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The Adventures of a Videogame Rebel: Tim Schafer at Double Fine

SF MusicTech 2012: New Technology Isn't Helping Musicians Make More Money

Yesterday, Japantown's Hotel Kabuki filled up with hundreds of pale-faced tech nerds wearing blazers-and-jeans combos. These inventors and couriers of music technology spent the day arguing about the perks and pitfalls of various technologies at the 10th SF MusicTech Summit. Two highlights from the ... More >>

In Which Three Young Boys Weigh in on the Best Songs of 2011

Not an actual photo of any of the children subjected to WU LYF for this article.​The year is drawing to a close, which means it's time for us music writers to puff out our chests -- those chests emblazoned with big red "C's" for "critic" -- and be extra insular, bombastic, and pissy. In our ye ... More >>

'Halo: Reach' Earns $200 Million, Shows Console Games Are Still Big Business

Still printing money, it seems​One of the more vivid side discussions provoked by our story last week on social-gaming company Zynga's allegedly predatory business practices was about the merits of Zynga-style games. The company specializes in Facebook apps that entice users to compulsively build ... More >>

Bouncer: Gratitude and fried cheese at the Sycamore

Still printing money, it seems​One of the more vivid side discussions provoked by our story last week on social-gaming company Zynga's allegedly predatory business practices was about the merits of Zynga-style games. The company specializes in Facebook apps that entice users to compulsively build ... More >>

Five Real Venues That Would Rule in Rock Band

Just like Billie Joe Armstrong -- who says he "sucks" at playing Green Day's new Rock Band game -- we get pwned every time we try to tinker with fake plastic guitars or toy drum kits. But, watching this preview for the East Pay pop-punkers' name-brand video game, we kinda dug catching (albeit b ... More >>

Hot Chip's snuggly club tunes

Just like Billie Joe Armstrong -- who says he "sucks" at playing Green Day's new Rock Band game -- we get pwned every time we try to tinker with fake plastic guitars or toy drum kits. But, watching this preview for the East Pay pop-punkers' name-brand video game, we kinda dug catching (albeit b ... More >>

The Giggles

Just like Billie Joe Armstrong -- who says he "sucks" at playing Green Day's new Rock Band game -- we get pwned every time we try to tinker with fake plastic guitars or toy drum kits. But, watching this preview for the East Pay pop-punkers' name-brand video game, we kinda dug catching (albeit b ... More >>

Weekend Party Preview: Dropping Acid-Beats and Arty New Clubs

Casy and Brian​Things seem slightly quieter than usual around town. Maybe it's because people are gearing up for Noise Pop's impending craziness, or perhaps San Francisco just partied a little too hard over the Valetine's Day weekend. Regardless, we're still here in full force with a host of event ... More >>

Sarah Lee Guthrie: Folk for the Whole Family

Brand New Folk: Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion​With all the hub-bub around freak-folksters like Devendra Banhart and alt.folk chanteuses like Jolie Holland, it's nice to see traditional folk hasn't been forgotten. However, it has been updated by third generation singer-songwriter Sarah Lee Gut ... More >>

In a triumph of his will, Tarantino makes Holocaust revisionism ridiculously fun in Inglourious Basterds

Brand New Folk: Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion​With all the hub-bub around freak-folksters like Devendra Banhart and alt.folk chanteuses like Jolie Holland, it's nice to see traditional folk hasn't been forgotten. However, it has been updated by third generation singer-songwriter Sarah Lee Gut ... More >>

Fast & Furious should have gone straight to Xbox

Brand New Folk: Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion​With all the hub-bub around freak-folksters like Devendra Banhart and alt.folk chanteuses like Jolie Holland, it's nice to see traditional folk hasn't been forgotten. However, it has been updated by third generation singer-songwriter Sarah Lee Gut ... More >>

Watch Michael Moore's "Slacker Uprising" for Free at the Independent Tonight

Brand New Folk: Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion​With all the hub-bub around freak-folksters like Devendra Banhart and alt.folk chanteuses like Jolie Holland, it's nice to see traditional folk hasn't been forgotten. However, it has been updated by third generation singer-songwriter Sarah Lee Gut ... More >>

Cheese puffs and sexual pokes

Brand New Folk: Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion​With all the hub-bub around freak-folksters like Devendra Banhart and alt.folk chanteuses like Jolie Holland, it's nice to see traditional folk hasn't been forgotten. However, it has been updated by third generation singer-songwriter Sarah Lee Gut ... More >>

