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Five Holiday Gifts For Your Hipster Sibling

​Alright, slacker. There's no more denying it: the holidays are here, and you need to get on that shopping list. Luckily, Up on the Sun has caught gift guide-fever, and over the course of this week we'll be offering you suggestions for the entire family. Even if your hipster sibling thinks he/sh ... More >>

Three Creative Gifts for the Phoenix Geek

​I'm not big on the holiday season, and neither is anyone who has to buy presents for me. Like any good geek, I'm an early adopter. Those go-to gift ideas? I've already bought them for myself. I've had the Kindle Fire on pre-order for months and I just tore myself away from hour 17 of the Lor ... More >>

The Devil Wears Prada's Mike Hranica on Slaying Zombies and the Future of Musical Distribution

Slaying zombies on Monday at the Marquee ​Whether you love the progressive instrumentals or hate the screeching screams, The Devil Wears Prada is stepping up its game on as many levels as possible. Count 'em off: An ongoing cross-country tour with their most elaborate production yet; photos ... More >>

Mortal Victory

Missing Reaction: An Arizona Soldier Goes AWOL, and the Army Doesn't Tell Anyone Until It's Too Late

Augustus Shaw Ruling Expected Today; Tempe Legislative Candidate Says He Moved to District 17 for Son

Photo: Ray SternAugustus Shaw following yesterday's court challenge to his residency qualifications to run for office in State Legislative District 17.​The mood at the courtroom hearing was light.Maricopa County Judge Edward Burke cracked jokes about Augustus Shaw's lack of hair, Shaw smiled and w ... More >>

Iron Man 2 Will Lead to 3 and Probably 4, But That Doesn't Mean It's Good

Dirt Devil: In the Heated World of Off-Road Racing, Pete Sohren Drives and Talks Hard

The Book of Eli’s Post-Apocalyptic Theology Is a Little Warped

Tit for Tats at the Hell City Tattoo Festival

Tattoos have come a long way, baby! Once reserved for sailors and burly bikers with Grizzly Adams beards and leather chaps, tats have slowly slithered their way onto college students, cubicle workers and yes, even geeks. While some of our geeky brethren were busy r ... More >>

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 >>

Z-Trip To Star in Upcoming DJ Hero Video Game

Z-Trip: Coming soon to your Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3. We're willing to bet there are a slew of local DJs out there wishing they could be Z-Trip, which shouldn't come as a surprise. Given the former P-Town resident's masterful mixing skills and stellar career path, many spinsters would sell their e ... More >>

Minibosses, The Advantage, and sBACH Prove Video Game-Influenced Music Isn't Just Playing Around

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 >>

Even Darth Vader and tits can’t save Soulcalibur IV from monotony

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

Space Invaders Extreme brings gaming back to its arcade roots on the Nintendo DS

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

Patapon for the PSP marches to the beat of a different drummer; a tedious, repetitive one

Smash Bros. Brawl and the biggest game tournament ever

Fans of Nintendo's popular fighting series waited for hours to get this game

Axis Radius presents Battle of Rock Band

Over the Weekend

All the gigs, parties and events you may have missed last weekend

Dante’s inferno rages on in the hella-challenging Devil May Cry 4

Unreal Tournament III blasts new holes in old terrain

Gaming's Greatest Hits

A look back at the best of 2007

Xmas Present & Past

How yesterday's games spawned today's bestsellers

Bang Bang for Your Buck

It's five great games for $60, so shoot first and ask questions later

Down in Flames

Lair's fire-breathing dragon is just a big turkey

Superzero

Spider-Man 3 spins a web of mediocrity

This is Madness

PSP players, tonight you game in hell

My Name Is Mud

Like its muck-puddles, MotorStorm is a shallow mess

Virtually Perfect

Virtua Fighter 5 delivers . . . exactly what you'd expect

How to Meet Someone Online

Someone decent, that is

Resistance Isn't Futile

It's just the only standout in an otherwise shameful launch

All Dressed Up . . .

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

Next Big Things

The five biggest attention-getters at E3

Generation Next

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