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Review: Street Fighter IV

The world warriors return
The biggest problem with fighting games, as a genre, is the ludicrous level of ability you need even to take part.

By MITCH KRPATA | March 03, 2009

F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin

Monster mash
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin is a Frankenstein's monster of a game, a stitched-together assemblage of parts from other, better games.

By MITCH KRPATA | February 25, 2009

Bring back Maris

Balls, Pucks and Monster Trucks
Alex Rodriguez, media lightning rod and three-time American League MVP, was never my favorite, even before he wore pinstripes.

By RICK WORMWOOD | February 26, 2009

Review: Afro Samurai

Beautiful bloodbath
Afro Samurai , which is based on the anime of the same title, follows Afro on his quest to find the Number Two headband.

By MADDY MYERS | February 17, 2009

Fallout 3: Operation Anchorage

The first downloadable content for Fallout 3
How is it that Fallout 3, last year's most densely packed game, still left many players wanting more?

By MITCH KRPATA | February 10, 2009

Cult of personality
When I first reach Joss Whedon — the director, writer, and producer who is perhaps best known as the creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer — at his office at Fox Studios in Los Angeles, it's about 9 am his time, and it sounds as if I'd caught him before his coffee had kicked in.

By SHARON STEEL | February 09, 2009

Review: Dollhouse

Joss Whedon continues to fight the darkness
Joss Whedon continues to fight the darkness

By SHARON STEEL | February 09, 2009

Media misfits

News from waaay outside the mainstream
The series grew out of an excellent 1999 documentary directed by author Arthur Bradford ( Dogwalker ) and produced by South Park 's Trey Parker and Matt Stone.

By MIKE MILIARD | February 09, 2009

Brain damage

The dark side of the DS's Moon
Given all the trouble down here on Earth, it may just be a matter of time before we terrestrial residents begin to colonize space.

By MADDY MYERS | February 03, 2009

Review: Skate 2

Chairman of the board
Skate 2 is legit

By MITCH KRPATA | January 29, 2009

Crossword: ''Just add vodka''

Mixing it up a little
Mixing it up a little

By MATT JONES | January 29, 2009

Kakuro XXIX

Psycho Sudoku!
Psycho Sudoku!

By PSYCHO SUDOKU | January 28, 2009

Review: Lord of the Rings: Conquest

Lord of the bo rings is more like it
First, panic — "This can't possibly be this awful, can it?" — and then the sinking realization that, yes, Conquest really is that bad.

By MITCH KRPATA | January 20, 2009

Review: Chrono Trigger DS

Time capsule
The cartoonish æsthetic still looks better than what we get from games that came out a couple of years ago.

By RYAN STEWART | January 13, 2009

Busting Balls: 20 ways to improve sports

We blow the whistle on the ridiculous rules and quirks that make the games lame
College football is stupid. Everybody knows it.

By LANCE GOULD | January 12, 2009

Review: Prince of Persia

Run, jump, die, repeat
Pauline Kael titled one of her review compilations Kiss Kiss Bang Bang , saying that those four words (from a Japanese movie poster) captured the basic appeal of movies.

By MITCH KRPATA | January 06, 2009

Faking it

MTV's The City never gets real
if you were Whitney Port, the colt-legged, honey-haired, cow-eyed star of The City , you might not think that what Herman Rosenblat did was so terrible.

By SHARON STEEL | January 06, 2009

Barkley edition

Barkley Rules
Thank you, Charles Barkley. Thank you!

By MATT TAIBBI | January 07, 2009

Annus horribilis

Balls, pucks, and Monster Trucks
It’s New Year’s, a time for reckoning. With the notable exception of the Celtics, the past twelve months were tough on my teams, starting with a huge, unforgettable disaster.

By RICK WORMWOOD | December 31, 2008

The pile-up

A blizzard of new games
No longer is there an off-season or even a chance to catch our breath after the fall deluge.

By MITCH KRPATA | December 31, 2008

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