Handicapping the Holidays

We narrow the field for the gamer on your gift list

"...mean plastic axe, and that familiarity with Rock Band's interface – the scrolling notes, the color-coding – is pretty much the..."

Dec. 9, 2011 Screens Feature by Mark Fagan

Compose Yourself

SXSW Film announces first wave of conference sessions

"...SXSW Film. Culled from proposals to the festival's PanelPicker interface, the panels range from trendspotting (The Evolution of the..."

Oct. 26, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Cute Local Game Alert!

Local developers create two achingly cute games

"...overload, but the game mechanics are solid with the interface involving little more than spinning the circular levels using..."

Sept. 3, 2011 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Inching to the Finish

Bob Sabiston's winding road to Inchworm Animation

"...DS hit the shelves in late 2004. The dual-screens-and-pen interface immediately made the console attractive as an animation tool..."

May 27, 2011 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Making Mjolnir Out of a WiiMote

Local game developers Red Fly talk 'Thor'

"...appeal with Mjolnir – from a game design and interface point of view, how did the Wii Remote shape..."

May 11, 2011 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

This Week's Waste of Time

Browser games are back ... in 3-D!

"...control numerous interlocked objects in three dimensions with an interface (the mouse) that is designed primarily for 2-D. The..."

April 29, 2011 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Small Audiences, Large Souls

At the Fusebox Festival, size matters, but that doesn't always mean 'big'

"...(see "Fusebox Music") creates what Berry calls "a different interface to hear the music" by locating bands in nontraditional..."

April 22, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

sxswf: Even More 'Incendiary'

More from our Q&A with filmmakers Steve Mims and Joe Bailey Jr.

"...the Commission] who have had to learn how to interface with [Bradley], like the Attorney General. And I think..."

March 10, 2011 SXSW Post by Jordan Smith

Gay Place

The Gay Place shares its deepest, darkest confessions

"...in concert at a glance. No stupid social network interface or counterintuitive bad design, no lame-ass mutually flaccid masturbation,..."

Dec. 10, 2010 Column by Kate X Messer

Luv Doc Recommends: Game On Austin

Mohawk, Tuesday, November 16, 2010

"...shamefully derivative name and boasts a "super clean user interface" as one of its features. Hmmm … sounds hygienic...."

Nov. 12, 2010 Column by The Luv Doc

This Week's Waste of Time

One man, many free online games to play

"...The best example of Wohlwend's fine-tuned player/game interface abilities is Hundreds. It's a simple premise: Balls bounce..."

Sept. 9, 2010 Screens Post by James Renovitch

I Sold the Lousy T-Shirt Off My Back and All I Got Was This iPad

What's Apple's touch tablet actually for?

"...many home studio setups. There are also midi and interface controllers available if you have an existing digital recording..."

April 30, 2010 Screens Post by Adam Theriault

Gowalla Battles Foursquare, Interactive Wins

Social media systems square off at SXSWi

"...by releasing version 1.7, with a redesigned and streamlined interface. Austin-based Gowalla, which allows users to "check in" at..."

March 26, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Depths of 'Desire'

Curator Annette Carlozzi invites art lovers to dive down into images of longing

"...ways in which we relate to, yearn for, and interface with one another. It was, notes Carlozzi, "such a..."

March 19, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

I Built My Girlfriend's iPod

Stranded on a desert island? At least you have your iPodSolar.

"...modest music library (remember the Library of Alexandria?) musical interface had smiled. Monks, Shocking Blue, every last Okkervil River..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Wii Internet Browser Now Free

Nintendo finally realizes that no one pays for their surfing

"...so many things Wii produces – is that the interface looks made for a toddler with its cartoony bubbles..."

Sept. 2, 2009 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Don't Fret the Technique

'Guitar Hero' goes mobile

"...its replacement of the standard controller with a modified-guitar interface), the game achieved such staggering success as to make..."

March 6, 2009 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

All Access

Austin's B-Side Entertainment rethinks how to get a movie to the masses

"...cinema-nerd world at large with a free, easy-to-use Web-based interface for film festivals – announced that it would receive..."

Feb. 20, 2009 Screens Feature by Mike Kanin

Biomass: A Question of Wood, Not Could

Council will vote this week on a proposed wood-waste-fueled power plant, but just because it's carbon-neutral doesn't mean it's perfect

"...Sloan said, such as mega-energy-efficiency, solar, advanced devices to interface plug-in electric vehicles with the grid, and smart-load technologies..."

Aug. 22, 2008 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Moog: A Revolution in Sound

"...their memory; and MIDI controllers, using a standardized digital interface language. Between the three, their effects on popular, experimental,..."

July 25, 2008 Music Feature by Graham Reynolds

Tradition Meets the Marketplace

AFS Documentary Tour presents Weaving Worlds

"...is really the story of the uneasy, always tenuous interface of the artist with the marketplace and the exploitation..."

July 4, 2008 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

In Your Facebook

Do social networking sites strengthen communities or the class divide?

"...liked Facebook better before they opened the application programmer interface. As a result of this highly publicized recent move,..."

Feb. 29, 2008 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

Austin Going, Going, Gone

Newsdesk shares their thoughts on redesigning the city's official website

"...video of city meetings, maybe with a YouTube-like Flash interface. Nobody uses Real Player anymore...."

Jan. 2, 2008 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Games Gift Guide

The DVD trivia game gets exciting for the Xbox

"...of the popular DVD game capitalize on the superior interface of a gaming system adding a sense of excitement..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Games Gift Guide

Part shooter, part RPG, all Star Wars

"...are compelling, they aren't meaningful. Some other gameplay and interface quirks mar the experience, but Mass Effect is still..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Screens Feature by Joey Seiler

Being There

"...the tautness of the material stretched across Vespestand’s percussive interface. A dance of minor keys juxtaposed against major notes..."

Nov. 19, 2007 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Learning From Portland

"...6,600 on Saturday. (Portland's excellent light-rail and bus systems interface with the streetcar, delivering a large portion of those..."

July 20, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

"...for no charge because it's zero-overhead. The service's Web interface allows it to send text messages for free. Eventually,..."

June 29, 2007 News Feature

Rajamani Reviewed

"...restrained and meditative collection that largely eschews joyful musical interface. Considerably darker in tone, this set adheres more closely..."

May 4, 2007 Music Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

Follow the Money (Online)

Texans may have a clearer idea of where (and to who) their tax dollars go, thanks to a bill heading to the Senate.

"...will be able to hide data behind a bad interface and ugly search tools, the bill specifically prohibits the..."

May 1, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

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