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RYAN STEWART

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Strummer vacation

Guitar Hero 3  is on its own
The first two installments of the enormously popular Guitar Hero franchise were designed and developed by Harmonix, a Cambridge-based company famous for employing a horde of musicians.
By RYAN STEWART  |  November 06, 2007

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Out of the dark

Marissa Nadler breaks into Boston
Needham native Marissa Nadler got her start as a singer-songwriter.
By RYAN STEWART  |  October 16, 2007

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Phantom tollbooth

Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass  proves worth the wait
Was this going to be yet another instance of the Nintendo folks driving away their core audience in favor of the “casual gamers” market they covet so much?
By RYAN STEWART  |  October 15, 2007

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Pigpile

Yet another Madden
With its virtual monopoly on video-game football in place, the Madden franchise has become less essential with each successive iteration.
By RYAN STEWART  |  September 04, 2007

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Patton Oswalt

Werewolves and Lollipops | Sub Pop
Oswalt takes aim at Middle American targets in a conversational manner that suggests he knows he’s among friends.
By RYAN STEWART  |  July 23, 2007

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The goggles do nothing

The 25 greatest movies in Simpsons history
On July 25th, The Simpsons Movie will hit theatres.
By RYAN STEWART  |  July 25, 2007

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'Tis the season

To stay inside and watch awesome movies
Yeah, yeah, summer . Go outside, hone your tan, toss a Frisbee, blah blah blah.
By RYAN STEWART  |  June 28, 2007

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Space junk

Konami’s Lunar Knights
We were supposed to have a new Zelda title for the Nintendo DS six months ago. But here it is, May 2007, and we’re still Zelda -less.
By RYAN STEWART  |  May 09, 2007

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Number of the beast

Baseball stats demystified
It’s become the creationism v. evolution argument of baseball.
By RYAN STEWART  |  April 26, 2007

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Choke artist

MLB 2K7 is a waste
In this age of exclusive licenses, the annual iteration of each major sports video-game franchise can often be described as “$50 for a roster upgrade.”
By RYAN STEWART  |  April 09, 2007

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Don't look under that rock

Domestic animals with opposable thumbs means certain doom
Someone on the internet has actually gone through the bother of copyrighting the concept of “What if Cats and Dogs Had Opposable Thumbs Day.”
By RYAN STEWART  |  March 02, 2007

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Year of the Pig

The top 20 porkers in pop culture history
In Chinese astrology, 2007 is the Year of the Pig. To celebrate the swine, we’re counting down the top 20 oinkers of all time.
By RYAN STEWART  |  February 15, 2007

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Guitar Hero gets a new developer

Insourced
On January 16, Neversoft, the video-game developers known primarily for the Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater franchise, posted a job opening for work on their latest project, Guitar Hero III , thereby inciting a stir in the video-game blogosphere.
By RYAN STEWART  |  February 07, 2007

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Wish fulfillment

Nintendo’s pointy, clicky Hotel Dusk
With its touch-screen interface, the Nintendo DS could be the ideal platform for a revival of the point-and-click graphic adventure games that were so popular in the late ’80s and early ’90s.
By RYAN STEWART  |  February 06, 2007

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Daytrippers

The return of 24
In the cold light of objectivity, it’s hard to call 24 a “good” show.
By RYAN STEWART  |  January 11, 2007

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Island of blahs

Yoshi  can’t recapture the magic
For decades now, Nintendo has enjoyed an ability to cash in on nostalgia while still bringing something innovative to the table with each successive game.
By RYAN STEWART  |  January 02, 2007

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Hot beast

Penguins are so 2006. What animal will capture the public’s imagination in 2007?
Here are six possibilities, with the odds of their ascension.
By RYAN STEWART  |  December 21, 2006

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Thursday night live

Fey and Baldwin Rock the house
Tina Fey, ex-head writer of Saturday Night Live , has created a sitcom that takes viewers behind-the-scenes of a SNL -style sketch comedy show. And turns out her show is funnier than the real thing.
By RYAN STEWART  |  December 05, 2006

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Star power

Harmonix celebrate Guitar Hero II
“I’m so nervous!” Harmonix public-relations queen/Vagiant frontwoman Helen McWilliams exclaimed while smoking a cigarette in front of the building before her band’s set at the Guitar Hero II party at the Middle East a week ago Saturday night.
By RYAN STEWART  |  November 27, 2006

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Beat happening

Agents  is . . . GO!
When you describe the actual gameplay of Elite Beat Agents , the new rhythm-based game for the Nintendo DS, it doesn’t sound like much.
By RYAN STEWART  |  November 28, 2006
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