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Articles tagged "hipsters, hardcore, video games" TV DVD ReviewThe Guild: Seasons 1 & 2by Dan Heaton[14.Oct.09] :. Only a keen understanding of the gaming culture could generate such a dedicated, enthusiastic audience. Books ReviewSlanted and Enchanted: The Evolution of Indie Culture by Kaya Oakesby Christel Loar[2.Oct.09] :. "What does it mean to be indie?" Is it an ongoing artistic aesthetic, a lifestyle choice or a fashion statement? Indie publisher, poet and journalist, Kaya Oakes, explores these questions.  FeatureHipster Straw Menby Adam Clair[28.Sep.09] :. While hipsters make an easy scapegoat for the trivialization of our culture, they are merely a symptom of a fractured, niched, and disjointed culture.  Sound AffectsHipster Hating with My First Earthquakeby Jennifer Cooke[3.Sep.09] :. A San Francisco band calling itself My First Earthquake is akin to a Philadelphia band picking a name like I *Heart* Cheesesteaks—so obvious that it must be ironic. With so much willful irony... Books ReviewThe Book of Cool by Marianne Taylorby Rob Horning[23.Jun.09] :. In general, Taylor's writing is unflaggingly good-natured, but that doesn't seem to suit the subject matter, which trades in stereotypes and casual cruelty. NewsVideo-game sales expected to bounce backby Dan Gallagher [MarketWatch (MCT)][17.Jun.09] :. SAN FRANCISCO — The video-game industry has seen its sales slump for the past three months, but analysts widely expect a strong slate of holiday releases to help the sector bounce back later... Featured Article Capsule ReviewsSubhumans: Death Was Too Kindby Alan Ranta[3.Feb.09] :. Without a doubt, these ten songs place the Subhumans along side D.O.A. and NoMeansNo as pillars of Canadian punk history. Loose Nut in His Head: Raymond Pettibon Rediscovered…by Robert Celli[26.Jan.09] :. Human depravity, sexualized violence, macabre desires come to life in two dimensions; this is the world artist Raymond Pettibon renders in pen and ink. It is a world mirrored sonically by the... DHARMA’s Bent Reality: The Video Game Sensibility of Lostby Elwyn Palmerton[4.Aug.08] :. Perhaps the most complete and fascinating assimilation of video game-type content into a different medium at a deep and thorough level occurs within the narrative world of the popular television show Lost. Video gamers grow up, get down to businessby Michael Martinez [Chicago Tribune (MCT)][22.Jul.08] :. LOS ANGELES - I came in search of my inner geek. But was it too late? Gone were the booth babes, flame-eaters and pyrotechnics. The $40 billion video game industry’s annual convention used to... Bum Kon: Drunken Sex Sucksby Chris Conaton[8.Jul.08] :. Smooch Records unearths an album's worth of songs from a little-remembered early '80s punk band. Video-game companies pulling the plug on industry associationby Victor Godinez [The Dallas Morning News (MCT)][13.May.08] :. At a time when video-game companies are raking in record sales, it’s odd to think that the industry’s main trade association is collapsing. But it sounds as if that’s exactly... ‘Sims’ chief marks a virtual victoryby Tamara Chuang [The Orange County Register (MCT)][16.Apr.08] :. “Of course, there are schnoodles,” Nancy Smith exclaimed. “I said, `We’re not shipping `Sims Pets’ without schnoodles!’” And that’s how schnoodles, a... Video game fan asks court to ban real sloth and greed from World of Warcraftby Jon Burstein [South Florida Sun-Sentinel (MCT)][10.Apr.08] :. He wants justice in the mystical world of Azeroth, protecting warriors, warlocks and rogues from what he calls a conspiracy threatening their way of life. Antonio Hernandez plays “World of... Indie developers get in on the actionby Benjamin J. Romano [The Seattle Times (MCT)][28.Feb.08] :. Like big-budget movies, video games can cost tens of millions of dollars and take years to produce. Top game studios have strict, high-pressure deadlines, large development teams and lots of... Latest BioWare game carefully crafts a universe for role playingby Justin Hoeger [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][30.Nov.07] :. Expectations for the science-fiction role-playing game “Mass Effect” have been formidable. BioWare Corp., the company that made “Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic” and... Rock star: Music video games let you sing and play like a proby Bill Hutchens and Ernest A. Jasmin [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][30.Nov.07] :. Lessons? We don’t need no stinking lessons. With today’s music video games, you don’t need to know a single chord to express your musical ideas. You can create music from scratch,... ‘Blue’ draggin’: Japanese game doesn’t life up to its promiseby Justin Hoeger [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][24.Sep.07] :. “Blue Dragon” arrives to great expectations. The game was developed by a Japanese studio founded by “Final Fantasy” creator Hironobu Sakaguchi. The characters were designed... ‘Halo 3’ promos troublingby Brier Dudley [The Seattle Times (MCT)][19.Sep.07] :. Microsoft is saying its upcoming “Halo 3” video game “will make entertainment history.” I wonder, though, if the company will make another kind of history by releasing a... Latest ‘Metroid’ entry puts Wii Remote to the testby Justin Hoeger [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][10.Sep.07] :. Many heroes have a dark side. But for Samus Aran, it’s a bit worse. Her dark side is literal, born from the bubbling remains of a terrible enemy, the creature called Metroid Prime. This Dark... 108: A New Beat From a Dead Heartby Mike Schiller[10.Sep.07] :. Despite a couple of missteps, 108 sounds alive and ready to take on the world once more. Casual games attracting more women to industryby Troy Wolverton [San Jose Mercury News (MCT)][29.Aug.07] :. SAN JOSE, Calif. - You might think that the face of one of the hottest areas in gaming right now is a young male in his 20s who owns the latest supercharged gaming system from Microsoft or Sony - or... Video-game ratings and artistic freedomby Victor Godinez [The Dallas Morning News (MCT)][31.Jul.07] :. Artistic freedom just ain’t what it used to be. After the Entertainment Software Rating Board slapped the upcoming Manhunt 2 (a game in which you could use a pair of pliers to tear a man apart... “Technology for the Masses”: An Interview with Nolan Bushnellby Ryan Smith[27.Jul.07] :. "The games got too complex and violent. The complexity lost the casual gamer, and the violence lost the women." Is video-game addiction a psychological disorder?by Mike Antonucci and Troy Wolverton [San Jose Mercury News (MCT)][22.Jun.07] :. SAN JOSE, Calif. - Some doctors believe video-game addiction has become enough of a risk to children and adults to classify it as a mental disorder. Despite an admitted lack of proven research, the... Gamer Theory by McKenzie Warkby Vince Carducci[5.Jun.07] :. Gamer Theory concerns itself with more than just the interpretation of video games; it's about gaming ambience -- that is, gamespace -- as the kinetic field within which game players exist. Video games now starring strong female charactersby Mike Kerwick [The Record (Hackensack, N.J.) (MCT)][13.May.07] :. Nobody told her. And Phaedra Boinodiris never noticed. Insulated by a family of controller-wielding women, encouraged by female cousins who were weaned on Atari and ColecoVision, Boinodiris plunged... Lil’ Kim: Hardcoreby Terry Sawyer[21.Feb.03] :. Finding a favorite CD for an emotionally extreme ADD music junky like myself is only slightly better than asking me which one of my friends a terrorist should kill first (though I’ve been... |
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