It looks like crazy uncle Microsoft has gotten into some pretty futuristic crap. Microsoft Surface , announced yesterday, is like one of those old sit-down Pac-Man machines, only if it was birthed by Tron . From what I can tell, it’s a giant colour touch

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The results from last week's world-record attempt at the gang-bang title are in, and it was far from the 1001-person sex scrum we had hoped it would be. On Thursday May 17 in Columbus, Ohio, porn star Erin Daye (joined by her tag team friends Lisa Sparxxx

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In gaming there have are two superpowers--the Japanese motherland and upstart America. But always eager to spread their cultural stamp, the French have carved out a considerable niche in the global gaming industry. This has been helped by a supportive

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There’s a short story about gruesome masturbation accidents called Guts that Chuck Palahniuk ( Fight Club ) likes to read at his book signings. To date it’s caused more than 100 attendees to faint due to its graphic nature. When I met with Chuck this

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Sideshow caught up with Canadian filmmaker Jamie Kastner—the man behind the controversial documentary K*ke Like Me —for a discussion on the “K” word, shotgun bar mitzvahs and the pursuit of a Holocaust memorial dominatrix. Sideshow: The title of your

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Pop Quiz: What’s black and orange, free to log onto, and gets you free online porn? It’s blogTV.ca of course! The online broadcasting site launched on March 5, 2007 and it allows any user with a webcam the opportunity to broadcast a show and interact

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Ahh the long weekend. Three days off from the grind feels almost civilized, but only almost. Regardless of your tastes or lifestyle choices, certain accoutrements are invariably required In order to fully recline in restful bliss. I for one tend to call

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What up, Blog-Jams? First things first : Happy long weekend! And secondly, but equally important : Chuck Palahniuk ’s coming to Canada next week and it’s going to kick more ass than a serial mule abuser (that sounded dirtier than intended). If you’re

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Nintendo may've opened the floodgates for non-traditional button-mashers, but Microsoft’s bread is still buttered by the hardcore contingent and these decidedly non-casual gamers have been holding their breath for months to enter the Halo 3 multiplayer

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It's a double-feature for Hump Day! Let's start with Sideshow muse Dita Von Teese who made a splash in Toronto this past weekend promoting "Peep", the 21st annual Fashion Cares event. Dubbed the "Burlesque Superheroine" by Vanity Fair, this stripteuse

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Kafka is an illustrated biography on the influential Czech surreal writer Franz Kafka written by David Zane Mairowitz , laden with perfectly suited artwork by none other than the legendary Robert Crumb . It's hard to imagine a pastier, creepier, more

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Sometimes I sit around in seedy restaurants, playing with my coffee cup and pretending to read a book, hoping that a stranger will talk to me. This is precisely what happens when Mari Asai, the 19-year-old protagonist of After Dark by Haruki Murakami

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Every human in the world : Hey Christopher Bolton , of Rent-A-Goalie fame, what are you up to this summer? Christopher Bolton, of Rent-A-Goalie fame : Who, me? Not much, really. Read a few books, maybe get up north for a stretch. Oh, oh yeah, and BIKE

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About a year ago, I picked up a used copy of Jet Set Radio Future , an acclaimed but largely forgotten 2002 Xbox game involving rocket-powered rollerblades, malevolent Tokyo policeman and graffiti as political statement. Thing is, I'd already moved on

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Inside Out, Toronto's annual lesbian and gay film and video festival is happily celebrating its 17th season this year. The festival, which starts on May 17th and ends on May 27th, caters to 30,000 movie goers at multiple venues around the city. "All the

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As a young man desperate to break into showbiz, Eddie Izzard thought it would be a good idea to print up business cards that read, “Eddie Izzard - TV/Film star” and give them to everyone he met. The idea, he tells me, was that he would meet a big-wig

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Have you ever had a secret about yourself that you’re dying to tell the world, but haven't had the guts to share? A few years ago, a small business owner named Frank Warren made it possible to clear the air anonymously. He invited secret holders of all

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Breaking porn news! As the Sideshow previously reported , on May 17th Erin Daye will be going for the gang-bang world record by having sex with 1001 guys in one day. But her tag-team partner, Totally Tabitha, has pulled out of the event (no pun intended)!

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A couple months back, nervous Bostonians called the cops after seeing some sketchy looking devices, blinking all sinister-like , attached to the underside of bridges and overpasses. Bomb squads were called and the downtown core was closed--until closer

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Don't call Dita Von Teese a stripper, if you please! Her book, Burlesque and the Art of the Teese suggests more appropriate names like peeler, stripteuse, stripteaser, showgirl, burlesquer or slinger to name but a few. It's likely you first heard the

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If the flow of emails is any indication, many of our loyal Showcase viewers are seriously jonesing for a new crop of Weeds . Fans of the hydroponic chronic will be red-eyed with delight because Showcase will be airing all 15 episodes of the third season

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