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May 7, 2012
A New Xbox (and New Pricing Plan) on the Way from Microsoft?
For hardcore gamers, the news likely comes as music to their couch-planted, headset-wearing ears: reports indicate Microsoft is working on a follow-up to the Xbox 360, with production of the new console apparently reaching the manufacturing stages at a the Austin, Texas branch of Flextronics - the s ... More >>
Film
May 2, 2012
#ReGENERATION: Far From Wall Street, a Call to Activism
For hardcore gamers, the news likely comes as music to their couch-planted, headset-wearing ears: reports indicate Microsoft is working on a follow-up to the Xbox 360, with production of the new console apparently reaching the manufacturing stages at a the Austin, Texas branch of Flextronics - the s ... More >>
Film
April 25, 2012
Indie Game: The Movie: The Downside to Freelancing for Microsoft
For hardcore gamers, the news likely comes as music to their couch-planted, headset-wearing ears: reports indicate Microsoft is working on a follow-up to the Xbox 360, with production of the new console apparently reaching the manufacturing stages at a the Austin, Texas branch of Flextronics - the s ... More >>
Blogs
October 26, 2011
Mom of Child Banned From Xbox Live: 'Microsoft Has Robbed My Child of a Voice'
For players on the Xbox Live network, Microsoft is judge, jury, and executioner. Users of the service who run afoul of the its policies continually complain about being banned from the site for myriad reasons, some understandable (their gamertag was: "White Power"); some just plain weird (the ... More >>
Blogs
August 1, 2011
Parents to World: Xbox Killed Our Son, Can Kill Yours Too
Chris Staniforth, a 20-year-old British student, dropped dead in May. His parents say what killed their son was a small piece of competitively-priced gaming equipment currently in the homes of millions of people worldwide. . . That and sitting on the couch for a half day at a time.
Blogs
June 23, 2011
The 10 Best Video Game Songs of All Time (Other Than Your 10 Favorite)
As much as we love simulated drive-by shootings, building amusement parks from scratch, or trying endless button combinations to see if the "nude glitch" in Tomb Raider 3 is real ( . . . it isn't), video games just aren't as memorable without a solid soundtrack to amp up the fun. Two weeks ag ... More >>
Blogs
June 22, 2011
Microsoft Plans to Finally Ruin Kinect with Motion-Controlled Advertisements
Maybe "ruin" is too strong a word. It was probably only a matter of time before Microsoft attempted to shamelessly cash in on what's easily been the company's best creation in years.
Blogs
May 26, 2011
Today Reverb Recommends Experiencing Anomie Belle's Trip-Hop at Chop Suey
Just because Sasquatch! is just around the bend doesn't mean there's any shortage of local music to catch in town. From this week's Short List: Piecing her name together from words meaning social unrest and a beautiful and charming woman, Seattle trip-hopper Anomie Belle has lofty aims echoing her ... More >>
Calendar
May 25, 2011
Anomie Belle
Just because Sasquatch! is just around the bend doesn't mean there's any shortage of local music to catch in town. From this week's Short List: Piecing her name together from words meaning social unrest and a beautiful and charming woman, Seattle trip-hopper Anomie Belle has lofty aims echoing her ... More >>
Blogs
April 27, 2011
Microsoft Continues the Dead-Playstation 3 Party With Rumored Launch of Hulu for Xbox Live
If two weeks ago someone had told Microsoft's Xbox Live team that their biggest competitor would be hacked and its entire online network taken down for more than a week, they probably would given an appreciative wink and told said jokester to scram so they could get some real work done. Well, ... More >>
Blogs
April 25, 2011
Microsoft Celebrates Playstation Network Outage With Free Xbox Live Play All Weekend
By now anyone who owns a Playstation 3 will have noticed that their machine has been turned into an oversized paperweight ever since a hack attack took out the Playstation Network six days ago. Microsoft certainly noticed. And to celebrate, the company launched a free Xbox Live play event all ... More >>
Blogs
April 14, 2011
Microsoft Releases Kinect Support for Netflix--Too Bad It Sucks
With great fanfare today Microsoft and Netflix announced that subscribers can now use their Kinect systems to control their Netflix movie accounts with hand gestures and voice commands. How exciting! If it actually worked...
Blogs
March 30, 2011
FPS Russia, Crazy Russian Gun Freak, Shoots and Blows Up His Xbox 360 (VIDEO)
If you've ever loved a firearm, hated an Xbox, or lusted after a Russian, you'll be wanting to see this video.
