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This Week's Waste of Time

Having stumbled upon a browser version of God of War that plays like an LCD handheld game of yore ("yore" largely falling into the 80s), I figured I'd use this as a chance to take a trip by memory lane ("trip" meaning "Wikipedia, Google searches, and YouTube excursions").

2:45PM Thu. May 20, 2010, James Renovitch Read More | Comment »

Game Developers Give Great Five

The Austin arm of the International Game Developers Association had a brilliant idea. Developers love to share their knowledge of the business, and they love to drink. But when a speaker goes on too long, the risk of alcohol poisoning increases exponentially. The solution? Limit the speakers (nine altogether) to five minutes and cross your fingers.

1:40PM Thu. May 20, 2010, James Renovitch Read More | Comment »

Attack of the TV Production in Texas

Just a few short weeks after Belinda Acosta's Chronicle cover story on Friday Night Lights wondered if Austin could become a sustainable center for television production, all signs point to yes. Okay, one sign.

3:21PM Fri. May 14, 2010, Kimberley Jones Read More | Comment »

TODAY'S EVENTS

Blank Hellscape, Water Damage (album release), More Eaze, Fire Boys

Hotel Vegas

The Tortured Poets Department Listening and Smoke Sesh at MaryJae

Georgetown Spring Art Stroll at Downtown Georgetown

MUSIC | MOVIES | ARTS | COMMUNITY

'MLB 2K10' for Xbox 360 Impresses

Having lived in the shadow of Sony's ultra-impressive The Show for years now, 2K Sports' Major League Baseball 2K10 finally steps into the light to compete for bragging rights as the standard-bearer of baseball simulators.

12:15PM Fri. May 14, 2010, Mark Fagan Read More | Comment »

Act Fast

The Hollywood Video in Hancock Center is going out of business, which means everything not bolted down is for sale for dirt-cheap. (Actually, we're pretty sure the bolted-down stuff is negotiable, too.) The selection's pretty picked over, but we managed to walk out of there with a few finds.

6:29PM Thu. May 13, 2010, Kimberley Jones Read More | Comment »

This Week's Waste of Time

In celebration of the almost tear-jerking new trailer to the LittleBigPlanet sequel we present a selection of platform games for your running and jumping pleasure, all free and all ready to play on your browser. It's still cool for men to cry, right? While I dry my eyes, why don't you go ahead and click through.

5:17PM Thu. May 13, 2010, James Renovitch Read More | Comment »

Brandon Boyer Named New Chairman of Independent Games Festival

Can one be a gay male and have a man crush? This has been nagging me since I found out that indie gaming god and unfailingly cool dude Brandon Boyer lived locally. The floppy-haired, unshaven golden boy of gaming was recently named the chairman of the Independent Games Festival, a yearly competition and convention that calls itself the Sundance of gaming.

3:37PM Thu. May 13, 2010, James Renovitch Read More | Comment »

Fair Trade Festival Update

There have been some last minute changes to the Fair Trade Film Festival taking pace this weekend at the Alamo South Lamar, with one film out and one film in.

1:10PM Fri. May 7, 2010, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Hangtown, Texas

We're starting to wonder if Joe O'Connell has a cot set up on the streets of Granger, Texas: The former Chron Film News columnist and award-winning author has been obsessively filing images from the Coen Brothers' True Grit set. This week's gallery? A good old-fashioned hanging!

3:23PM Wed. May 5, 2010, Kimberley Jones Read More | Comment »

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