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  • Designing games on a global scale

    Designing games on a global scale

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    STORY BY MARK ELGIE Sheridan students were jamming … not with instruments, but with games. Last Friday, students got together at Trafalgar Campus to create all sorts of new games – video games, board games, or a fusion of both, and they were given three days to make these ideas a reality. “The Global Game…

  • Hatoful Boyfriend will have you flapping for joy

    Hatoful Boyfriend will have you flapping for joy

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    STORY BY DYLAN PAISLEY The recently released game Hatoful Boyfriend deals with friends, feathers and falling in love. The game is a Japanese dating sim in which users play as a young who transfers to a fantasy high school that’s inhabited entirely by birds. As the game progresses, the player’s human character befriends, dates and…

  • 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 Comic Con is on the way

    Sheridan Comic Con is on the way

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    BY JONATHAN FERGUSON Do you want to save the world? Or maybe you are the type who wants to conquer it. Either way, hero or villian, all are welcome at the first Sheridan Comic Con at Davis Campus on Oct 27 to 31. The event aims to promote creativity on campus, and invites students to…

  • The Game Jam Alpha

    The Game Jam Alpha

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    VIDEO BY JONATHAN FERGUSON On september 26th starting at 9pm and ending the next night at 9pm, Sheridan had a Game Jam Alpha to test and see if students would be interested in the event. A game jam is a 24 hour event where participants create a working playable game within the time limit.

  • Khans of Tarkir

    Khans of Tarkir

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    BY WILLIAM DIXON September 26 sees the release of the newest block in the trading card game, Magic the Gathering. Khans of Tarkir introduces six new gameplay mechanics which change the way you play and reprints some older cards worth a pretty penny.      Want to learn how to play? Check back soon, we’ll…

  • E-sports: The growing culture

    E-sports: The growing culture

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    STORY AND INFOGRAPHIC BY MICHAEL RODRIGUES AND ROBERT SGOTTO Professional gamers have been given the nod from the U.S. government. Last year, Washington granted professional e-sports players athletic visas that will allow foreign competitors to easily enter the country for tournaments. But for a league that calls itself e-sports, is it really a sport? Over…

  • 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…

  • Get your rupees ready!

    Get your rupees ready!

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    STORIFY BY LINDA HERMIZ The Legend of Zelda’s latest installment for the Wii U, Hyrule Warriors, hits store shelves Sept. 26. [View the story “Get your rupees ready! ” on Storify]

  • 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…