Blogs
March 21, 2011
Rumor: Microsoft Starts Work on New Xbox Model for 2015
Stephen Chapman over at ZDNet did some sleuthing today and found a "morsel" noted on software/gadget engineer Ben Peterson's portfolio page. It's a teaser for a brand new Microsoft project having to do with the Xbox 360. And with a completion date of 2015, Chapman surmises that it's likely fo ... More >>
Blogs
December 6, 2010
Manboobs, Avatar Robots and Flying Nightmare Machines: Our Top 5 Kinect Hacks
It's now been a month since Microsoft released its long awaited Kinect motion capture gaming system for the Xbox, and, by all intents and purposes, it's been a massive success. But as awesome as the official games are, what's even better are the hacks that random geeks and professional coders ... More >>
Blogs
November 24, 2010
Researchers Hack Microsoft Kinect to Control Robot: Humankind One Step Closer to Enslavement by Machines (VIDEO)
Anyone who still thinks that Microsoft will in no way contribute to the day when machines finally become self-aware and enslave humankind needs to see this video.
Blogs
November 23, 2010
50 Reasons We're Thankful To Live in Seattle
When you've just spent three hours of the previous night stuck on an icy I-5, it can be hard to focus on the positive. But that's exactly why we thought it's time for a little gratitude. Because let's face it, when there isn't a winter storm (and most years, there isn't), this is a hell of a ... More >>
Blogs
November 8, 2010
Nintendo To Bring Old Trailer Full Of New Tricks To Seattle
For months, all video gamers have heard in the way of news is "Playstation Move this" and "Microsoft Xbox Kinect that." It's no wonder that little old Nintendo--which was, after all, the first to dip into motion sensitive gaming with the Wii--might start to feel left out. The company today an ... More >>
Blogs
September 20, 2010
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan Says He Won't Buy His Kids an Xbox
In an interview with The New York Times Magazine, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan had this to say when queried what he'll do if his kids ask for an Xbox: "Not a fan. No, absolutely not." There's an unfortunate lack of follow-up to the question. Especially since it's the only time in t ... More >>
Blogs
September 8, 2010
Xbox Suspends Gamer Because He Lives in Fort Gay
Josh Moore had a problem. The 26-year-old unemployed factory worker wanted to play Xbox Live but couldn't because Microsoft had flagged his account, all because he had bothered to list the town in which he lived: Fort Gay, West Virginia.
Calendar
July 14, 2010
James Pridgeon
Josh Moore had a problem. The 26-year-old unemployed factory worker wanted to play Xbox Live but couldn't because Microsoft had flagged his account, all because he had bothered to list the town in which he lived: Fort Gay, West Virginia.
Blogs
May 18, 2010
Mystery of Why Downtown Seattle Is So Popular Among Street Denizens Finally Solved
More than just tobacco.The apparent answer: They're being kept gainfully employed by local fencing operations. You may recall the bust a few years ago of downtown's Liberty pawn shop, whose owners enlisted a cadre of street addicts to steal items from neighboring retailers, then resold them ... More >>
Blogs
April 29, 2010
Owl 'n Thistle Offers Free Hot Dogs For Sounders Fans
Hoo...Hoo...can pretend to be a Sounders fan for the right to eat a free, hot version of the four-legged creature to my right?Are you a Soundnerd? Can you pretend to be one, on game day, anyway? Do you like hot dogs? Do you like not paying money for hot dogs? Are you willing to suck down an o ... More >>
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April 7, 2010
Sean M. Johnson
Hoo...Hoo...can pretend to be a Sounders fan for the right to eat a free, hot version of the four-legged creature to my right?Are you a Soundnerd? Can you pretend to be one, on game day, anyway? Do you like hot dogs? Do you like not paying money for hot dogs? Are you willing to suck down an o ... More >>
Blogs
March 23, 2010
Gamecrush.com Pays Girls to Play Xbox With You
Rejected Gamecrush slogans: "Join...your joystick will thank you for it."You will never go broke conceiving new ways of separating lonely tech geeks from their money. Case in point: Gamecrush.com, the soon-to-be-launched online social utility that gives Xbox users a respite from the sausage ... More >>
Blogs
January 22, 2010
11-Year-Old Boy Charged With Robbing Gas Station With A Pellet Gun
Microsoft claimed another child's innocence this week, this one an 11-year-old boy who along with his 15-year-old brother has been charged with robbing a gas station. And why would they do such a thing? For the money to buy an Xbox of course.
