{{ image:1, align:center, width:500 }} LetterkennyBAD NEWS: Tonight was supposed to be the night you got to witness Letterkenny: Live at Revolution Hall—that is, if you were lucky enough to have scored tickets in the three and-a-half minutes they were available back in 2019. Of course, COVID had something to say about all that, and […]
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The Best Things to Do (While Staying Home and Staying Safe) in Portland: Mon April 6
Never Rarely Sometimes AlwaysWe’re living in an emotionally draining time, and Never Rarely Sometimes Always is as sobering as it is affecting, so be your own judge as to whether you can handle viewing it right now. But if you have the bandwidth for it, you should allow this film about abortion access, misogyny, friendship, […]
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The United States of Dunning-Kruger: How Russian Trolls Used Star Wars Fandom to Speed Us Towards Dystopia
DID YOU KNOW: Lonely, insecure men are phenomenally vulnerable to toxic propaganda? It’s true! Painfully true. And over the past few months, academia has been investigating the ways in which social media has been gamed to rally these men. The latest to make a significant impact is “Weaponizing the Haters: The Last Jedi and the […]
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XOXO’s New Look: Changes to the Fest and Expanding to Veterans Memorial Coliseum
⏰ Reminder: XOXO 2018 registration is open until this Friday noon PT/3pm ET! https://t.co/6EVw1d9Wof— XOXO (@xoxo) June 26, 2018 Registration for tickets to this year’s XOXO Festival will close tomorrow, Friday, at noon PST. The fest’s registration opened last Tuesday with the intention of only remaining available for ten days. Line-up for the festival includes […]
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The Lowdown on Solid State, the New Pinball Bar Going in the Know’s Former Space
Pinball machines and murals at the Know, soon to be the site of Solid State. Chris Rhodes [UPDATE 8/2018: The name of Solid State has been changed to Wedgehead, due to another pinball bar called Solid State in Woodside, Queens, New York. No confirmed word on Wedgehead’s opening date, although they hope to be open […]
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Rampage Is a Searing Indictment of the Military-Industrial Complex
Rampage is a searing indictment of the military-industrial complex, the privatization of space, and unrestricted corporate modification of genetic code. The fruits of humanity’s hubris are laid bare in this harrowing vision of a world we are utterly unprepared for.
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Tomb Raider Review: This Lara Croft Is Great! Her Movie Isn’t
Aside from Alicia Vikander, There Just Isn’t Enough Depth or Excitement Here
Aside from Alicia Vikander, there just isn’t enough depth or excitement here.
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Travel Oregon Made an “Oregon Trail” Knockoff And It’s Exactly What You’re Thinking Right Now
Remember a couple years back, when the game Oregon Trail popped up online and we all played it once to reminisce and then were contented and stopped? Travel Oregon didn’t stop. The state’s “semi-independent” tourism booster has released a riff on the old 8-bit classic, ‘cept instead of a banker with the runs you’re now […]
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Sonic Mania Is Great—Because It Was Made by a Fan
Sega Few, if any, video game icons have fallen from grace as dramatically as Sonic the Hedgehog. Sonic went from being one of the most recognizable game characters in existence—and the epitome of playground cool—to an anachronism hailing from the era when anthropomorphic animals could be considered badass. (Also see: Jazz Jackrabbit, Street Sharks, and […]
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Tacoma Review: With Their Latest, the Portland-Based Creators of Gone Home Visit Outer Space. So Should You.
The Fullbright Company It’s been nearly four years since I spent a sweltering summer night fixated on my computer screen, exploring the sprawling Greenbriar mansion and uncovering its many hidden secrets. Piecing together journal entries, answering-machine messages, notes on the refrigerator, and piles of paperwork, I was soon able to paint a vivid portrait of […]
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Yousef Hatlani Reworks Classic Video Game Music
Bit by Bit Painstakingly Reinvents Retro Game Sounds
Bit by Bit painstakingly reinvents retro game sounds.
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The Best (and Worst) Video Games to Play Stoned
Fire Up the Console—and Yourself—and Enter These Weird, Weed-Friendly Worlds
Fire up the console—and yourself—and enter these weird, weed-friendly worlds.