The Game Awards Don’t Know What They Want to Be

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December 17, 2025

The "biggest night in gaming" continues to be a three-hour commercial for a shell of an industry.

Screen & Souls

Madison Mäe Adsetts

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November 11, 2025

A plea for wonder in a world that has mistaken data for divinity.

Chainsaw Man – The Movie Isn’t That, Exactly

Evan Robins

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November 8, 2025

"It’s not that the Chainsaw Man movie isn’t good, it’s that it is competent to the point of being uninspired."

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An Interview with Neurodiverse Professor Dr. Katrina Keefer

Ian Vansegbrook

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March 2, 2024

In the first instalment of his column interviewing neurodiverse academics, staff writer Ian Vansegbrook profiles swordfighter and polymath Dr. Katrina Keefer, who discusses her experiences in grad school while having ADHD.

Dancing on my own in Celeste 64

Evan Robins

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February 14, 2024

Having recently discovered that her favourite game of all time received a 3D platformer spin-off/remake, Arthur editor Evan Robins reminisces on the impact one little indie game about a girl climbing a mountain has had on her life, and muses in typically indulgent fashion on the futurity of endings.

Holiday Blues

Chukwugoziem Nwadugbo

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January 25, 2024

It’s the 25th of December, and I am curled up in my apartment watching old episodes of Vanderpump Rules cringing hard at the television screen. This year, I am spending Christmas alone and it’s an experience (an isolating drab one). Being an international student living in Canada, one of the cons includes not having your family with you during holidays and missing out on family rituals.

Brutal Honesty From the Target Demographic: True Crime Scares AND Prepares Me??

Makayla Sanders

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August 28, 2025

Self defense advice for fellow true crime-audience-member/potential-victims

More than a Head Shot: Jordan Lyall Does Documentary Photography

Derek Newman-Stille

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August 12, 2025

"I'm very motivated by the joy of capturing connections and real moments with people.”

Ontario Heritage Conference 2025: Picton's Historic Haven

J.A. Forrester

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August 12, 2025

J.A. Forrester takes Arthur on a tour of adapted heritage properties in Prince Edward County.

Time Stands Still at Millennium Park

David King

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August 7, 2025

What will we tell the Peterborough of tomorrow about the Peterborough of today?

35 Years Later, The Only Café is Still Open

David King

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July 28, 2025

“If you want to have a martini, we don't do that. If you want to have a World's Best sandwich with extra pickles and a pint of this and listen to the Rolling Stones, we’ve got that.”

How to Buy a Mechanical Keyboard (and Why) | Technomancy

Evan Robins

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July 22, 2025

People have been asking. Send them to me.

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Sex Shops and You, or Why You Should Visit One

Ian Vansegbrook

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May 2, 2024

Staff journalist Ian Vansegbrook presents an introspective look at sex shops, and their role both as facets of sexuality and identity, but also as vendors of sex toys.

An Interview with Neuro-diverse Professor Derek Newman-Stille

Ian Vansegbrook

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April 15, 2024

In this second edition of my ongoing interviews with Neurodivergent professors here at Trent, we speak with Derek Newman-Stille (They/Them), a nine-time Aurora Award winner for fantasy and science fiction writing, and Trent PhD candidate, who specializes in fat studies, disability studies, and queer studies.

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