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video games

Portrait of a Lady on Fire, superb, The Assistant, too restrained, Sonic the Hedgehog, fun times

Also Downhill, a weak re-make of a Swedish triumph, and a look-ahead to a documentary festival

Wise talk by The Two Popes; a media circus for Richard Jewell and big action in Jumanji

Also: That Higher Level as a free gift from the National Film Board and a clumsy seasonal theme in The Kindness of Strangers

Tilda’s Bigger Splash, Ryan and Russell's Nice Guys comic turn and Vancouver’s animation of The Angry Birds

Also an Icelandic comedy, anarchy in a U.K. apartment building, ordeals of a math genius and three movies I haven’t seen

Upcoming GaymerX convention addresses sexual orientation in video games

An upcoming LGBT convention, GaymerX starts discussion of the importance and inclusion of sexual orientation in video games.

I Am a Gamer: Jamming to develop a video game with a strong female lead

An inside look at the iamagamer 48hr game jam that challenged developers to make strong female leads. I was a jammer and our team won a prize.

Iamagamer organizer Kimberly Voll rallies support for strong female leads in video games

Independent game developers will join together and create games that feature strong female leads at a 48-hr game jam at the Centre of Digital Media in Vancouver.

Robot Vacuum and Desert Bus: Patience as a video-game virtue

What's the slowest video game you've ever played?

Can Princess Zelda Speak?: Anita Sarkeesian and the Damsel in Distress

What potential lies within video game narratives? We will only know when we allow the damsel to speak.

Milla Jovovich back in Resident Evil: Retribution, Finding Nemo in glorious 3D

Finding Nemo is a perfect family film, for kids and adults.

Zelda brings legend to life at the Orpheum Theatre

The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses is an epic experience -- even if you've never played the video game.