Wii Sports Nintendo Reviewed On: Wii Street: 11.19.06 While Sony and Microsoft have been cramming as much graphical and memory power as scientifically possible into their new consoles Nintendo decided that they didn’t care that much about making anything look or act very realistic. Instead they have spent their time trying to make an anti-console
The Darkness Starbreeze/2K Games Reviewed On: Xbox 360 Street: 06.25 Life must be tough in the world of first person shooter video games. Sure you can get shot about ten times every five minutes and still live, but obstacles as enormous as beer bottles can block your path and force you to reroute. Shooting 20
Big Brain Academy Nintendo Reviewed On: DS Street: 06.05.06 I already know what you’re thinking. Yes, my brain is ridiculously large. Yes, the Nintendo Double Screen (DS) did eventually burst into flames trying to gauge the awesome power within my mind—but before the poor little machine combusted from exertion I managed to have a pretty
With A Camera From Marc Jai Tanju LuLu Street: 2007 I went to the local coffee shop and ran into my friend Danthrax (a.k.a. Ducky). As we sat, he read to me his memoirs to a friend. It was a perfect time to peruse this new book, which is filled with photos taken with a
South Park and Philosophy South Park and Philosophy Open Court Publishing Company Street: 03.01 For nearly a decade now, South Park has yet to fail the general American populous with the pointed political satire of Matt Stone and Trey Parker. Sure, it started out as a method for testing the patience of the FCC with
I’jaam: An Iraqi Rhapsody Sinan Antoon City Lights Publishers Street: 06.15 I’jaam, a fictional manuscript, transports the reader back to Saddam’s Iraq. The narrator of the story is a young college student who despises his country’s government and is eventually taken into custody by them. His time spent in Iraqi prison is a horrifying one.
In all pantheons, there is usually a representation of the nurturing, caring mother figure that oversees the well-being of the community. This, in a nutshell, is Mary. … read more
Here’s the truth: I don’t ride a BMX bike and I don’t intend to unless it’s to the corner store for beer or candy. I do, however, occasionally ride a skateboard and I truly believe it is one of the hardest things to do on the planet (next to riding a BMX bike). … read more
Much has happened since SLUG ran a 2001 cover story on local sculptor Cordell Taylor. Then, Taylor expressed his frustration with our local government and business owners’ lack of support for the arts, as well as gallery goers’ lack of appreciation for the amount of effort and money required to make and exhibit contemporary art.
This year I decided that I wanted to share with all the SLUG readers one of my absolute favorite Thanksgiving recipes; the mighty osturducken. The osturducken is a sister dinner to the more traditional turducken, but it’s ten thousand times more delicious. … read more
Angela Brown editor and chief operator of SLUG Magazine has a deep connection with the residents of Pierpont Avenue. Having lived nearby and worked on the street for many years, its impending demise made the timing crucial for an art show … read more
