To call Fantastic Fest attendees "rabid genre fans" is an understatement if anything. Well, prepare yourself for a whole new subset of mouth-foaming fanboys to descend on us for this year's fest because it's been announced that there will be a Fantastic Arcade this year.

Travis County needs more help with Tuesday's run-off elections. And it pays! Press release below:

Some days it takes a few reads to parse a campaign press release, especially when a campaign has gone negative. But in his latest attack piece, Republican House District 47 contender Paul Workman seems to be savaging opponent Holly Turner for having student loans.

… This afternoon at City Council, they just took up Items 20 and 32, the former pertaining to a $280,000 contract for minority recruitment outreach assistance at the Austin Fire Department, the latter covering medical exceptions to the homeless “sit/lie” ordinance.

Following in the tradition of Denton's Rock Lottery, Austin's new Lottery League holds its inaugural drawing Friday at Red 7.

Maybe it's because I recently wrote a feature on the subject, but local video-game developers continue to find unique ways to make their games pay off. Not everyone can count on the supreme financial backing of an EA or Capcom. So what are the alternatives? I'm going to make you click through for that info.

As expected, MetroRail’s ridership numbers dropped off significantly once the first, free week ended. From the overflow, standing-room only crowds (more than 14,000 the first week), daily riders fell to: • March 29: 917
• March 30: 959
• March 31: 953
• April 1: 987
• April 2: 1,681

Hello, Gay People. I'm a straight girl. I don't get into y'all's business very often. But this week, our issues have overlapped. It's no surprise that this intersection of concern is happening in Mississippi.

Press conferences in the Speaker's conference room are normally bloodless affairs. However that couldn't be said for Tuesday's anti-health care reform event, when the capitol press corp quizzed three business groups hard on their opposition to the recently passed bill.