Satanic Panic: Pop-Cultural Paranoia in the 1980s

Kier-La Janisse and Paul Corupe's superb history Satanic Panic revives the Eighties in all its fearful hysteria Kier-La Janisse and Paul Corupe's superb history revives the Eighties in all its fearful hysteria

"...of Nicolas Cage – in the films Valley Girl and Vampire's Kiss – as an actor to rival global..."

March 11, 2016 Arts Feature by Marc Savlov

The Speed of Technology

SXSW 2000 Interactive Festival

"...catapulted geek culture into mainstream American consciousness, traditional print and electronic media started scrambling for explanations, settling ultimately on..."

March 24, 2000 Screens Feature by Erica C. Barnett

The Fifth Elephant: A Novel of Discworld

"...my life of about 20 years or so -- post-Dungeons and Dragons, post-Tolkien -- when I became a bit..."

March 24, 2000 Books Review by Marc Savlov

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...into their own heads to inject themselves with sperm and reproduce when there are no mates around...."

July 17, 2015 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Farewell to the Dungeon Master

The genius behind Dungeons and Dragons lays down his dice.

"...Sad news: Gary Gygax, the man behind Dungeons and Dragons, has died at his Lake Geneva home,..."

March 4, 2008 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film

Reviews and interviews

"...together once a week for years to swap stories and share a meal, they're sociable. Put a Dungeons &..."

March 20, 2009 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

What She Saw in Roger Mancuso, Günter Hopstock, Jason Barry Gold …

"...Random House, 284 pp., $23.95..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Books Review by Amanda Eyre Ward

Five Good Times at RTX

The best animation, podcasts, games, and cosplay at Rooster Teeth's annual gathering

"...Star Wars: Clone Wars – but his hyperviolent, hyperstylized, and deeply touching story of a caveman and his dinosaur..."

July 1, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

X-Ray Visions

Deep in the fifth dimension, Mark Ryan's Mind Spiders are cutting demos with Buddy Holly

"...of tune, but the album didn't make the Earth stand still or anything. Months later, "Pinhead" popped into his..."

Feb. 4, 2011 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

The Wizards of Austin's Webzines Behind the Curtains

"..."Babylon" photograph by KENNY BRAUN I'm five minutes late and a little nervous when I walk up to Web..."

March 5, 1999 Screens Feature by Sam Martin

The Dungeon Masters

From the filmmaker who make the Roky Erickson doc, You’re Gonna Miss Me, comes this astute and empathetic survey of Dungeons & Dragons gamers.

"...together once a week for years to swap stories and share a meal, they're sociable. Put a Dungeons &..."

Oct. 23, 2009 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Good Games for Adventurous Imaginations

Away From the Computer Screen and Back to the Table

"...hobby devoted to paper role-playing games, board games, card and dice games, and more.These are neither computer games nor..."

Dec. 12, 1997 Screens Feature by Allen Varney

Geeks Get Paid

What's cool about gaming? Apparently, everything.

"...Richard Garriott and Warren Spector were geeky when geeky wasn't cool...."

March 5, 2004 Screens Feature by Courtney Fitzgerald

Onward

Pixar’s latest fantasy can’t conjure up that magic we expect

"...The newest Disney/Pixar outing is aptly and unfortunately titled. Onward implies neither a great leap ahead..."

March 6, 2020 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Wizards of the Coast Opening New Austin Studio

Gaming mega-brand opening Austin studio under veteran director

"...Austin. They'll be opening a new game development studio, and they've brought in James Ohlen – formerly creative director..."

April 25, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Adventure Zone: Murder on the Rockport Limited!

The McElroys’ hit RPG podcast-turned-comic earns its exclamation mark

"...whether the people doing the adaptation will Get It, and whether anything will look like you imagined. Podcast to..."

Aug. 9, 2019 Arts Review by Rosalind Faires

Diary of a Wimpy Kid

A wisecracking preteen keeps a diary about the torments of middle school in this true-to-life story.

"...Fielding, Owen Fielding, Devon Bostick, Chloe Moretz, Karan Brar and Grayson Russell. Diary of a Wimpy Kid is easily..."

March 26, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Rocket Science

On the surface, Rocket Science is yet another quirky high school movie, but its story of a stutterer who's enticed into joining the debate team is special in its own way.

"...Martindale, Aaron Yoo, Josh Kay, Steve Park, Maury Ginsberg and Denis O'Hare. There is one absolutely inspired scene in..."

Aug. 24, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

SXSW Interactive 04

Exclusive Web-only 'Austin Chronicle' coverage of the wonks, the weekend, and the wilder side of cyberspace

"...Richard Garriott, it was days spent programming punch cards and nights lost in Dungeons & Dragons at high school..."

March 19, 2004 Screens Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Zero Charisma Celebrates 10th Anniversary at AFS Cinema

Role-playing comedy rolls a 10

"...A decade after it debuted at South by Southwest and as the film receives a 10th anniversary screening at..."

Dec. 1, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest 2015: “Satanic Panic: Evilspeak”

Original Alamo programmer Kier-La Janisse, Satan, return

"...in the Eighties with a 20-sided die in their Dungeons & Dragons fist or an interest in heavy metal..."

Oct. 1, 2015 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Harmontown, Pop. 1337

Harmonverse highlights from Friday's live podcast taping

"...Dan Harmon, creator of TV’s Community and host of the weekly podcast Harmontown, was in Austin..."

Oct. 26, 2014 Screens Post by Fernie Martinez

The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters

This is a winning, sweet, and occasionally disturbing documentary about otherwise sensible adults who vie for the title of World's Best Donkey Kong Player.

"...are the future of entertainment, we've been told time and again, but what of those hardy, semilost souls for..."

Aug. 17, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ready Player One

Video gaming and Eighties culture get the Spielberg treatment

"...Rylance, T.J. Miller, Hannah John-Kamen, Win Morisaki, Philip Zhao and Simon Pegg...."

March 30, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Rolling the Dice

Behind the scenes of The Adventure Zone with Griffin McElroy

"...There weren’t particularly grand aspirations when the pilot for The Adventure Zone popped..."

Oct. 12, 2017 Arts Post by Rosalind Faires

Tabletop Games for the Holidays

Whether you're a neophyte or a gaming guru, we've got you covered

"...dinner game of Risk that nearly came to fisticuffs and definitely had a ripple effect on our familial psyche,..."

Dec. 9, 2016 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

Warcraft

No fun storming the castle in this lousy adaptation of the hit video game

"...Daniel Wu, Ruth Negga, Anna Galvin, Callum Keith Rennie and Burkely Duffield...."

June 10, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

An American Haunting

A satanic-possession thriller set in 1817 stars Donald Sutherland and Sissy Spacek – to little avail.

"...Directed by: Courtney Solomon. Starring: Donald Sutherland, Sissy Spacek, Rachel Hurd-Wood, James D'Arcy and Matthew Marsh...."

May 12, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Scorched

"...Cleese, Joshua Leonard, David Krumholtz, Jeffrey Tambor, Marcus Thomas and Ivan Sergei. The sleepy Desert Savings Bank is about..."

Aug. 1, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Qmmunity: A Proud History

"...of Texas (now Equality Texas, the state's largest queer and trans rights advocacy org), the demonstration was the biggest..."

Oct. 9, 2020 Column by Beth Sullivan

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