Gays Bars’ Ban on Russian Vodka Is Going Global

By: Alexander Abad-Santos What started out as Dan Savage’s pledge against consuming Russian vodka is now a movement that has gay bars all around the world, from Vancouver to London, dumping Russian vodka to show their displeasure with the country’s treatment of gay people—even in the face of one of Russia’s prominent LGBT activists saying the whole thing is pointless.   When we last we … Continue reading Gays Bars’ Ban on Russian Vodka Is Going Global

New Microsoft studio to ‘build the next Halo’

By: Eddie Makuch Halo may not be Microsoft’s tentpole franchise forever. Microsoft Game Studios Vancouver has been rebranded Black Tusk Studios, and has received the go-ahead to get to work on “the next Halo.” “What that means is we are working on Microsoft’s next big entertainment franchise,” studio manager Mike Crump told the Vancouver Sun. “We’re not working on an existing franchise, we’re looking to … Continue reading New Microsoft studio to ‘build the next Halo’