By Alleah Boisvert For someone just learning about NFTs (non-fungible tokens), it may be exciting to invest in one right away. NFTs can bring opportunities to collectors, but they have also opened a whole new can of worms in the world of scammers. James Rennick, an...
Cryptocurriences: New money for new times
In January 2009, Satoshi Nakamoto launched the world’s first cryptocurrency, Bitcoin.
How to keep your job when robots take over
Automation and artificial intelligence is already changing the workplace. There's self-checkout in grocery stores, self-driving cars, and robots in Amazon warehouses. It can feel uncertain entering the job market in the 2020s when you’re not sure if your job will...
Talk Nerdy to Me: Good ol’ fashioned pinball
By Zachary Flynn It’s the bright lights and the sounds of metallic bells dinging that takes me back to when I was a kid, asking my parents for a quarter to play pinball at the Red Robin on 50th Street in north Edmonton. I consider myself lucky to be able to revisit...
Edmonton Charity Raises Over $120,000 For Children’s Hospitals
By Nick Hotte Edmonton Extra Life recently hosted a 24-hour gaming event to raise money for children's hospitals. The charity has raised over $120,000 so far this year. One hundred per cent of all donations go directly to branches of the Children's Miracle Network...
Advancements Of VR, What We Can Expect For The Future
Since the first release of the oculus rift in 2012, VR has seen some significant improvements with the new release of the valve index. What used to be a sit in your chair and look around experience is now getting ever so closer to a full body experience. So here are...
Back To (Virtual) School Necessities
By Karlie Mickanuik It’s back-to-school season and during this time we are usually packing our bags for the first day and making sure our back to school outfits are perfect, but this year is going to look a little different. With NAIT’s classes being primarily online...
Talk Nerdy To Me (While I Wash My Hands)
If there is one thing that all medical professionals agree on right now, it's that washing your hands is the best way to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The recommended amount of time to spend scrubbing with suds with 20 seconds. Here are a few popular movie passages...
D&D&Q&C: Dungeons, Dragons, Quarantine And Connection
By Karlie Mickanuik While a large portion of the world is self-isolating due to COVID-19, people are looking into starting new hobbies or skills to help pass the time. Whether it’s doing home workouts regularly or simply calling “bingeing Netflix” a sport, we are all...
My Horse Prince: Yay Or Neigh
By Elijah O'Donnell Dating simulator games are nothing new. Dōkyūsei was the first, all the way back in 1992, and since then we’ve had a sweep of sims of all kinds. From games like Doki Doki Literature Club, a secretly twisted Japanese highschool sim, Dream Daddy,...