Want to win big? Tune in to the stream! — With a huge thank you to all our donors and supporters, we’re SO PUMPED to show you what we’re giving away during A Critical Cause: Gamers for Mental Health, the charity stream supporting mental health initiatives in Winnipeg! Where to Watch: Twitch.tv/CriticalCauseFund Stream Start: 12 p.m. CST April 28th Stream End: 12 p.m. CST April 29th We’re going big on the giveaways this year, and they’re tied to…

Who’s joining us to support mental health initiatives in Winnipeg? — We’re excited to announce the guests for A Critical Cause: Gamers for Mental Health, the charity stream supporting mental health initiatives in Winnipeg! Where to Watch: Twitch.tv/CriticalCauseFund Stream Start: 12 p.m. CST April 28th Stream End: 12 p.m. CST April 29th Guests and Interviews There are so many amazing local guests joining us this year. We’ll be talking to them about their mental health experiences, what they’re working on, and playing…

It’s often the only way to escape interruptions. — Is it the best place to write them? Maybe, or maybe not. (and for the sake of copy/pasting and formatting, definitely not) Every once in a while, I have a thought or idea that I’d like to explore and turn into a blog post. But, if I don’t get the…

And what I’m doing to make life a little better — Can you just be better? At your job? At your marriage? At life? Why can’t you just get out of bed and get ready to go to work in a more productive way? It’s tough to get out of bed in the morning, a lot of the time. Maybe things would be easier if I worked 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., …

Traveling through life as a mixed race Canadian. — People mistake me for being Indian or Pakistani all the time. In 2007 I was competing in a track and field race in Abbotsford, B.C. and twenty older Sikh men who were playing Sunday cricket next door came to cheer me on. …

Also: are we playing fewer games, or just getting old? — We have a special place in our hearts at The Critical Hit for Horizon: Zero Dawn. It’s one of the best games we’ve played in the last year, and has one of the most fleshed out and driven female characters we’ve seen in a AAA game. That’s one thing we dive into on the podcast. We also talk about if we’re playing fewer games because we’re busy, getting old, or because games are getting so big that we’re just scared of starting and never being able to finish them.

How do you motivate yourself to get things done? Do you trick and cajole yourself into completing tasks, or do you give yourself some kind of motivation that says “This will be good for me in the long run”? I bet you appeal to your self interest. “This is good…

Developer interviews on what it took to build this crazy game with sweet tunes in one weekend — After spending the weekend at PegJam 2017, I really got a better understanding of what it takes to make a video game. “Does it have a win condition? It’s a game”, says Matt Woelk, one of the developers of DJ HAMSTARZ: Aspiring Mix-Lord. Woelk emphasized that building a game requires…

Collaboration and innovation make for brand new games and a weekend of fun — A flying hamster DJ trying to make it big faces an army of robots, sent by the evil DJ Gerbillionaire, who only believes in crushing rodent remix dreams. This is the game that one team at PegJam 2017 created in one weekend. PegJam is a Winnipeg event that gives local…