January 3, 2012 10:17 am
Imagine if all the hours you spent moving coloured blocks on Tetris led to something productive — terminal disease research, perhaps? Two McGill University academics are tapping into our appreciation for casual video games in order to further research into genetic disorders like cancer, Alzheimer’s and diabetes.
April 11, 2011 4:03 pm
I grew up playing Goldeneye and Super Mario Brothers, and, as a result, gained a small modicum of video gaming skills.
March 16, 2011 1:50 pm
Darren Piercey isn’t afraid of spiders, but he knows you might be. And, he has a solution that will spook the arachnophobia right out of you.
March 9, 2011 3:48 pm
A few weeks ago, I was taking a cab to the airport. Like me, the driver was a programmer, so we started talking about our favourite languages and sharing some of our own projects.
March 8, 2011 11:15 am
A recent study at Ryerson University debunked the common assumption that playing violent video games desensitize against violence, but only for the young adult crew of gamers.
Are the students receiving scholarships concerned that the $100,000 they receive from the Rhodes Trust comes from the imperial exploitation and war-mongering in which Rhodes took part?
How do professors and students — those working toward obtaining a graduate degree and those in the midst of the application process — perceive the jump to grad school?
Lundi dernier, la une du Ottawa Sun avait ceci comme titre: «C’est cher, n’est pas?» [sic.] L’article –qui aurait dû lire «C’est cher, n’est-ce pas?», faute que le quotidien s’est empressé de corriger l’après-midi même –s’appuyait sur une étude récente menée par l’Institut Fraser. Le rapport *Official Language Policies of the Canadian Provinces: Costs and Benefits in 2006* et sa couverture médiatique en ont fait jaser plusieurs.
