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Monthly Archives: October 2008
Festival of Freeness I
This is your brain on shopping. We Americans tend to view shopping as a birthright even though it’s more like an addiction. Still, tough times and looming holidays offer an excellent incentive to bend one of our most cherished habits–if … Continue reading
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GameStop’s Inverted Perks
GameStop, would bug me even minus the CEO’s wishful thinking on the future of brick-and-mortar. But the retail behemoth sometimes sucks me in regardless, thanks to its knack for sweeterning deals with unique perks. The pre-order bonus, for instance. Getting … Continue reading
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Obama: Beyond Recognition at First Amendment
Live music graphics have never been better, especially in Minneapolis; where the likes of Aesthetic Apparatus and Amy Jo Hendrickson crank out remarkable show posters with stunning regularity. But the biggest, bestest, and most prolific design house of all is … Continue reading
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A Five Dollar Vader
“When taking a spin down Downloadable Content Boulevard, one must always be prepared,” says my Cuban, Tom Selleck-looking guide as he inserts a Wikipedia-filled clip into his Metacritic 9mm. “Information is power,” he adds. The hombre’s serious, so like any … Continue reading
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Mature Games? We First Need Mature Gamers.
Suckers, USA: still associating this image with the real Barack Obama? “So what if Obama were a Muslim or an Arab?” asks CNN anchor Campbell Brown in a blog-ish article on the site’s frontpage. She’s responding to a question posed … Continue reading
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Small Fish Meet Big Slope: Hands-on With Destineer’s Stoked
It would’ve been hard for Plymouth, MN-based Destineer Studios to have chosen a better song than Atmosphere‘s “Smart Went Crazy.” for upcoming snowboarding game Stoked. Minneapolitan hip-hop phenom Sean Daley‘s elegantly shambolic runination on fame perfectly matches the developer and … Continue reading
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Debt and Consequences in Fable 2
I’m almost out of debt. Well, not me, exactly; my virtual character in Fable 2. The poor guy, or gal, doesn’t even exist yet (the game doesn’t come out until October 21) but he or she already owes more money … Continue reading
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Empire Strikes Out, Thomas Strolls…for Now
A few years ago, it was “terrorism.” In a brilliant display of American jurisprudence, U.S. District Court Judge Michael Davis dismissed on September 24 last year’s “guilty” verdict (and the accompanying $222,000.00–$9,250 for each of 24 tracks–fine) against Minnesota mom … Continue reading
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Five More Enlightening Videos on Videogame music and Sound Design
Mushroom Men Developer: Red Fly Studio Genre: Action Adventure/Platform The Red Fly crew created Mushroom Men’s music by enriching the soundtrack of early Jim Henson film Time Piece with Les Claypool’s enhancements and a decidedly, dub approach, and putting the … Continue reading
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From the Twin Cities Marathon
On Sunday, October 5th, IPR representatives crawled out of bed to set up in the Twin Cities Marathon post race party tent before the crack of dawn. It was a wet morning and many supporting organizations were making preparations for … Continue reading
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