Half Life 2 is a game which many hold in regard as one of the prime examples of video game storytelling, and a representation of gaming’s evolution as a medium. It was a revolution in storytelling, as the player never deviates from the protagonists own point of view, and the spatial progression of the story is experienced at a 1:1 scale; there are no cutscenes, or movement of the player outside of their own hands....
As you may have learned from another recent post, the graduating class of 2014 is hosting our Rome Show on Friday, August 8. As part of that event, we will be selling copies of the soundtrack from our 2011 Cultural History Play – Ilion. The album will be available for purchase via download codes at the event, and can also be purchased online at any time. You can listen to the soundtrack over at ilion-soundtrack.bandcamp.com. The liner notes are included in...
Each year, the 4B class returns to Cambridge after their final co-op and 4A semester in Rome. To commemorate this experience, the class puts on an exhibition of work from the term abroad. This year, the Bridge Pop-Up Storefront at 60 Main St will host the exhibition. Join the Class of 2014 on Friday, August 8th from 7-10pm for an evening of nostalgia, sketches and outstanding work. Friends, family and community members are all welcome!...
ABSTRACT by Caitlin Perry The Annapolis Valley Region is home to a rich and varied landscape. Agriculture, historic sites, the Bay of Fundy Shore, and the inland forests are just some of the aspects that together make up this unique region. Yet this exquisite region is under threat from the dual challenges of depopulation and unconsidered development leading to the loss of its essential historical and environmental character. These are quintessential rural problems and feed...
DISCLAIMER: This guide for a successful co-op experience abroad (or not) – and when I say “or not”, I mean “or not abroad” – has only been tested on tall-ish, blond-ish girls, who enjoy games of twenty-one and inappropriate banter. Ventimiglia, Italy Antibes, France Cap D’Ail, France 1. To begin, you must choose a country or two that you would like to travel to for more than just banal sorts of reasons. 2. Then, you must Google-search...
Brussels took me by surprise. Like any great city, what appears on the surface to the zealous tourist is only a cover for a vast depth of bizarre and unique character. I found myself there after accepting an internship at Taktyk Landscape Urbanism, a young office with a small team doing projects in Belgium and France. The European Union capital appeared at first to be like most other Euro-tourist destinations, but between the historical monuments and among the neon-lit restaurants all catering to foreigners...
ABSTRACT by Leanna Lalonde “…last came the prospector and the mining company, but when they came they made the region theirs, and what they found, made all other industries seem of no account. Even the sulphur that blasted all things living, only made nature’s grimness grimmer still, substituted, as it were, deadly purpose for beautiful desolation.” – Stephen Leacock, My Discovery of the West; cited in John M. Gunn, Restoration and Recovery of an...
ABSTRACT BY Claire LubellObject _ This thesis draws from the specific universality of Johannesburg to develop a theoretical framework that critically examines the opposing forces of its urbanization. In just 130 years the city of Johannesburg has in fact been many different cities. As the embodiment of rapidly shifting economic and cultural ideologies, each identity was expediently manifested, leaving little time for sedimentation. Built through accumulated juxtapositions, Johannesburg has continuously evaded categorization despite popular perception as a...
Looking for creative inspiration? Come out to the Pecha Kucha this Saturday, July 26th, @ 7pm in the Bridge Pop-Up space at 60 Main Street. Pecha Kucha: Creative Projects will be the restart of the Waterloo Region Chapter that will now be hosted by the University of Waterloo Graduate Student Association (GSA). The Society of Waterloo Architecture Graduates (SWAG) is organizing this week’s event. Everyone is welcome to attend. Doors will open at 7pm and there will...
BRIDGE on the Front Page of the Cambridge Times! Building a BRIDGE – architecture students open storefront Author & Photographer: Ray Martin, Cambridge Times Architecture students Zak Fish and Roksana Nikolova hold up a poster advertising the opening exhibition of student and faculty art hosted at BRIDGE’s pop-up Storefront location at 60 Main St. HOT OFF THE PRESS! Check out Ray Martin’s article on BRIDGE in the front page of the Cambridge Times today. The...
