Month: August 2015
Fight to the Finish: WRD Home Team Championship
This Saturday, masses of people packed into the warehouse known as the Derby Depot for the WRD Home Team Championship bout. … read more
Tinariwen @ Urban 08.13 with JJUUJJUU
If I had to sum Tinariwen up from witnessing their performance, I would have to say theirs is a sound that describes and complements the word “beauty” perfectly. … read more
Review: Gremlins ReAction Figures
To open or not to open? This is the question that divides the toy collecting community. The “to open side” thinks that all action figures should be opened, played with or displayed, as that’s the reason the toy was made, whereas the “don’t open” side likes the toy trapped in its clamshell prison. … read more
Review: Leap of Fate
The cyberpunk techno-fantasy genre of games like Shadowrun and films like The Matrix is a niche category for sure, but the idea of combining sci-fi and fantasy has always held unlimited storytelling potential, especially in the field of video games. … read more
Review: Evoland 2
Unfortunately, what really guts Evoland 2 is a lack of polish. With so many varied styles of gameplay, many feel shoehorned in. … read more
Review: Missing: An Interactive Thriller
Missing: An Interactive Thriller Zandel Media Reviewed on: PC Also on: Android, iOS, Kindle Street: 05.25 My introduction to full motion video games (or FMV for short) began in 1995 with Phantasmagoria. I smile remembering those nights spent sneaking into the computer room with my sisters to witness scene after horrific scene, following mystery writer
Victims To Be: PEARS’ Zac Quinn
The band PEARS as seemingly became an “overnight sensation.” I hate using phrases like that, but they have been a band for a year and a half and already played the main stage at Punk Rock Bowling and been signed to Fat Wreck Chords … read more
Richard Thompson @ State Room 08.13 with Morgan Snow
From his folk rock work in the 1960s with the Fairport Convention to his dozens of acoustic and electric solo records in the years since, Richard Thompson has been a driving force in guitar-based rock for his entire career. … read more
Fuck Yeah Grrl Idols: Must-See Acts of FYF Fest 2015
As soon as the FYF Fest lineup was announced back in May, I began eagerly planning my trip to the heart of downtown LA for the two-day-long festival (formerly known as Fuck Yeah Fest). … read more
Review: You Don’t Say
With You Don’t Say, Powell tells 17 different stories that mostly involve being a young, carless adolescent. … read more