Le Canard enchaîné Free Man") which was forced to close by government censorship and reacted upon its reopening by changing its name to "L'homme enchaîné" ("The Chained-up Man"); "Le Canard enchaîné" means "The chained-up duck", but "canard" (duck) is also French slang for "newspaper"; it was also a reference to French journals published by soldiers during World War I. The weekly was founded in 1915 by and his wife , along with H. P. Gassier. It changed its title briefly after World War I to "Le Canard Déchaîné" ("The duck unbound", or "out of control"), to celebrate the end of military censorship of
Canard PC video games critics panel on a French network that they did not like scoring very much, but they felt they had to put them for their reviews because gamers wanted them. In July 2003, some editors left the publishing staff of the French gaming monthly "Joystick" after its acquisition by Future Publishing. They founded "Canard PC" in the following months. The magazine is edited by "Presse Non-Stop", a company owned at 75% by the editors themselves, specifically created for Canard PC. Canard PC Canard PC is an independent magazine founded in France in 2003 devoted to PC gaming and published