Comments on: The New Deal https://fort90.com/the-new-deal/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-new-deal The homebase of Matthew Hawkins Fri, 15 Mar 2024 13:57:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Fort90 Journal » A Stranger In A Strange, But Quite Friendly Land: Toronto & TCAF 2012 Part 1 https://fort90.com/the-new-deal/#comment-330005 Fort90 Journal » A Stranger In A Strange, But Quite Friendly Land: Toronto & TCAF 2012 Part 1 Tue, 22 May 2012 10:41:17 +0000 http://www.fort90.com/journal/?p=841#comment-330005 [...] first official day in Canada was spent with Zack acting as tour guide, much like he did the previous year. This time he took me to a place that he had a hunch that I would love to death. And he was right? [...] [...] first official day in Canada was spent with Zack acting as tour guide, much like he did the previous year. This time he took me to a place that he had a hunch that I would love to death. And he was right? [...]

]]> By: Obesolete https://fort90.com/the-new-deal/#comment-326605 Obesolete Tue, 31 May 2011 17:35:11 +0000 http://www.fort90.com/journal/?p=841#comment-326605 Ha! I'm the one who made the plushies at A&C games. I agree, the guys there are awesome! The best game shop in TO! Ha! I’m the one who made the plushies at A&C games. I agree, the guys there are awesome! The best game shop in TO!

]]> By: FortNinety https://fort90.com/the-new-deal/#comment-326588 FortNinety Tue, 31 May 2011 14:10:03 +0000 http://www.fort90.com/journal/?p=841#comment-326588 Ha! Well Lindsay over at Facebook recommends that I check out the poutine that they serve at some joint named Smoke's... Do you Canadians argue over who has the poutine like us Americans when we brag about who has the best pizza? Anyway... and didn't want to mention it, cuz it came recommended and I didn't want to have too much negativity in my report, but... Katie still can't get over how bad the burritos we had were. But on the flip-side, I enjoyed the street vendor hot dogs quite a bit! Though nothing will beat Seattle's I'm afraid (not even New York). Ha! Well Lindsay over at Facebook recommends that I check out the poutine that they serve at some joint named Smoke’s… Do you Canadians argue over who has the poutine like us Americans when we brag about who has the best pizza?

Anyway… and didn’t want to mention it, cuz it came recommended and I didn’t want to have too much negativity in my report, but… Katie still can’t get over how bad the burritos we had were. But on the flip-side, I enjoyed the street vendor hot dogs quite a bit! Though nothing will beat Seattle’s I’m afraid (not even New York).

]]> By: Matthew Gallant https://fort90.com/the-new-deal/#comment-326585 Matthew Gallant Tue, 31 May 2011 13:56:43 +0000 http://www.fort90.com/journal/?p=841#comment-326585 I love Toronto, but I'm skeptical of their ability to make poutine. You need to get out to <a href="http://www.restolabanquise.com/" rel="nofollow">Montr?al</a> toute de suite! I love Toronto, but I’m skeptical of their ability to make poutine. You need to get out to Montr?al toute de suite!

]]> By: FortNinety https://fort90.com/the-new-deal/#comment-326548 FortNinety Tue, 31 May 2011 03:58:18 +0000 http://www.fort90.com/journal/?p=841#comment-326548 MIKE! Holy shit, I can't believe I forgot to mention meeting you in my post (which has since been changed, btw). Yeah, finally getting the chance to shake hands was legit one of the highlights of the weekend! If you ever make it down to NYC... Oh, as for Yonge Street, I guess it's a big deal if you were a fan of SCTV. At the very least, when It dawned on me that I was indeed making too much of a deal out of nothing. Mathew Kumar made mention that he too was familiar with the sketch in which the excitement stems from, and also began singing the song that's contained, which was pretty awesome. MIKE! Holy shit, I can’t believe I forgot to mention meeting you in my post (which has since been changed, btw). Yeah, finally getting the chance to shake hands was legit one of the highlights of the weekend! If you ever make it down to NYC…

Oh, as for Yonge Street, I guess it’s a big deal if you were a fan of SCTV. At the very least, when It dawned on me that I was indeed making too much of a deal out of nothing. Mathew Kumar made mention that he too was familiar with the sketch in which the excitement stems from, and also began singing the song that’s contained, which was pretty awesome.

]]> By: n0wak https://fort90.com/the-new-deal/#comment-326546 n0wak Tue, 31 May 2011 03:45:44 +0000 http://www.fort90.com/journal/?p=841#comment-326546 It was nice meeting you at TCAF finally. Too bad you didn't have more time in the city to experience things beyond Yonge Street (didn't realize that it was such an attraction?) and Honest Ed's (featured in Scott Pilgrim.) I can't really comment about the crowd at TCAF though as, clearly, I'm one of those non-indie types that was there mostly for the videogame stuff and a few web comics stuff (apart from some videogame related zines and buttons the only thing I bought at TCAF was socks. No shit.) Coincidentally, my favourite indie videogame store is just down the street from where TCAF was held but they're far less kitchy and more on the modern stuff. It was nice meeting you at TCAF finally. Too bad you didn’t have more time in the city to experience things beyond Yonge Street (didn’t realize that it was such an attraction?) and Honest Ed’s (featured in Scott Pilgrim.) I can’t really comment about the crowd at TCAF though as, clearly, I’m one of those non-indie types that was there mostly for the videogame stuff and a few web comics stuff (apart from some videogame related zines and buttons the only thing I bought at TCAF was socks. No shit.)

Coincidentally, my favourite indie videogame store is just down the street from where TCAF was held but they’re far less kitchy and more on the modern stuff.

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