How a self-styled venture capitalist sold Hollywood on a made-in-Nova Scotia video game, and left a trail of jilted investors—including the federal government—in his wake.

Two Waddell Avenue in Dartmouth, NS, was supposed to be the nerve center of a digital revolution. Instead, it became the site of a slow-motion collapse that drew in everyone from local developers to ACOA officials.

At the center of the storm was James Drage, a man with a vision for a "Sons of Anarchy" video game that promised to bridge the gap between Atlantic Canadian tech and global entertainment powerhouse budgets.