Best Buy Canada and Nintendo of Canada Ltd. are joining forces this fall to spread the word across Canada about female-friendly gaming. It’s no longer just teenagers playing video games – its everybody, including young girls, moms and even seniors.
Best Buy’s “Wii(TM) for Women” events will feature gaming experts talking directly with women, including moms and their daughters, to educate them on how widespread gaming has become over the years – and how women’s minds and bodies can actually benefit from playing certain video games, not to mention that it’s a great way to relax, and also have fun with the entire family!
Consumers will be able to try out featured games at the Wii for Women events including Wii Fit(TM) and Mario Kart(TM) Wii on the Wii console, and brain games like Brain Age(TM): Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day and Brain Age 2(TM): More Training in Minutes a Day on the Nintendo DS(TM) handheld video game system.
Wii for Women Event Details:
Six Best Buy Canada locations will be participating from 11am-4pm on Sunday, September 21 including:
- Coquitlam, BC
- Deerfoot Meadows, Calgary, AB
- Edmonton South, AB
- Heartland, Mississauga, ON
- Sherway, Etobicoke, ON
- LaSalle, Montreal, PQ
I received the following from Karen Lorenowicz of KL Strategic Communications:
Calling all Wizards!
2008 Canadian Pinball Championship to be held in Toronto September 26 – 28th
Toronto, ON…Pinballers of all skill levels are invited to participate in Canada’s first national pinball competition and vie for the title of 2008 Canadian Pinball Champion on September 26, 27 and 28, 2008 in Toronto at The Playdium Store (70 Ronson Drive). More than $10,000 in prizes will be awarded in total, including the Grand Prize of a new STERN World Poker Tour Pinball machine (value: $5,000) and $1,000 in cash. Players can pre-register on-line at or by calling 1-888-977-4263, ext. 298. The entry fee is $25.
Qualification rounds will take place on Friday, September 26 from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday, September 27 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. There is a Masters category for pinballers over 50 years of age. On Sunday, September 28, playoff rounds will start at 10 a.m. with the final round played at 4 p.m. Gary Stern will preside over the final round and award the winner the grand prize and title of 2008 Canadian Pinball Champion. Stern is president and owner of Stern Pinball Inc., the sole surviving pinball-machine manufacturer on the planet.
A free Kids’ Pinball Tournament, for ages 15 and under, will be held on Saturday, September 26 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. concurrent with the 2008 Canadian Pinball Championship. Prizes include a Kids Ultimate Game Chair.
In addition, The Funland Arcade Auction Sale featuring arcade games, pinball machines, jukeboxes, pool tables and many more items from the historic Toronto landmark will take place on Saturday, September 27, 2008 at The Playdium Store (70 Ronson Drive). Viewing begins at 9:30 a.m., bidding starts at 11:30 a.m.
Last summer I completed a contract for Silverbirch Studios. I helped design levels for a game called N+. N+ is the successor to the popular flash game called N, originally developed by Metanet Software.
N+ just came out last week on the Nintendo DS and PlayStation Portable (PSP). It sells for around $20 and can be found at most retail stores.
N+ is a really fun game. It’s basically a platformer in which you play a ninja (N) that has to avoid killer lasers, attack drones, exploding mines, and other nasty surprises all while collecting gold coins (and staying alive) in order to proceed to the next level. It has simple but crisp graphics, nice music, and cool physics. It’s addictive and well suited for handheld game devices. There are hundreds of different levels so one is sure to enjoy hours of gameplay.
I’d like to thank everyone at Silverbirch Studios for letting me contribute to N+, and to Metanet for their original concept.
Little Boy Games out of Vancouver is an independent games develoment studio. Their latest release is Go! Go! Break Steady for Xbox Live Arcade.
Odd Thought Inc. is an independent developer of online multi-player games such as Dope Wars, Global Conflict, and Free Markets. They are located in Markham, Ontario.
OmniG Software is a provider of graphics development tools and mobile games. They have games like Snow Rally Canada, Super-G Stunt, and Mini-TransCanada. They are located in Toronto.
Posted by Sim@CanDevs 
Posted by Sim@CanDevs 
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