Blogs
October 21, 2009
Console Flame Wars! Sony Beats Microsoft for First Time, Trolls React
This man will use all the powers of his massive intellect to utterly eviscerate your purchase of a PS3. So long as it's online.While gearing up for tomorrow's release of Windows 7, Microsoft got a bit of bad news. For the first time in...ever, more people in the U.S. bought Sony's Playstation ... More >>
Calendar
June 17, 2009
Mamma Mia! Sing-a-Long
This man will use all the powers of his massive intellect to utterly eviscerate your purchase of a PS3. So long as it's online.While gearing up for tomorrow's release of Windows 7, Microsoft got a bit of bad news. For the first time in...ever, more people in the U.S. bought Sony's Playstation ... More >>
Blogs
June 10, 2009
Microsoft's Next Frontier in Video Game Realism: Commercial Breaks
Never mind that real game show contestants don't watch commercials during commercial breaks, virtual game show contestants on Microsoft's recently beta-released Xbox game "1 vs. 100" will be forced to watch ads. Honda, Sprint, 7-11, and Doritos are already running ads. The ads "add to the realism, ... More >>
Blogs
April 2, 2009
Getting Schoolkids Back on Bikes
There's been much discussion of late about getting children out of their parents' cars in the morning and onto their feet. Or wheels. We all know about the rising incidence of obesity among children, and one way to combat Xbox and junk food is to have them commute under their own power--be it foot o ... More >>
Blogs
February 3, 2009
Amazon Embraces "Casual Gaming"
Will you call me, Pong? I thought our game meant something.Amazon.com here announces it entry into what's generally called the "casual gaming" market. (See our Jesse Froehling's excellent story here.) Its new Amazon Game Downloads store (currently a beta site) allows users to download games for betw ... More >>
Calendar
November 19, 2008
Peter Yarrow
Will you call me, Pong? I thought our game meant something.Amazon.com here announces it entry into what's generally called the "casual gaming" market. (See our Jesse Froehling's excellent story here.) Its new Amazon Game Downloads store (currently a beta site) allows users to download games for betw ... More >>
Film
August 6, 2008
Monster Camp: Local D&D Enthusiasts Crawl out of the Basement
Will you call me, Pong? I thought our game meant something.Amazon.com here announces it entry into what's generally called the "casual gaming" market. (See our Jesse Froehling's excellent story here.) Its new Amazon Game Downloads store (currently a beta site) allows users to download games for betw ... More >>
Blogs
July 24, 2008
Amazon Up, M'soft Executive Out
Will you call me, Pong? I thought our game meant something.Amazon.com here announces it entry into what's generally called the "casual gaming" market. (See our Jesse Froehling's excellent story here.) Its new Amazon Game Downloads store (currently a beta site) allows users to download games for betw ... More >>
Blogs
July 15, 2008
Mom! Who Put "Beaches" on My Xbox?
Will you call me, Pong? I thought our game meant something.Amazon.com here announces it entry into what's generally called the "casual gaming" market. (See our Jesse Froehling's excellent story here.) Its new Amazon Game Downloads store (currently a beta site) allows users to download games for betw ... More >>
Blogs
July 15, 2008
Afternoon Edition: The Perfect Storm
Will you call me, Pong? I thought our game meant something.Amazon.com here announces it entry into what's generally called the "casual gaming" market. (See our Jesse Froehling's excellent story here.) Its new Amazon Game Downloads store (currently a beta site) allows users to download games for betw ... More >>
Blogs
July 14, 2008
Afternoon Edition: X-Box, the Boz and Soup
Will you call me, Pong? I thought our game meant something.Amazon.com here announces it entry into what's generally called the "casual gaming" market. (See our Jesse Froehling's excellent story here.) Its new Amazon Game Downloads store (currently a beta site) allows users to download games for betw ... More >>
Blogs
March 31, 2008
Afternoon Edition: Xbox Weddings, Georgetown Dear Johns and Microsoft Fixes
Will you call me, Pong? I thought our game meant something.Amazon.com here announces it entry into what's generally called the "casual gaming" market. (See our Jesse Froehling's excellent story here.) Its new Amazon Game Downloads store (currently a beta site) allows users to download games for betw ... More >>
Blogs
March 24, 2008
Afternoon Edition: Fat Mexicans, Gangsta Microsofties and Loser Tigers
Will you call me, Pong? I thought our game meant something.Amazon.com here announces it entry into what's generally called the "casual gaming" market. (See our Jesse Froehling's excellent story here.) Its new Amazon Game Downloads store (currently a beta site) allows users to download games for betw ... More >>
Food
January 2, 2008
Keep It Down!
A new food column about the foods you're afraid to eat.
Blogs
December 27, 2007
SeattleWeekly.com's 10 Most Popular Stories of 2007
A new food column about the foods you're afraid to eat.
Film
December 19, 2007
Seattle Weekly Goes to Hollywood
We’d like to thank the Academy…
Blogs
November 6, 2007
Rape and Pillage in 30 Minute Intervals
We’d like to thank the Academy…
Film
March 22, 2006
Duck Season
Opens at Varsity, Fri., March 24. Rated R. 85 minutes.
Diversions
April 6, 2005
Too Much, Not Enough
Opens at Varsity, Fri., March 24. Rated R. 85 minutes.
News
August 11, 2004
Hard Hats and Ice Skates
Opens at Varsity, Fri., March 24. Rated R. 85 minutes.
Diversions
November 19, 2003
The Lame Game
It's a so-so year for video-game releases.
News
June 25, 2003
The Secret Game Masters
The industry's brightest minds are here, but they don't all work at Microsoft
Arts
April 30, 2003
The New Opera
Thanks to Seattle's game composers, avant-garde techniques are being put to some good commercial use.
News
March 28, 2001
Rule of the gamers
While other tech sectors flail, the gaming industry thrives—and still strives to innovate.
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