Montreal Mirror | Erik Leijon | Culture | AAN.org

This Street Fighter Club is Serious About its Devotion to the Gamenew

There was a time in the ’90s where fighting games (most two players battling head-to-head in an arena, using six attack buttons and a joystick to deplete their opponents’ lifebar) were seemingly the favourite pastime of nearly every young male in North America.

Montreal Mirror | Erik Leijon | 03-19-2010 | Tech

Tags: Street Fighter, Toronto Street Fighter, video games, Montreal

Aloha Icebergs: Winter Surfers on the St. Lawrence Go With the Floesnew

Montreal surfboard maker Corran Addison and a small group of truly hardcore surfing junkies have taken to surfing noted local spots on the St. Lawrence River and the Richelieu River in Chambly in the dead of winter — when the only things typically hanging are icicles.

Montreal Mirror | Erik Leijon | 01-30-2009 | Sports

Tags: winter sports, surfing, St. Lawrence River

Geocachers Take the Treasure Hunt into the 21st Centurynew

Right under our collective noses, geocachers are placing small caches in ingenious places, uploading the GPS coordinates onto the official geocaching website and competing with each other to be the first to find these hidden treasures. The sport of geocaching has over 3,300 official participants in Quebec, and caches in every corner of Montreal.

Montreal Mirror | Erik Leijon | 08-05-2008 | Recreation

Tags: GPS, recreation, geocaching, exploring

'Rainbow Six Vegas 2' is Not Quite a Pot of Goldnew

Sometimes one botched sequel is enough to send the money train off the tracks. Ubisoft Montreal's latest is not that sequel -- in fact, it's quite enjoyable -- but arguably not as good as the first Vegas and not a great example of the company's desire to create engaging characters and storylines.

Montreal Mirror | Erik Leijon | 04-25-2008 | Video Games

Tags: video games, Rainbow Six Vegas 2, Ubisoft Montreal

These Guns for Hirenew

EA Montreal's Army of Two pairs mercenaries, kills terrorists and sidesteps politics.

Montreal Mirror | Erik Leijon | 03-07-2008 | Video Games

Tags: video games

Phil Fish Designs His Games the Indie Waynew

The former Ubisoft Montreal designer is part of a growing wave of independent game makers.

Montreal Mirror | Erik Leijon | 01-04-2008 | Video Games

Tags: video games

Ubisoft Montreal Goes In for the Killnew

The video game company makes history with the release of the groundbreaking Assassin's Creed.

Montreal Mirror | Erik Leijon | 11-12-2007 | Video Games

Tags: video games

'Halo 3': Hype Masternew

Halo 3 ends the trilogy with an understandably flashy conclusion designed for its devout fanatics; it also glorifies everything the game's detractors hate with gleeful schadenfreude.

Montreal Mirror | Erik Leijon | 10-01-2007 | Video Games

Tags: video games

RoyalCon Gathers Analog Role-Players Under One Tentnew

In Montreal, where every fringe activity has a festival, it's hard to believe role-playing games, of the card and board variety, have been so, until last year, horribly neglected.

Montreal Mirror | Erik Leijon | 09-14-2007 | Recreation

Tags: recreation

'Boogie': Made for Five-minute Spurtsnew

It's unfortunate that the game doesn't entirely live up to its promise.

Montreal Mirror | Erik Leijon | 08-27-2007 | Video Games

Tags: video games

In Casual Gaming, the Ad is Rightnew

Montreal developers Ludia push product placement to new heights with The Price Is Right.

Montreal Mirror | Erik Leijon | 08-17-2007 | Video Games

Tags: video games

Overloading at E3new

California's landmark gaming conference has scaled down, but its hot new games, awkward celebrity endorsements and all-out decadence remain in full force.

Montreal Mirror | Erik Leijon | 07-19-2007 | Video Games

Tags: video games