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More bad news for the Mets

Sports blotter: "Very bad times" edition
Look, it just isn’t seemly for us non–New Yorkers to laugh too much about the continued suckdom of the New York Mets, specifically their bullpen.  
By: MATT TAIBBI  |  October 09, 2008

A mighty bad man

Balls, pucks, and monster trucks
October 3, 1995, brought my worst experience at the University of Memphis.  
By: RICK WORMWOOD  |  October 09, 2008

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Blast from the past

Mega Man goes retro
Playing Mega Man 9 , you feel you’ve stepped through a wormhole and emerged in 1988 with an NES controller in your hand.  
By: MITCH KRPATA  |  October 08, 2008

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The good news

David Alan Grier fills "TV's black hole" with Chocolate News
When David Alan Grier promises that he’s “filling TV’s black hole” with his chocolate flavor, you know it’s gonna be good.  
By: SARA FAITH ALTERMAN  |  October 08, 2008

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Husker don't

Sports blotter: "Next Lawrence Phillips" edition
Details right now are still sketchy, but Thunder Collins, a former University of Nebraska running back who was once considered a sure-fire NFL star, has been charged with murder.  
By: MATT TAIBBI  |  October 02, 2008

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Robot love

Terminator ’s wonder years
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles  is ostensibly sci-fi action adventure. It may be the best teen drama for adults on TV.  
By: JON GARELICK  |  October 01, 2008

Crossword: ''You can look it up''

Eight entries from eight decades of the OED.
By: MATT JONES  |  October 01, 2008

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Band apart

Rock Band 2 keeps it rolling
No need to double-check your calendar — Rock Band 2 really is available only 10 months after the release of the original.  
By: MITCH KRPATA  |  October 01, 2008

Kaidoku XXX

Psycho Sudoku
By: PSYCHO SUDOKU  |  September 24, 2008

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To Hell and Harry

Hell Girl, The IT Crowd
American hetero pornography is, most often, a fantasy celebration of exhibitionist sluttiness, itchy whores on their knees, opening their legs, without a moment’s hesitation or a flicker of shame.
By: GERALD PEARY  |  September 24, 2008

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Sith happens

No new lease on life for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
Many people regard anything produced in the past 15 years or so bearing the Star Wars brand as total garbage, and rightly so.
By: RYAN STEWART  |  September 23, 2008

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Troop surge

Mercenaries 2 does it the old-fashioned way
It’s tempting to write off Mercenaries 2: World in Flames , if only because of the noisy ads — they’re scored by an annoying white-boy rap song.
By: AARON SOLOMON  |  September 16, 2008

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I love the ’90s

The CW’s new 90210
When the CW did not send out screeners of the pilot of 90210 some observers took that as a bad sign.
By: RYAN STEWART  |  September 16, 2008

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Sight unseen

The fall TV season flies without pilots
Hollywood writers are no longer walking picket lines, but their 14-week shutdown of TV production reverberates through the 2008-’09 fall season.
By: JOYCE MILLMAN  |  September 11, 2008

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Back to business

Fall video games offer sequels and few surprises
For the first time, the arrival of the blockbuster video-game season seems bittersweet.
By: MITCH KRPATA  |  September 11, 2008

Spygate hits home

Balls and pucks
The best meal of my year is the breakfast a chef friend has been cooking in his home on the first Sunday morning of NFL football for the past 14 seasons.
By: RICK WORMWOOD  |  September 10, 2008

Crossword: ''Wear some protection''

Heavy, man
By: MATT JONES  |  September 10, 2008

Greater-than Sudoku XXIII

Psycho Sudoku!
By: PSYCHO SUDOKU  |  September 10, 2008

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Science? Or fiction?

J.J. Abrams’s oddball   Fringe
“It’s not an exact science,” Dr. Bishop says. His wise-ass son Peter interjects: “It’s not even science.”
By: RYAN STEWART  |  September 08, 2008

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Nobody's perfect

To err is Too Human
Fair or not, it’s hard to discuss Too Human without bringing in the circumstances of its creation.
By: MITCH KRPATA  |  September 02, 2008
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