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Canada EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag Sorry Canada, no Half-Minute Hero for you 69 Apparently, if your game doesn't have French in it, Quebec won't let you sell it. This is probably something our millions of Quebec readers already knew, but one of them, Destructoid reader Mike,... Canadian government funding indie games development 19 You and I both know that every person that has ever said, "If [so and so] gets elected, I'm moving to Canada!" is lying. Well, it seems that Canada is starting to call our bluff, doing ... P.E.I. goes to bat for Longtail Studios with tax breaks 8 Two Canadian provinces, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia, have agreed to a bare-knuckle brawl to the death, both hoping to curry the favor of Longtail Studios, an iPhone and Wii developer bas... THQ hates Canada 20 Ok, not really. I'm sure THQ loves Canada just as equally as the rest of the world. However, it turns out that a whole bunch of copies of Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor shipped up in Canada wi... Killzone 2 ads pulled in Toronto because OMG VIOLENCE! 68 Sony has pulled a number of bus shelter ads promoting Killzone 2 following complaints concerning their "violent" imagery. It's been proven that viewing pictures of things that may repre... Oh, Canada: Beyond Good & Evil is a cheese pack-in 31 I love me some string cheese. I'm not sure why it peels like that, but I totally dig it as a midday blogger snack. And I dig Beyond Good & Evil. Though it's not the newest game around, and I ... EA's new Canadian studio gets a red light 5 Electronic Arts' misfortune continues, as the former dominatrix of the games industry has announced that plans have been scrapped for new studio in Vancouver, Canada.Citing lower-than-expected re... Sex or videogames? Canadian women answer! 36 If you love rampant sex, then you might not want to visit Canada during the launch of a big game. A recent survey has concluded that more women than men would choose interactive entertainment ove... Kids microwave cat, get banned from playing videogames ... wait, what? 121 I know some of you are sick of the "videogamers who do crimes" angle, but this one's just a bit too eyebrow-raising not to post. It involves a cat, a microwave and two teenagers who wan... Best Buy Canada gets into the used games market 6 Best Buy Canada, recognizing the obscene profits to be made by reselling used games, has decided to adopt the practice at its subsidiary Future Shop stores. The Globe and Mail goes on to tell us ... Canadian cops hop on the GTA IV stupid wagon 48 Probably feeling left out as the world's biggest moron parade marches by without them, the Calgary police department has come out to say that Grand Theft Auto IV is a "grave concern" an... GDC 08: Fable 2 gameplay and details. Also, co-op 32  Lionhead Studio's Peter Molyneux came to the Microsoft keynote at the 2008 GDC packing new Fable 2 footage and details on cooperative gamplay.  Molyneux first showed off a new money ma... jPod: the best gaming show you aren't watching 45 I wish all my "there's nothing good on TV" moments ended with finding a new and amazing TV show to watch, instead of my usual giving up and watching another Simpsons episode that you've... Videogame Addiction debate on CHCH: Canadian television knows I exist 75 Appearing on Attack of the Show via webcam was the coolest moment in this little geek's life, so imagine the uncontrollable happy dance I did when a local Canadian TV station contacted me to a... Don't taze me bro: Megaman machinima scolds Vancouver airport security 30 Tweedman would dig this: A Mega Man 2 machinist has responded to last year's Vancouver airport security shitstorm. You may vaguely recall the incident: A Polish immigrant and airport authorities ... Rock Band hit Canadian stores yesterday ... we got 8 units?! 23 So, yesterday Rock Band was finally released in Canada, due to the fact Electronic Arts and Harmonix had to push our release date back twice. [Editor's note: Harmonix has insisted that initial an... Who needs drugs when you have videogames? 23 We recently told you how videogames are being used to cure migrane headaches, and now it looks like a similar approach is being taken to chronic pain.It seems that virtual reality can offer as mu... XBL Video Marketplace finally graces those outside the US with its presence 27 Well, this has been a very long time coming. The Xbox Live Video Marketplace has been a practical joke almost everywhere except the United States for ages, but Major Nelson has today confirmed th... Video Games Live heads north in 2008 38 Video Games Live was so well received in the Great White North that they're heading back for a second helping of beaver tails, Tim Horton's coffee and the CFL.Starting in February 8th, 2008, VGL ... The city that Tetris built: Canadian edition 22 I wish that fixing up the buildings of Toronto, Canada was really as easy as this; summer construction would go a lot quicker, too. Ryerson University student