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What is #GamerGate, Anyway?
If you are a person of the video game persuasion, you have undoubtedly heard about the latest hashtag flooding the Internet: #GamerGate. From reading hashtags alone, however, it is difficult to pin down what exactly #GamerGate is. … read more
10 Years of Anime Banzai
Anime Banzai is the largest Japanese anime convention in Utah, and it just celebrated its 10th anniversary last weekend at the Davis Conference Center in Layton. The 3-day convention went Friday through Sunday, Oct. 17–19. … read more
Charles Halford: Local Boy Turned Demon Hunter
Charles Halford, an actor who grew up in Salt Lake City, has been cast as the role of Chas Chandler, Constantine’s cab driver/drinking buddy/demon hunter. Halford, whose TV work includes HBO’s True Detective and ABC’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., took some time to chat with us about NBC’s new show Constantine, as well as the simple pleasures of taking a punch in the name of the performing arts. … read more
Salt Laker Makers — PechaKucha Vol. 13 @ The Fallout...
Salt Lake just had its lucky number Vol. 13 PKN on the 13th of October. Thankfully Camp Crystal Lake’s Jason did not attend, likely because he only goes out on Friday, and this event was held on Monday night. SLUG was invited to attend. … read more
Nintendo Airstream Tour 2014
Once a year, right before the rush of the holiday shopping season, the folks at Nintendo load up a trailer with all of their upcoming titles and take it across the country to spread buzz for their future lineup. Salt Lake City had the good fortune of being the Airstream Tour’s first stop, which allowed local Nintendo fans first crack at games that won’t see store shelves until this Christmas. … read more
UMFA After Hours Party
The Utah Museum of Fine Arts celebrates New York artist Tony Feher’s original, site-determined installation in their Great Hall. … read more
Celebrate the Bounty 2014
Not only is Celebrate the Bounty one of the best places to see the rock stars of Utah’s culinary scene work their magic, it’s also a heartfelt tribute to our state’s ability to produce and distribute amazing local ingredients. This evening, the Union Pacific Station was outfitted with representatives from some of the best restaurants in town—an apt setting, considering the gastronomical tour that was in store for the attendees. … read more
Video Game Reviews
Video game reviews for 80 Days, Blackwell Episode 1, Blood Bowl, Diablo III: Ultimate Evil Edition, Halfway, iOOTP Baseball, Madden 15, Minecraft for Xbox One, Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty, The Red Solstice, Shovel Knight, Sword Art Online, Tales Of Xillia 2 and The Walking Dead: Season 2. … read more
Product Reviews
Product reviews for Chrome Industries, Enjoi Skateboards, Huf, Sol Republic and Underwater Audio. … read more
Follow the White Rabbit: A Journey Into UFO Country
Before dawn on the morning of Feb. 12, 2012, security guard Corey Serawop was halfway through a graveyard shift at a Fort Duchesne alcohol abuse treatment center when the power went out. Serawop saw red-and-blue flashing lights outside the building. Assuming the police had arrived in relation to the power outage, he went outside to meet them. Instead of a police cruiser, Serawop saw something unimaginable—something he had only seen in movies. … read more
Summer of Death: Roughside of the Trax V
SLUG’s Summer of Death skate contests have been a skateway drug for countless Utah skaters for 15 years. This summer’s second and final installment of Summer of Death, Roughside of the TRAX, took place on Sept. 13, and made use of some sweet spots along Salt Lake’s TRAX lines. … read more
Chefs, Chow, Cookies & Coffee: PechaKucha Night Vol. 12 @...
The PechaKucha format is brilliant. Japanese for “chit chat,” it was invented in Tokyo in 2003, and since has spread to almost 800 different locations worldwide. The presenters have six minutes and forty seconds to discuss whatever they want, and they are pushed along by a slideshow, which is moving on without them. To anyone who has listened to someone drone on publicly while people cough and shift in their chairs, this format is heaven sent. … read more