by Culture Toronto Team
If you could look at this event with respect to the other big anime/cosplay events in TO, Atomic Lollipop is a lot like the rebellious little sibling in the family; slightly less popular with less experience, yet more willing to do crazy things, make mistakes and potentially die in a glorious James Dean-esque explosion.
by Amanda DelaCruz
I devour books, but this is a novel that made me read slowly. I tried to savour every paragraph and take in every moment, and when I finished, I read it again.
By Phil Reiter
With Uber's launch of their car pooling service this week amidst Pan Am insanity, the company's never had so much attention. Bitmaker Labs invites Culture Toronto to meet Uber's senior marketer at their home base.
with Sherif Badr and the creators of Velour Lashes
The Velour Lashes story is one about team work, a dream, the hustle to travel the world to push a product and wielding the power of social media. #BeyonceUsesIt
by Darren Bachan
A stunning photo journal of one of Game of Thrones' most beautiful shooting locations accompanied by insider knowledge and lore. Step into the mind of GOT directors with a true fan!
by Culture Toronto Team
Hidden in a non-descript industrial area close to Yorkdale mall is the Hunter and Lucas eSports club, where the AMD Radeon ExtravaLANza was held. As a giant LAN party, it was a chance to compete in either DOTA 2, Starcraft II or Counterstrike (Global Offensive) amongst a cozy coterie of the growing subculture of eSports enthusiasts.
by Sherif Badr
Anime North was flooded this year with epic League Of Legends cosplays. We saw some outstanding megamen, Attack on Titan ferrets, one Diva Plavalaguna (5th element) that you just couldn't miss, and a Rick Grimes that made our day.
by Garnet Nagato
At E3, a spectacle of new electronic things, it was the recruitment of the old that drew the most attention. After much fan harassment Square Enix has announced the remake of Final Fantasy VII, a seminal piece in the canon of video game history (Like Doom, which was also announced).
by Jasmine Williams
The controversy is an example of an archetypal debate. Which offensive acts qualify as freedom of expression, and which fall under the category of hate speech?
With Amanda DelaCruz
"The idea with Animal Kingdom was to create a beautiful book which people would enjoy colouring as much as I enjoyed putting together. Something people would love to look at and want to show others and which once finished they would want to keep afterwards." - Millie
With Sherif Badr
This is a movie about coincidence where two men with the same name will make you question your beliefs.
By Amanda DelaCruz
What makes up the identity of a person? What traits are at the core of our being? What is unchanging and constant within you when all other variables are not? These questions are at the center of Claudia Gray's latest novel A Thousand Pieces of You.
By Amanda DelaCruz
Just some of the craziest cosplays at Anime North 2015!
By Jasmine Williams
“I was super nervous. When you go through a phase in your life when you have all of these bad things happen to you, you become so nervous to put yourself out there because you think you’re going to continue on failing”
By Jason Naipaul
In the wake of the Raptors' franchise record 49 win season and short lived playoff run, many Toronto basketball fans have been left feeling disappointed and dejected, myself included.
By Sherif Badr and Amanda DelaCruz
We laughed, we were enamored and sometimes things got awkward..