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Have You Picked Up The New Album From Killswitch Engage? [VIDEO]

Rooster — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 00:18:55 +0000

“Disarm The Descent” is the name of the new album from Killswitch Engage and this is the best work the band has done in a very long time. From start to finish this album is great front to back. Jesse Leach is a beast on vocals and not one track does he seem to lose [...]

Turn Every Day Items Into Sex Toys With DildoMaker

Wendy Reed — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 11:10:36 +0000

Have you ever looked at a random every day item and thought, “Man, I wish I could make a dildo out of that?” Well, you don’t have to wish anymore. Now all of your weirdo sex toy wishes can come true with DildoMaker! Basically, the DildoMaker is a pencil sharpener (can you imagine how much [...]

Hot Bikes & Hot Rod Nights Party Tonight

Wes — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 17:14:58 +0000

Bikes, hot rods and you are all welcome to the “Hot Bikes & Hot Rod Nights” Party tonight at Chief’s Drop Dead Custom. It a free party but if you’d like, bring a toy to pass along this Christmas season. More after the jump. I have always been a ‘hot-rod’ kind of guy. I’m not [...]

Green Day Dos: It Really Is Second

Wes — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 15:22:50 +0000

If this were the days of singles, nearly everything on Green Day’s “Uno” would be an “A” side, while everything on “Dos” would be a “B” side. Now, don’t get me wrong, “B” side Green day is still pretty awesome. More after the jump. Green Day “Dos” does sound like an outtakes album. The songs [...]

Green Day Delivers An Amazing Return To Thier Roots

Wes — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 22:30:15 +0000

Just finished ONE listen to Green Day’s “Uno” and I could not be more excited. In fact there are a lot of things I should be doing rather than writing this, but I wanted to dash out my initial thoughts. My first thought is WOW! More after the jump. The pop/punk of Blink 182 left [...]

Linkin Park Wants You Dead!

Wes — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 22:55:04 +0000

Every song on the Linkin Park pretty much plays out the same way. Imagine a scene in a Lifetime movie about teen suicide. A teen, crying, yells ‘you don’t understand’ then slams the door to his room. He then puts any one of these songs on repeat, cries a little more, then hangs himself. Seriously,when I hear these songs, I see swinging bodies. It’s just that melancholy and depressing.

Black Stone Cherry-Like I Roll [VIDEO]

Wes — Fri, 11 May 2012 00:43:05 +0000

Man I’m feeling the new “Black Stone Cherry”. If you’re a fan, it’s probably not new to you, but traditionally bands and record companies feed radio stations ‘one song at a time’ . We just got the latest release from Black Stone Cherry and it’s an EXCELLENT followup to “In My Blood”. More after the [...]

'The King of Fighters 2012′ Mobile Game Review

Phil Villarreal — Wed, 09 May 2012 20:30:18 +0000

In case you haven’t noticed, there’s nowhere on an iPhone to plug in an arcade-style fighting stick. That means we’re stuck with touch controls that try to replicate arcade setups, which is about as easy as playing handball while wearing oven mitts. Credit SNK Playmore for figuring out how to smack some mean three-wall crotch [...]

'Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective' Mobile Game Review

Phil Villarreal — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 19:15:40 +0000

The fact that a game is great on a DS doesn’t mean its iOS port will be as impressive, or even playable. Some people yearn for Nintendo-sanctioned Mario Kart or Metroid to come to mobile, but that prospect sickens us. Some games just require buttons. Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective, though, is on the opposite end of the spectrum. It plays as though it was built from the ground up for iStuff.

'Imperium Galactica 2: Alliances' Game Review

Phil Villarreal — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:00:48 +0000

Real-time strategy snobs insist that the only platform their games of choice work on is the PC, and for good reason. There are almost no examples of excellent RTS games on consoles, due to clunky gamepad controls. And there are none on handhelds because the screens are too small. But now the iPad, with ample [...]

If You Now Love, Or Have Ever Loved, Horror Movies Go See "Cabin In The Woods" Now

Wes — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:24:50 +0000

Don't let anyone spoil this movie for you, and this article will have no spoilers in it. I can only tell you that this movie is above and beyond most anything ever made. The fact is, it references most everything ever made. The problems with the previews is that since this whole movie is a twist, they can't really tell you to much about what is going on. More after the jump:

'Devil May Cry' HD Collection Game Review

Alex Riviello — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:30:50 +0000

Capcom is releasing updated versions of their old games? We know you must be as shocked as we are. At this point it’s a joke how many times the company has churned out new versions of their hit games (just take a look at how many Street Fighters versions are available) but their latest trend [...]

WWE 'SmackDown' Live Recap – [4/10/12]

Aubrey Sitterson — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 13:03:03 +0000

As opposed to the normal pretape-on-Tuesday to air-on-Friday deal, this week’s ‘SmackDown’ ran live on Tuesday night, presumably as a way to clear the deck and rearrange everyone’s travel schedule for WWE’s impending European tour. Typically, shows before foreign tours, much like shows before big pay-per-views, are pretty light on action in order to give [...]

Dress Codes are Stupid and so are People That Want Them

Heathen — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:27:06 +0000

So I was reading a news story about some local LISD trustee candidates as they discussed the dress code for our kids. I finally came to a realization. All of these people are idiots!

'Anomaly: Warzone Earth' Game Review

Alex Riviello — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 13:49:55 +0000

By now most everyone is sick of Tower Defense games. They seem the go-to genre for smaller developers and we’ve been inundated with subpar entries, perhaps because it’s easy to think of a new gimmick or theme for them and slap right on. In my mind nothing much has bested Desktop Tower Defense, the original browser game which almost single-handedly kicked off the popularity of the style, although there have been a few notable exceptions like Plants Vs. Zombies and Pixeljunk Monsters.

'Ridge Racer Unbounded' Game Review

Alex Riviello — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:00:53 +0000

Get past the silly name and you’ll find out that Ridge Racer Unbounded is one of the best of the series. While it doesn’t feature open world gameplay like the title infers, if you prefer arcade-style racers (as I do) you’ll definitely enjoy this game, which features an amount of destruction far beyond previous installments.

'Yesterday' Game Review

Alex Riviello — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:00:07 +0000

When I was in high school I had a friend who brought over some pictures he took while exploring a supposedly abandoned lair of a satanic cult. It was in some old hospital or similarly eerie place and he told me about how creepy the place was before showing me the pictures, which made me [...]

'Star Wars' For Kinect Game Review

Phil Villarreal — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 13:30:16 +0000

We’re not sure whether the developers of ‘Kinect Star Wars’ actively hate George Lucas’s brainchild and sought to mock it mercilessly, or just don’t understand the appeal of lightsabers and Jedi knights and just threw something together in a crude attempt at sympathizing with the franchise’s fanatics. Whatever the case, ‘Kinect Star Wars’ is the most laughable addition to the family since the 1978 ‘Star Wars Holiday Special.’

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13 Game Review

Phil Villarreal — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 21:07:20 +0000

If you’re going to re-release what, at its core, is basically the same game every year and expect fans to keep forking over their $60 again and again, you’d better add something worthwhile. The crew behind the Tiger Woods games is finally starting to get it, having added the Masters last year and now taken [...]

'Xenoblade Chronicles' Game Review

Phil Villarreal — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 15:30:43 +0000

Released nearly two years ago in Japan and last year in Europe, you’d expect Xenoblade Chronicles to look at least somewhat dated. Instead, it seems to be worlds beyond most other Wii games, with vividly detailed backgrounds and characters, with everything moving at a smooth framerate. We had to rub our eyes to make sure [...]