Sunday, November 30, 2008 6:24 PM
Most serious gamers by this stage have shelled out for a high-def TV and decent surround sound system, but there’s a new option that puts that shit to shame. Movie megaplexes are renting out their empty theatres for morning and late-night Xbox 360 sessions
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Friday, November 28, 2008 1:26 PM
Life is a butt-meringue pie and we dance the dance of shit in an' around it.
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Thursday, November 27, 2008 9:36 AM
This is, to be blunt, pretty easily the worst Friday for new movie releases that I can remember in a very long time. There are a grand total of two fresh options hitting screens tomorrow, both of them only in limited release and one of them - Amos Kollek's
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Wednesday, November 26, 2008 10:12 AM
Some salacious surfing for a snowy day: In case you were wondering, that hot dude on Second Life doesn't look like his manly avatar. He probably looks like David Pollard (aka Dave Barmy), who was recently busted by his real life wife Amy Taylor (aka Laura
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Tuesday, November 25, 2008 3:26 PM
I love wrestling. Participating in a wrestling competition was a dream come true. And even though the competition didn’t go my way – more on that in a moment – I enjoyed this episode as much as any other we’ve done in the series.
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Friday, November 21, 2008 1:30 PM
The chorus of the first song, ‘Chinese Democracy’, on the new Guns N’ Roses album, Chinese Democracy , contains the lyric, “All I got is precious time”. Axl Rose, tragically unable to pronounce a hard ‘i’, pronounces it ‘tayyyyyme’, but we get the point:
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Thursday, November 20, 2008 8:27 AM
It's Twilight week which means I'm doing what any sane adult would do and staying way the hell away from the local multiplex. A swarm of hundreds of teen girls dreaming of being swept away by the handsome undead? It's like an Evanesence video gone horribly,
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Wednesday, November 19, 2008 10:03 AM
"The more religious an area is, the more risqué the underwear becomes. I think that Muslim women have less freedom on the outside so to compensate they have more freedom on the inside." — an anonymous quote from The Secret Life of Syrian Lingerie This
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Tuesday, November 18, 2008 3:25 PM
This was a cheap victory. I won because Kenny lost his balance. Yippee. It was especially unsatisfying because it was a rare instance when I actually had a decent master plan.
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Monday, November 17, 2008 8:12 AM
Over the years, PC gaming has faded from the pop-cult consciousness, even as franchises like Grand Theft Auto and Halo have pushed videogames ever deeper into the mainstream. That's because many games, like Crysis , require an overhaul of your computer’s
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Friday, November 14, 2008 9:04 AM
It’s kind of a mash-up of my old movie review show Reel to Real , a really cool DVD extra, Inside the Actor’s Studio and The Jack Paar Show (that’s where I got the glasses and the slicked back hair). With all due respect to Mr. Ebert and Mr. Siskel there
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Thursday, November 13, 2008 10:56 AM
Put down the rum and coke and grab a box of tissues. Showcase and Trailer Park Productions/Topsail Productions announces that after seven successful seasons, the Showcase Original mockumentary series Trailer Park Boys will conclude its regular series
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Thursday, November 13, 2008 9:03 AM
So, the Tattooed Man is freshly returned from LA where he was attending the American Film Market - one of the four major events where films are bought and sold for distribution around the world every year - where he was checking out movies such as Legendary
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Wednesday, November 12, 2008 10:48 AM
A message from Mike Clattenburg, creator of the Trailer Park Boys : “Over the past few months there has been a lot of discussion among our fans and those in the media about the future of Trailer Park Boys. Will there be another season, another special,
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Wednesday, November 12, 2008 9:54 AM
Looking for an indoor sport this winter? If you haven't noticed, the past few years have seen a serious revival of all things domestic and girlie, with old-school hobbies like quilting and knitting being resurrected with a 21st century twist. I've been
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Tuesday, November 11, 2008 3:24 PM
As I’ve repeatedly said publicly, Kenny is capable of beating me without cheating, and this competition rises to that rare occasion. It never occurred to me that I could piss-off people on mass… but it did occur to Kenny, and he rightly deserves his victory. Well done.
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Monday, November 10, 2008 1:03 AM
Just a few minutes into that underwater art-deco classic Bioshock , the gamer is presented with a stark choice—kill the creepy young girls known as “Little Sisters” or try to save them. Both decisions come with benefits and consequences, but seeing as
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Thursday, November 06, 2008 8:44 AM
Memo to Seann William Scott: You have too many 'n's in your name and it's annoying. Another memo to Seann William Scott: Fire your agent! This American Pie schtick was old six months after you did it the first time and if the only roles your agent can
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Wednesday, November 05, 2008 11:20 AM
It's been a while since I straight up reviewed some porn in this space—many apologies if your wanking hand has gotten stiff. Here's a suggestion to loosen up your joints: pick up a flick by Anna Span, currently enjoying a bit of fame as "the UK's first
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Tuesday, November 04, 2008 3:23 PM
The Gorilla is an endangered species. For Kenny to mock my efforts to use the show to raise awareness of the fate of the mountain gorillas is truly beyond my capacity to understand.
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Monday, November 03, 2008 8:45 AM
Looking like they just finished an epic Wii Boxing battle, Obama and McCain will finally throw down tomorrow. And though this US election season has often been reduced to such inanities as tax-dodging plumbers , washed-up hippies and unworn flag pins
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