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"Man, corporate sponsorship is like steroids. It ruins everything." So quoth an early-twenties guy in a giant banana-yellow curly wig attending the 2008 World Rock Paper Scissors Championships. Excuse us, the 2008 Yahoo! World Rock Paper Scissors Championships. Whatever else might be taken away from this event, Yahoo! really wants you to know that they were involved in it, with Yahoo! T-shirts, Yahoo! wristbands, and the Yahoo! logo stamped on just about everything (including your hand when you entered).

This weekend, Toronto will be a rockin' city, as the 2007 World Rock Paper Scissors Championships cut into town.

Before all the fuss over Halo 3 there was the video game greatness of Pong. And before that, there was good ol' fashioned ping pong.

Last night at City Hall, Councillor Adam Vaughan conceded defeat in the fight to keep the John Street Roundhouse from becoming a big box retail outlet. He withdrew his motion [PDF] calling for a temporary freeze on the redevelopment of the Roundhouse into a Leon's outlet. The news derails a movement against the proposed furniture store that had been gathering steam recently.

This is pretty much the most amazing news tip that we've ever received.

Comedians Dawn Whitwell and Elvira Kurt wanted to start a comedy movement. So they created Girls School, an all-woman comedy tour featuring some of Canada's most hilarious performers. The reason they chose the name and the all-lady lineup relates to research showing that students in all-girl schools perform better academically than those in co-ed schools. It follows that female comics would feel freer on stage with some sisters.

Graham Walker, Rock Paper Scissors enthusiast