Hang the Holidays

Help is on the way

"...from the News department (Formula One Racing for Dummies), video games (most destined for year's-best lists), a mother lode..."

Dec. 9, 2011 Features Feature by Cindy Widner

A Piece of the Action

Previewing the Game On! Texas symposium

"...of: "Texas is God's gift to the planet ... video games make us money ... future of entertainment ......"

April 2, 2010 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

This Week's Waste of Time

Hey video games, tell me a story.

"...bit about myself." That's how this week's free browser video game begins. The Company of Myself is a prime..."

Jan. 28, 2010 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Console Wars: The Saga Continues

Sizing up the video-game platforms

"...marketing ploy, but all three players in the ongoing video-game platform wars have lowered their prices in the past..."

Nov. 20, 2009 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Take Three

Texas film incentives don't always carry sufficient funding

"...production spending; the number of films, TV shows, and video games applying for grants; total grants; and total number..."

Oct. 30, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

This Week's Waste of Time

Another free game that the future you recommends

"...In what will likely be one of my favorite games of the year, Time Fcuk takes a convoluted premise,..."

Sept. 24, 2009 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Learning Curve

Lessons from the Long Center's first six months

"...sold-out events in Dell Hall – ALO's The Bat, Video Games Live, Kathy Griffin, Lyle Lovett, the Verdi Requiem..."

Oct. 3, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Cine Joven Sin Fronteras

Teaching technology, telenovela, and how to straddle two countries and two cultures with a camera

"...hearts and onto paper." And from there onto digital video and beyond...."

Aug. 8, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Forbidden Kingdom

There are plenty of comic moments and some seriously kickass fight scenes in this film that co-stars Jackie Chan and Jet Li.

"...whose only contact with Hong Kong bruisery comes from video games or, worse, Brett Ratner. And for longtime fans,..."

April 18, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

And the Loser Is ...

The biggest winner in the Chronicle's Bacheloser contest

"...shirtless (and, more memorably, pantsless) for our ads and video. Also, congrats to our runners-up: 37-year-old Wheatsville clerk/World War..."

Nov. 23, 2007 Features Feature by Audra Schroeder

Re: Gift

When a PS3 just isn't in the cards

"...most of which look and play like old Atari games. Upon completion of each simple little job, you earn..."

Dec. 1, 2006 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

In Play: Saints Row

"...But immature video games imitate, and mature video games steal, right? Unlike..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Screens Feature by Jeremy Martin

Players' Guide

News and rumors and just flat-out lies about local gaming

"...he awarded the winners at the World Series of Video Games. With names like MaxFATAL1TY and Str8 Rippin, they..."

July 28, 2006 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Players' Guide

News and rumors from the digital realm

"...sleepy burg on July 5. This World Series of Video Games event is BYOC – if you don't know..."

June 16, 2006 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

The Common Law

Listen up – burning CDs and copyright law

"...general rules apply to other copyrighted materials like movies, video games, or software programs...."

March 24, 2006 Column by Luke Ellis

Naked City

Democrat declares candidacy for governor courts 'the new mainstream'

"...a new "Pact With Parents" – on public schools, video-game pornography, insurance reform, and sex education. Outlining the "pact,"..."

Aug. 19, 2005 News Feature by Michael King

Demonlover

French mind-warper has a puzzle-box narrative and a soundtrack by Sonic Youth.

"...ambiguously sexy, and her chilly demeanor references the erotic video games and streamlined porn her company distributes. On the..."

Dec. 5, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Elephant

Gus Van Sant examines the petri dish that grows the lethal seeds of high school disaster, à la Columbine.

"...(Frost) and Eric (Deulen), are seen, variously, playing violent video games, ordering guns off the Internet, and sitting in..."

Nov. 21, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Kids

"...Still don't understand, my boy? Well, look over here. Video games, son. Do you notice anything strange about them?..."

Sept. 15, 2000 Best of Austin Feature

We've Come a Long Way, Baby

The year's best in technology, gaming, and Web sites

"...online), bloated Internet IPOs, or the backlash against violent video games like Doom and Quake. This year, we cared..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Postmarks

Sweep Them Out

"...of legal media such as Marilyn Manson CDs, "violent" video games, or bloody movies...."

June 4, 1999 Column

Postmarks

Don't Blame the Movies

"...is along the same lines as blaming Marilyn Manson, video games, other movies, and trenchcoats for what happened in..."

May 28, 1999 Column

Postmarks

Barrientos Misrepresented

"...may as well throw it on the heap with video games, movies, and the Internet. As for guns, the..."

May 7, 1999 Column

Popcult Disconnect

The Gyre of Hack-centrism

"...dancing and dance music. Harley Jebens nicely described the pre-videocassette, pre-computer era of CB radios and video games. The..."

July 19, 1996 News Column by Chris Walters

When There's Motion, but No Pictures

Guest Artistic Director Ed Halter adjusts Cinematexas' experimental aim

"...the experimental cinema world's response to the proliferation of video, which has inspired many alternative filmmakers to look differently..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Off the Record

SXSW news and carryings on

"..."What I learned from music videos is that you start with the music, figuring out..."

March 19, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Queerantining With Qmmunity’s James Scott

Hint: It involves lots of podcasts and (mostly) gay reads

"...help flatten the curve. Best wishes, queerios. Frog Detective Games..."

March 20, 2020 Qmmunity Post by James Scott

SXSW Gaming: Noclip Says Love Your Developers

Danny O’Dwyer wants you to understand who is making your games

"...In this epoch of social media, the discourse around games is ruled by the hot take. What works, what’s..."

March 16, 2019 SXSW Post by Tucker Whatley

DVDanger: If There Be Thorns

Dear Lifetime, we need to talk

"...driven to madness by the satanic menace of roleplaying games...."

July 15, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

One in a Crowd: Bowbarian

2-D scrolling craziness needs crowdfunding support

"...Remember when crazy 2-D PC games were the be-all and end-all? Bowbarian, a new scrolling,..."

April 10, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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