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What's New Pussycat?

Check out these lesser-known ‘80s rockers

Devastation 2009: Street Fighter IV Attracts the Country's Top Fighters

Jonathan McNamaraDevastation players Nicholas Cucio (left) and Brian Valez. Valez runs Street Fighter tournaments at his Las Vegas-based game store "Game Over" and came out to support some of his hometown players at Devastation. Determined to grasp victory, two warriors step onto an airfield unconce ... More >>

Top Ten Video Games You Should Be Listening To

In honor of Music Editor Martin Cizmar's look at video game-inspired music this week, we've taken the time to assemble this list of video games you should be listening to. That's right, listening. Play them all you want, but we're betting that your memories of laying waste to the final boss will fad ... More >>

The Nintendo Experience Mobile Tour

By Jonathan McNamara The games of the Nintendo Experience Mobile Tour. See more shots in our Nintendo Experience Mobile Tour slide show. I want to be one of the converted. I want to be the kind of Nintendo fan that happily shrieks at the chance to play mini games. I wish that I didn’t mind wa ... More >>

E3 revelations are hit and miss – unless you really dig chopping wood

By Jonathan McNamara The games of the Nintendo Experience Mobile Tour. See more shots in our Nintendo Experience Mobile Tour slide show. I want to be one of the converted. I want to be the kind of Nintendo fan that happily shrieks at the chance to play mini games. I wish that I didn’t mind wa ... More >>

Summer Guide: Quick change from selling things other than your clothes

By Jonathan McNamara The games of the Nintendo Experience Mobile Tour. See more shots in our Nintendo Experience Mobile Tour slide show. I want to be one of the converted. I want to be the kind of Nintendo fan that happily shrieks at the chance to play mini games. I wish that I didn’t mind wa ... More >>

Guinness World Records Gamer’s Edition 2008 lacks the freak factor that makes traditional Guinness books interesting

By Jonathan McNamara The games of the Nintendo Experience Mobile Tour. See more shots in our Nintendo Experience Mobile Tour slide show. I want to be one of the converted. I want to be the kind of Nintendo fan that happily shrieks at the chance to play mini games. I wish that I didn’t mind wa ... More >>

No amount of sharpening can save Samurai Warriors: KATANA

By Jonathan McNamara The games of the Nintendo Experience Mobile Tour. See more shots in our Nintendo Experience Mobile Tour slide show. I want to be one of the converted. I want to be the kind of Nintendo fan that happily shrieks at the chance to play mini games. I wish that I didn’t mind wa ... More >>

Gaming's Greatest Hits

A look back at the best of 2007

Ace Software

Games that really, really obsessive people play

Persona Grata

Meet the last great RPG for PlayStation 2

Mechanical Bull

A few more changes would've helped Transformers

It Takes a Village

The terrorizing townsfolk of Resident Evil 4 shamble onto the Wii

Olympian Gold

God of War II enters the pantheon of classic games

Olympian Gold

God of War II enters the pantheon of classic games.

All Dressed Up . . .

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

Déjà Dance

Newest DDR: Same game, fresh set list

Glacial Profiling

Slow-paced Valkyrie Profile offers dull apocalypse

Turning Japanese

Like the anime, Naruto: Ultimate Ninja is goofy fun

Rock On, Write Off

Music can be a taxing enterprise

Law and Disorder

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney is guilty of being bizarre fun.

Generation Next

Microsoft's Xbox 360 fires the first shot in the next-gen console war

They've Got Game

Barbarians, brain-eaters, and beagles round out the best of 2005

So Young

Thanks to a bright invention, Valley favorite Jerry Riopelle is finally on the verge of becoming cool

Quiet Riot

Rockin' the house but shying from the spotlight, DJ Element is the Valley's no-flash grandmaster

Speed Demonology

Rice burners, bitchin' Camaros and bikini babes: That's After 9's Midnight Run at Speedworld

Warped Minds

A day at punk rock's biggest summer tour takes more than just stamina

Shoot 'em Up

Tabb takes aim at new video games

Addicted to PSP

Tabb finds several more things to glue him to the screen

Flying Solo

Falling in love with the GameBoy all over again

Vid Kid

New video games and DVDs will keep you glued to the screen

All Dolled Up

A rant on the New York Dolls latest, plus raves on new video games

Punk rock, video game, and DVD reviews

Your weekly pop culture wrap-up

BEST PLACE TO BUY VINTAGE VIDEO GAMES

Games Plus Video Game Exchange

Dance Dance Fever

Valley arcade rats find fame on the DDR Dance Pad

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Valley arcade rats find fame on the DDR Dance Pad

Stray Cat Strut

Psychobillies may be old school, but they ain't all old. Kreme checks out the Desperados at Fat Cats.

Dark Impulses

At night, downtown Phoenix is a ghost town – except for a few bright spots

I'll take care of your kids!

For troubled 'tweens, forget the parents: Nothing beats the hip techie uncle with the PC room

Ahoy, Oh Boy

Treasure Planet reveals an embarrassment of riches

Revenge of the N*E*R*D

After stepping out of the studio, Pharrell Williams finds the rock-star role suits him just fine

Ice Ice Maybe

A decade after Vanilla Ice melted down, he's back with the man who made him.

Skate or Die

In the 1970s, the Z-Boys were hell on wheels. Today, they're shredding the big screen.

Devil's Advocate

Audiences love Jerry Bruckheimer. Critics don't. Like he cares.

Playa's Paradise

Survivalist is taking west Phoenix hip-hop national, with smooth R&B hooks

Under Ogre

Shrek offers an amusing, if empty, fractured fairy tale

Where's the Beef?

In-N-Out lives up to the hype