BREAKING NEWS: A TWO minute video made by TWENTY students has earned Spartan Youth Radio a grant for TWENTY THOUSAND dollars from Best Buy Canada. In the fall, Spartan Youth Radio produces "They Shuffled Amongst Us", a short zombie flick set in the school. A panel of judges enjoyed the movie so much they gave us an award, choosing Spartan Youth Radio as one of only fifteen recipients across the country to win a $20,000 BEST IN CLASS Grant. See NEWS or BLOG POSTS for more information. Click here to LISTEN to the announcement.

Video game music has gone from grainy 8-bit "beep, boop, bleep" songs made famous by Tetris and Super Mario to fully immersive, orchestral masterpieces. Though some gamers are happy to play their games with the music provided by the game developers, many like to go beyond the console and DJ their own tunage. Avid gamer, Mike Morrissette brings you some of the tunes he likes to game to. Enjoy the first episode of The Gamer's Playlist. LISTEN HERE.

DEAD SPACE Survival Horror genre has been evolving over the years. However, Dead Space refines the name and revamps the entire genre. You play as Isaac Clarke, an engineer on the USG Calvin sent to inspect a broken Comm array on the mining ship called 'The USG Ishimura'. The game happens in an over the shoulder 3rd person shooter style camera view, and the heads up display (HUD) is on the back of your character. You fight alien zombies called Necromorphs, and the only way to kill them is to cut their limbs off. LISTEN HERE.

You've gone as far as you can and are down to your last life. Michael Morrissette is the guy you want on your side guiding you along your favourite video game. In his first episode of LAST LIFE, Mike reviews MIRROR'S EDGE, the highly rated first person platform game released by Electronic Arts (EA) in the fall of 2008. Powered by the Unreal Engine 3, the game has an incredible new lighting solution and promotes a greater freedom of movement, in having no heads up display...you see the character's arms, legs and torso just like you were the character. ESRB Rating: T LISTEN HERE.

Take a trip back in time with the original Legend of Zelda for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Can it get anymore retro than this? Listen to Andrew Hamilin tell you tips and tricks for getting through this old-school classic. LISTEN HERE.

Gary Duquette brings you his take on Ubisoft's first person shooter, Haze. Haze was one of the most highly anticipated and hyped Playstation 3 games of the first half of 2008 and Gary tells you what he liked and didn't like about the game. LISTEN HERE.

On Friday, November 9th, 2007, two dozen hardcore gamers gathered at Espanola High School for a Halo Tournament. After 40 minutes of battle, Raymond "Razer" Lavesque triumphed. Listen to the mayhem. LISTEN HERE.

Is the Legend of Zelda - Phantom Hourglass posing some challenges? Andrew will give you some pointers to help you on your way. LISTEN HERE.