Julian Cardozo created a neat video... Mario more recognized than the Canadian Prime Minister 63 Wow, talk about an insult to the Canadian government. According to a recent survey commissioned by Nintendo of Canada, more people recognize Mario than Stephen Harper, the Canadian Prime Minister... BioWare ranked top 10 Canadian employer, EA vows to cut oxygen rations 16 Next Gen has an article citing the Financial Post's decision to name BioWare to their top 10 list of finest employers in Canada. The Canadian publication's list draws from a pool of every company... DLC services shaft Canada, Canada plans swift military response 20 According to this article in Ars Technica, Canada's burgeoning economy is causing headaches for gamers in the Great White North. Apparently the rise of the Canadian dollar hasn't been matched by ... Booze Cruise teaches the evils of drunk driving 23 The Washington Post tells us about a Canadian-developed video game that aims to demonstrate what it's like to drive drunk.Developer Jim Parker, a digital-media professor at the University of Calg... Canadian Wal-Mart rolling back prices on PlayStation 3 24 Today, I am proud to be a Canadian. Not only is our dollar on par with the American dollar, after 30 years, but our Wal-Mart is currently selling PlayStation 3 systems cheaper than the US Wal-Mar... Destructoid interview: Pure Pwnage 46 If you haven't seen Pure Pwnage yet, - and frankly you have very little excuse at this stage - stop reading this right now, head over to the site, and come back and resume once you've watched all... X'07: Hunting down Canadian videogame bloggers 23 Forgive me Niero for saying this, but … there is only one thing I hate about writing for Destructoid and that is the fact that I am the one and only writer from Canada. It’s incred... Microsoft X'07: Games + a power outage + an open bar = best event ever 17 Let me start off by saying Microsoft sure knows how to throw a great open bar… I mean media event. X07, Microsoft’s holiday preview event was so full of awesomesauce that the cops ha... Destructoid invades Toronto, Canada for Microsoft's X07 33 Europe may be missing out on the Microsoft love this year, but Canada is set for a full 'round-the-world package this Tuesday, August 28th, when X07 hits the city of Toronto with full force. ... Videogames get a 'boot to the head' 28 Destructoid has some of the best readers in the gaming universe, and just to show how much the staff here at Dtoid loves you, we've decided to give you all ... a boot to the head.Back in 1986, a... Xbox 360 gets a price drop in Canada: we traded Celine Dion for it 24 After sending countless packages containing poutine, moose meat, and Tragically Hip CDs, the good people at Microsoft have finally decided to drop the prices on their Xbox 360 consoles in Canad... Mainstream Extreme: Wii workout added to gym 12 Sweaty controllers aplenty! Breaking a Wii-sweat is no longer only for overweight, sedentary gamers as a Canadian health club adds Nintendo's Wii to its workout circuit. You've definitely seen i... Canadians, want a red PS3? 46 Making something red makes people want it, plain and simple. Red is the color of sex, love and disaster, a delicious cocktail that everyone wants to guzzle without looking back. Too bad I'm i... Civ III to teach kids all about beavers, loonies, and Scott Thompson 12 As a proud American, my knowledge of Canadian history is rather rudimentary. The classes I attended in high school informed me that it was a gift from Odin to the ancient Vikings, and that in 195... Former EA peeps bolt to make Wii/DS studio ... now we're talking 34 This is how you make great games for the most refreshing console to date: Create a studio to make games specifically for that console. No ports, not half-assed coding, no, there has got to be str... Leo Laporte: WoW addict? 14 Scott Johnson over at My Extra Life.com reported today that Leo Laporte of TechTV fame has joined his World of Warcraft guild. Now I know you're thinking who the heck cares about Leo and h... New PS3 price asks Canadians to grab their ankles (update) 30 I'm not sure if its our weird Monopoly-like money or our cute one and two dollar coins that Sony marketers love so much, but its obvious that Sony loves Canadian money more than American, bec... Old G4TV lives in Canada 29 Over a year ago, G4TV opted to change their station format from an all tech/gaming channel to more of an all guy channel with new programming like that of SpikeTV, in hopes that they would dra... Podtoid 13: The Canadians are taking over 61 We're back in lucky Podtoid episode 13 as Faith, Colette, Aaron and Summa join special guest Victor Lucas, whom you know as the co-host and creator of Electric Playground, Judgement Day and... Canadian researcher suggests gaming may be good for the brain 4 A researcher, Jim Karle, at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada recently released a study that claims that gaming directly benefits short term memory. In his studies so far, it seems... 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