY AND VIDEO BY ROBERT SGOTTO Diablo, StarCraft, World of Warcraft. Blizzard Entertainments flagship titles are coming together in their newest game, Heroes of the Storm. The game, which will be released for PC and Mac, will let players do battle on vast landscapes using a popular mashup of popular characters from Blizzards favourite…

  • Fantasy, action, adventure: It’s all in the cards with new game Hearthstone

    Fantasy, action, adventure: It’s all in the cards with new game Hearthstone

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    STORY BY ROBERT SGOTTO From demons to orcs, dragons to spacecraft, Blizzard Entertainment has diverse games for a diverse culture. Now, they are trying their hand at card games. Known for games such as World of Warcraft, Diablo and Starcraft, Blizzard will take its first steps into online card games with Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft.…

  • Animation student captures hearts of contest judges

    Animation student captures hearts of contest judges

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    STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY ROBERT SGOTTO ARTWORK BY MICHAEL WANG   Sheridan’s talent left multinational video game developer Ubisoft in awe last Thursday. Ubisoft, known for games such as Assassins Creed and Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell, hosted their first ever Ubi Gallery contest at their Toronto studio on Wallace Avenue. “We want to see students…

  • Students help design their program’s first graduation

    Students help design their program’s first graduation

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    STORY AND PHOTOS BY ROBERT SGOTTO When people think about interior design, they might only think it’s about colours and materials, but it’s much more than that. You’re wearing more hats than just being creative. This spring will mark Sheridan College’s first graduating class of students to the Bachelor of Interior Design program. It’s been…

  • Tokyo Police Club returns

    Tokyo Police Club returns

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    STORY AND PHOTOS BY ROBERT SGOTTO Tokyo Police Club may have originally been three words in a song, but it didn’t take the four-man indie group from Newmarket long to make it their namesake. “Back when we were in high school, Tokyo Police Club was a lyric in a song,” said guitarist Josh Hook. “I…