Steven Lantier, Author at Toronto Guardian

The Game: Star Wars Arcade (1983) Original Platform: Arcade Cabinet Version We Played: Arcade Cabinet (we found one in the […]

Twenty-five years ago today, the Sony PlayStation 2 released in Japan, instantly selling out amidst a wave of enthusiastic press, […]

We’ve come a long way since the Game Boy. Released in 1989, Nintendo’s two-tone, grey-on-green, handheld was the first major […]

The Toronto Fringe Festival has never had the cachet of, say, the Edinburgh Fringe. But our humble annual festival has […]

For most of my childhood, we were a Sega household. That meant a Genesis and a Game Gear, and untold […]

August 18, 2004, was a fateful day in Toronto’s pop culture history. Not that you would have known it at […]

James Mangold’s A Complete Unknown is okay. As in, not good, but also not completely terrible. Suffering from a distinct […]

Edward Albee’s singularly remarkable career spanned nearly six decades, ranging from early successes like The Zoo Story (1958) to mega-hit […]

The most David Lynch movie is also the least David Lynch movie. The Straight Story, released in 1999 by Walt […]

Our review of Dynasty Warriors: Origins, developed by Omega Force. Available January 14, 2025, for PS5 (reviewed), Xbox X/S, and […]