Events
SaltCon 2015: Cthulhu Wars
As a game, Cthulhu Wars follows the Risk template of conquering the world bit by bit, except instead of raising armies to fight nobly on the field of battle, you’re summoning Elder Gods and their wretched spawn to corrupt and conquer the Earth. … read more
SaltCon 2015: Villages
I have a personal weakness for board games with pixellated video game art, and Villages capitalized on that weakness immediately. … read more
SaltCon 2015: Eight-Minute Empire
This wonderful board game both designed and illustrated by Ryan Laukat is a quick strategy game that is as challenging as it is beautiful. … read more
SaltCon 2015: Artemis
Artemis was unlike any game I’ve ever played before. It wasn’t a tabletop game, but it definitely catered to that small niche in the gaming community. … read more
SLUG Games: Slash Bash Presented By Ken Garff Fiat
This past Saturday Feb. 28 marked the second contest of the 15th annual SLUG Games: Slash Bash Presented By Ken Garff Fiat. Housed at the base of Millicent at Brighton Resort, over 100 competitors turned up for their chance at local fame. … read more
SLUG Games: Slash Bash Presented By Ken Garff Fiat Recap
DJ Heinous Society provided the soundtrack as hordes of groms hiked feverishly to impress the judges with their pure guts and determination. Only the top five would advance to the finals, so it was now or never. … read more
SLUG Games Battle at Basin Presented by Ken Garff Fiat
The crowd huddled together Saturday, Jan. 10, as they watched the winners of SLUG Games: Battle at Basin Presented by Ken Garff Fiat—SLUG’s 15th Annual Snowboard and Ski competition at Snowbasin Resort—get crowned and receive their awesome prizes.
Sundance Film Review: Don Verdean
Don Verdean is a biblical scholar and archaeologist who has built his career on excavating and preserving artifacts from the good book—the film’s opening scene features an antiquated documentary in which Verdean tracks down the shears that Delilah used to cut Samson’s hair. … read more
Billie of All Trades: Billie Piper
Billie Piper looked like she stepped out of the pages of Tiger Beat circa 1993. With a blue flannel shirt, overalls, fingerless gloves, spats and her hair in a messy top knot bun, she is the epitome of not-giving-a-damn and I love it. … read more
Slamdance Film Review: Wendell and the Lemon
Wendell (Todd D’Amour) picks up the lemon on the street, shortly after a breakup, and he quickly incorporates the lemon into his daily routine. He’s cast as a sort of neurotic, overly anxious character, also adopting an eye patch to cover a twitching eye—though he can’t remember which eye has the problem.
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Slamdance Film Review: My Fathers, My Mother and Me
Throughout the film, Robert and his mother Florence navigate their own relationship in relation to the philosophy and structure of the commune in open and honest conversations, revealing Florence’s idealism and her son’s trepidation as one children raised under it. … read more
Slamdance Film Review: Alpha
Cue Alpha: a modern dystopian tale from the birthplace of democracy, inspired by one of ancient Greece’s archetypal myths—Sophocles’ Antigone. … read more
