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(04/17/08 4:00am)
Hello world. This is Alex Warr writing, and, to quote a beloved editor of yesteryear, we've never met. There are several reasons for this. It could be my heterosexual life-mate Varun usually uses this space to blather on about the prominent issues of the day. Perhaps it's because I'm a level one ninja on Facebook and silence is my hot hot sex. But mainly I prefer to express my opinions through the humor of sandbox. Not so today.
(04/03/08 4:00am)
Super Smash Brothers: Brawl joins the ever-swelling ranks of Wii games that work better with GameCube controllers. Perhaps this is a limitation indicative of a larger problem with the system, but to me it is a serious flaw that the game experience is actually worsened when using Wii controllers. There is no motion-based game play as in Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi and there is no controller-specific advantage (Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution). Aside from the graphical improvements, nothing defines Brawl as a next-generation title.
(11/08/07 5:00am)
Fanboys beware: Halo 3's reign as Lord of the Next-Gen Shooter may soon be contested. Fortunately for would-be Spartans everywhere, it won't be by Timeshift.
(10/04/07 7:00am)
Would-be code-monkeys rest assured, The Office remains the only show on television with the ability to make working for the weekend an enviable career. It does this, as ever, with a spot-on blend of awkward humor, lovable characters and just enough tugging on the heartstrings to keep you interested.
However, when fans tuned in to the season premiere last Thursday, there was only one thing on our minds: did Jim and Pam finally get together? Ever in tune with their fan base, the writers kept us on pins and needles throughout the entire first half of the double feature. Audiences were forced to endure a side-story about attempted vehicular manslaughter, something about a dead cat and office-wide gossip over the couple's fate before finally getting their answer.
Fortunately, these were pleasurable diversions as the cast seemed in top form and the show headed for another solid season. Most importantly, the chemistry between Jim (John Krasinski) and Pam (Jenna Fischer) is simply radiant, and fans of their on-again-off-again love story will find their eyes a little wetter after they are caught locking lips. The second half of the show feels like a honeymoon period for the two, with each scene containing a small glimpse at the sweet humor they share. Nevertheless, one nagging thought keeps us from total ease-now that they're finally together, can they prove immune to the show's continual romantic rockiness?
(09/13/07 4:00am)
Despite rigid pretensions, Mr. Woodcock's hasty climax might leave fans slightly less than satisfied.
(08/30/07 7:00am)
For better or worse, most of Superbad seems to have formed from the rotting cesspool where God banished all the one-liners that weren't quite classy enough for The 40-Year-Old Virgin and Knocked Up. Throw in but the barest touch of deeper meaning, and you have the recipe for an almost cookie-cutter incarnation of teenage angst saved from mediocrity by the power of the penis. And that, of course, is what makes it brilliant.
It is hard to explain just why men of all colors, shapes, and sizes find the member so engrossing. We are all united in by bonds of sophomoric awkwardness and an unwavering devotion to decoding the secret of girls' pants. Put simply, the phallus is the universal symbol of that brotherhood... plus it's just really funny to look at.
Superbad taps into this well with the story of two friends coming to terms with their coming of age. Michael Cera (Evan) and Jonah Hill (Seth) deliver riotous performances throughout the film, and yet their scenes might've been stolen from the editroom floor of '90s teen comedies were it not for the sheer volume of raunchiness. Part of the movie's strength comes from its ability to make its rather limited range of jokes an art form. However, it is not Cera and Hill that make the film really memorable. That honor belongs to one mononymed Hawaiian blood donor.
For all the power of the peter, the movie's true saving grace goes by one name: McLovin. Christopher Mintz-Plasse plays the nerd-king Fogell, who scores an elusive fake ID only to give himself a wildly unrealistic alter ego. He is quickly joined by Officers Slater and Michaels (Bill Hader and Seth Rogen) and from this moment onward every single scene is a winner.
McLovin typifies the hapless hero inside each and every guy. Often smart and always hilarious these scenes really help the film find definition in a genre that has become far too stale.
(04/12/07 4:00am)
In a year of broken records-perfect season, four-game losing streak, ugliest statue ever in history-Duke University can now claim one more. As of April 10, 2007, Duke is the number one user of online dating according to eTwine Holdings, Inc.
(03/22/07 4:00am)
Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection is a near-perfect port of the arcade fighter to the PlayStation 3. But is there enough substance to this sequel to make it out of the cave?
(03/01/07 5:00am)
From director Ben Garant, Reno 911!: Miami is every bit as enjoyable and comedic as fans might expect it to be, but no more so.
(02/08/07 5:00am)
Typically the word "gamer" conjures images of some 20-year-old guy sitting in a dark basement, drinking Mountain Dew, eyes focused on the silhouette of a Japanese anime character.
(02/08/07 5:00am)
Early Wednesday, astronaut Lisa Nowak was flown to Johnson Space Center in Houston amid talks of a psychological evaluation. The reason for the trip? Attempted second-degree murder of a fellow astronaut.
(02/01/07 5:00am)
With its latest episode, "The Fix," Heroes is primed and ready to plunge into the role it has always threatened to: a slightly less compelling Lost-with superpowers.
(01/25/07 5:00am)
Discussion of Director Kevin Macdonald's oppressively dramatic thriller, The Last King of Scotland, inevitably centers upon the performance of Forest Whitaker as Idi Amin. Since the first trailer hit sites over a year ago the online community has conferred a de facto Oscar bid upon Whitaker. One reviewer, Matthew Turner of ViewLondon, goes so far as to declare, "If Whitaker doesn't get an Oscar nomination there is officially no justice." Unfortunately, the framing of the film makes Whitaker's a supporting role at best.
(11/30/06 5:00am)
Nintendo is not only known for its ingenuity, it survives on it.
(11/15/06 5:00am)
The short answer is no. But that doesn't mean the plays are poised to come off without a hitch.
(11/09/06 5:00am)
What's stranger than fiction? A smart, well crafted Will Ferrell movie that evokes anything deeper than low-brow guffaws. Unlikely as it sounds, that is exactly what Director Marc Forster delivers in the romantic, black-comedy drama Stranger Than Fiction.
(11/09/06 5:00am)
The closest approximation of Family Guy Video Game! (PlayStation 2) is what Beavis and Butthead was for the old Super Nintendo. Both games successfully capture the look and feel of their mother show, boldly sacrificing things like graphics and taste in the process. Both games also feature relatively simple platform gameplay and a hope that raunchy and laugh-out-loud comedy will make up for it. Unfortunately, players can only subsist on non-sequitur sexual innuendo for so long before the joke begins to wear thin.
(10/19/06 4:00am)
For years Sampson the giant horse has been a staple of the North Carolina State Fair. Billed as both taller than Bigfoot and larger than a monster truck, Sampson has been an inspiration for young horses everywhere who dream of one day being awkwardly gawked at by random teenagers hawked up on fried, seven dollar, cotton turkey-candy.
(10/12/06 4:00am)
Naruto: Clash of Ninja 2 is a thoroughly well-built-if slightly simplistic-fighter game based on the Japanese anime of the same name. Fans of the original may remember thinking it was a solid game that could have used a few more play modes, a larger cast of characters and a much needed four-player mode. The sequel delivers these improvements with the same cell-shaded flair and addictive game play that helped separate its predecessor from the pack of mediocre TV adaptations.
(10/05/06 4:00am)
Every year, the McKee family attracts adventurers from far and wide with its 12-acre navigational behemoth-a massive corn maze dotted with eight disconnected markers. Some come for everlasting glory, most to seek the grand prize: one hundred bucks in cash-money to the person who can collect all markers in the shortest time-and make it out alive.
