Reading Time: 3 minutesI’d been looking forward to it, sure, but I forgot all about it until I got a surprise call from the local game store to inform me that my pre-ordered copy had come in. This is something that should have been great news, but instead it felt like a call from a girl I’d gone out with and never called back.
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Reading Time: 3 minutesThe sounds of sex begin from behind a couch and shortly after climax, a naked man steps out and crosses the stage. Mrs. Dally Has a Lover is starting, and I think I found him.
Reading Time: 2 minutesA sessional lecturer on human sexuality in the department of psychology at the University of British Columbia refutes claims made in a TEDx talk that warn of the dangers of Internet pornography.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe University of Ottawa will join in on the Harlem Shake online sensation on March 2 as students are invited to participate in a dance party on none other than Parliament Hill.
Reading Time: 2 minutesColin Muir Dorward, a U of O master of fine arts student and the latest artist to be highlighted at SAW Gallery, says he finds his inspiration in the everyday.
Reading Time: 3 minutesFor the first time in 20 years, the City of Ottawa has approved new licenses for street-food vendors around the city.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe camera’s on you! We’ve turned the lens on students to take a look at who’s wearing what on campus.
Reading Time: 3 minutesFulcrum music critic Max Szyc reviews long-awaited new releases from Irish alt-rock legends My Bloody Valentine and Canadian death metal old-timers Voivod.
Reading Time: 4 minutesBut what made it into what it is? Why is it, a Game Boy Color game, rarer and more valuable than any of the original Game Boy games which have age on their side? The answer is simply an unfortunate circumstance.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Law hosted its second annual fundraising comedy show Feb. 7 in an effort to raise money for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now
Reading Time: 3 minutesFulcrum film critics review the hit-and-miss humour of Identity Thief and the garden-variety romance of Safe Haven.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUniversity of Ottawa visual arts professor Dr. Michel Luc Bellemare is turning the world of abstract art on its head—or at least approaching it from a new angle.
Reading Time: 2 minutesSo, class—in case you missed the other night’s very important lessons, here’s a quick recap.
Reading Time: 4 minutesIt’s been a long time since I’ve been drawn into a game the same way I have been by Ni No Kuni.
Reading Time: 3 minutesA proposed update to the University of Ottawa’s liquor policy that would have banned shots of hard liquor and restricted pitchers in its student-run bars has been scrapped.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe University of Ottawa’s English-language improvised comedy team took home first prize at the University of Toronto’s improv summit Jan. 26.
Reading Time: 3 minutesA visual arts student from the U of O competed at this year’s Global Game Jam annual 48-hour gaming challenge.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThis week’s reviews include new albums from Canadian indie rockers Ra Ra Riot and Tegan and Sara
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe U of O has a team of eight students working with Leave the Pack Behind to promote awareness of the services they offer to support faculty, staff, and students who want to quit smoking.
Reading Time: 3 minutesFrom Feb. 1–22, a large poster exhibition illustrating priceless Polish artifacts will be on display on the first floor of the University of Ottawa’s Desmarais building.
Reading Time: 2 minutesTHE OTTAWA JAZZ Festival is stepping out into winter and will set foot on campus for a show at the Academic Hall on Feb. 2.
Reading Time: 2 minutesPop Drone will host a brand-new series of concerts that will kick off Feb. 1 at Café Alt and run throughout the semester.
Reading Time: 3 minutesFulcrum music critic Max Szyc reviews new releases from Ochre and The Joy Formidable.
Reading Time: 3 minutesEven though Zach Raynor has played for the Gee-Gees football team for the last four years of his life, he is now looking to pull off something that few of his friends or family expected: starting a career as the frontman in his own rock band.
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe Fulcrum asked a couple of our contributors to look back and tell us what they thought the top five albums of 2012 were.