The 12-year-old behind the Craigslist cockatiel scam

Brand New Folk: Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion​With all the hub-bub around freak-folksters like Devendra Banhart and alt.folk chanteuses like Jolie Holland, it's nice to see traditional folk hasn't been forgotten. However, it has been updated by third generation singer-songwriter Sarah Lee Gut ... More >>

Ninja Gaiden II for Xbox goes heavy on the gore and glitches

Brand New Folk: Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion​With all the hub-bub around freak-folksters like Devendra Banhart and alt.folk chanteuses like Jolie Holland, it's nice to see traditional folk hasn't been forgotten. However, it has been updated by third generation singer-songwriter Sarah Lee Gut ... More >>

Comcast Tech Abuses Power to Exact Revenge, Also Enjoys Bong Tokes

Brand New Folk: Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion​With all the hub-bub around freak-folksters like Devendra Banhart and alt.folk chanteuses like Jolie Holland, it's nice to see traditional folk hasn't been forgotten. However, it has been updated by third generation singer-songwriter Sarah Lee Gut ... More >>

Rock Band Lands on Nintendo Wii in June

Brand New Folk: Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion​With all the hub-bub around freak-folksters like Devendra Banhart and alt.folk chanteuses like Jolie Holland, it's nice to see traditional folk hasn't been forgotten. However, it has been updated by third generation singer-songwriter Sarah Lee Gut ... More >>

Zelda, Halo, BioShock get Symphony Orchestra Treatment at Video Games Live in SF

Brand New Folk: Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion​With all the hub-bub around freak-folksters like Devendra Banhart and alt.folk chanteuses like Jolie Holland, it's nice to see traditional folk hasn't been forgotten. However, it has been updated by third generation singer-songwriter Sarah Lee Gut ... More >>

Game Developers Conference this Week: Picks from the Conference Director

Brand New Folk: Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion​With all the hub-bub around freak-folksters like Devendra Banhart and alt.folk chanteuses like Jolie Holland, it's nice to see traditional folk hasn't been forgotten. However, it has been updated by third generation singer-songwriter Sarah Lee Gut ... More >>

Guitar Hero Peripherals Getting Cheesy, Lamer Than Original (in a Bad Way )

Brand New Folk: Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion​With all the hub-bub around freak-folksters like Devendra Banhart and alt.folk chanteuses like Jolie Holland, it's nice to see traditional folk hasn't been forgotten. However, it has been updated by third generation singer-songwriter Sarah Lee Gut ... More >>

Fuzz Busters

Brand New Folk: Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion​With all the hub-bub around freak-folksters like Devendra Banhart and alt.folk chanteuses like Jolie Holland, it's nice to see traditional folk hasn't been forgotten. However, it has been updated by third generation singer-songwriter Sarah Lee Gut ... More >>

Three's a Charm

A promising glimpse of the next Halo

Bang Bang, Game Over

New play explores whether violent videogames create killers

All Dressed Up . . .

PlayStation 3 has potential -- but for the moment, little else

Tony Scott, Trailblazer

Despite the title and the familiar genre, Mr. Explosion says something new

Duck Day Afternoon

It's Mexican kids playing videogames, and not a whole lot else

Hustle & Flow

He can defend and fly with the best of them. But can the rookie straight out of high school stick in the NBA?

Tae Kwon Ho

Dead or Alive 4 finally gets hardcore.

Moonbat Is on the Air

Conservative radio host tries to teach Infiltrator rules of right-wing punditry

Near Perfect

Perfect Dark Zero isn't a bull's-eye, but it hits the target.

Videogames and Stevie Wonder compliments of Amon Tobin, RJD2, and "Wonder-Full 2"

Perfect Dark Zero isn't a bull's-eye, but it hits the target.

Near Perfect

Perfect Dark Zero isn't a bull's-eye, but it hits the target.

Aboard Game

Zathura sweeps you into its alternate reality

Asymmetric Warfare: The Game

Advances in ultrarealistic simulation let soldiers experience the war in Iraq -- before they go

Game On

Can they show penetration? Dog Bites visits the Game Developers Conference to find out.

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Can they show penetration? Dog Bites visits the Game Developers Conference to find out.

Weekly Obsessions

Our new column goes from H. Brown's drinking to Halo 2. And beyond.

To the Death Star, Han!

We joined the battle, but our skills proved to be no match for the professional combatants (dorks).

Soap Scum

Serial sagas meet high camp

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Best Place to Buy a Toy That Doesn't Require Batteries

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