A failed Tinder date led Mat Brock to revisit his Magic: The Gathering days. Here's his account of how the night transformed from tragedy to triumph.
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A new ‘BioShock’ is (supposedly) coming. Where can the series go from here?
Rumors that a secret new BioShock game is in development have leaked. Here are three ways the game could uphold the quality expected of the influential series.
Full StoryWill ‘Best F(r)iends’ alter the legacy of ‘The Room’?
For anyone who has ever sat through a screening of the The Room, it probably comes as no surprise that the film’s initial theatrical run grossed a mere $1,800 in two...
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After 'Transfiguration,' Alice Coltrane would continue to make fantastic devotional music for her followers at her ashram, but this would be her final jazz record until 2004’s Translinear Light; it’s also, arguably, her finest.
Full StoryBefore ‘Marvel’s Spider-Man’ is released this summer, play these classic Spider-Man games
Insomniac Games garnered considerable hype when it announced that Marvel’s Spider-Man would be coming to PlayStation 4 this September. Spider-Man has been adapted into video game form many times, but...
Full Story‘Super Mario Odyssey’ is pretty much what you’d expect from modern Mario
Gaming wouldn’t be what it is today without the Mario Brothers. But at a certain point even the greatest franchises lose their edge. Yet, somehow, Mario has managed to remain...
Full StoryPhotos: Car Seat Headrest and Naked Giants kick off ‘Twin Fantasy’ tour at WOW Hall
On Friday, April 6, Car Seat Headrest and Naked Giants kicked off the West Coast leg of their U.S. tour with a sold-out show at WOW Hall in Eugene, Oregon....
Full StorySnoop Dogg, 46 years old and culturally cemented, does whatever the fuck he wants
The third decade of Snoop’s career finds him reinventing himself as one of the most capricious and experimental of all elder pop statesmen. Have you ever seen a poster of...
Full StoryPortland’s Glacier Veins rests, rehearses and readies Connie the Van between tours
Dust devils swirled in a dimly lit lot outside of Brighton, Colorado, as a prison van with Oregon plates tore across the otherwise vacant gravel in early March. The side...
Full StoryBoston jazzman Brett Walberg constructs ‘In Between Dreams’ from his own nightmares
As Boston jazzman Brett Walberg flings a barrage of tenor sax notes on the tail-end of an eight-hour studio session, he is divided in pieces. There’s his face, manic in...
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