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Gamers Can Now Order Pizza Hut Directly Through Their Xbox

For gamers focused on fighting zombies, slaying dragons and assassinating evil rulers, it's tough finding a break to pick up the phone and order dinner. At last, that hassle is over thanks to a new service from Pizza Hut and Microsoft.

[MOVED UP in Case You Missed It:] Arman Sadeghi Spreads Earth Day All Green Message: Recycle Electronics the Right Way

This post that published Friday morning has been moved up for Earth Day and in case you missed it while our site was down.ORIGINAL POST, APRIL 19, 8:16 A.M.: Earth Day is Monday for you and I, but every day is Earth Day for Arman Sadeghi.He founded and runs Tustin's All Green Electronic Recycling, w ... More >>

Five Hip-Hop Trends We Hope Will End in 2013

2013 is surprisingly already off to a strong start. While years past have brought us a January where most artists recoup and regroup for the next 11 months, we've already had plenty of singles, videos and announcements looking to set the tone for 2013. We at the Weekly would like to get in on the ac ... More >>

KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas Night Two - Gibson Amphitheatre - December 9, 2012

KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas Night Two Gibson Amphitheatre December 9,2012 Gwen Stefani's appearance at the first night of KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas made for a memorable evening. The rumors had circulated early in the evening that those in attendance would be treated to a surprise set from N ... More >>

Peppy Kia Rio Ex Kicks Off Greener Car Reviews

Today we begin here at Navelgazing's "Ride Me" lot one in an occasional--and someday, perhaps, weekly--series on consumer vehicles powered by water, natural gas, electricity, hybrid motors, high-efficiency gasoline engines, my tears or other alternative sources.Kicking things off is the peppy litt ... More >>

5 Most Important Video Game-Related News Stories of 2011

​2011 has come and gone, and the year that seemingly slipped right past us was full of major events--some of which may very change the landscape of the video gaming industry forever. Everything from new a new Nintendo console to the death of a computer pioneer was all crammed into the previous yea ... More >>

Pyramid Scheme

Men boasting CIA and FBI ties met in Newport Beach to convince a mysterious billionaire to buy into a secret economy, and nothing was what it seemed

6 Years Later: Did Nintendo Keep its Promises With the Wii?

Satoru Iwata unveiling the Wii during the 2005 Electronic Entertainment Expo​Believe it or not, but it was six years ago when Nintendo unveiled the very first details of the Nintendo Wii. Known only by its code name at the time, the "Revolution," Nintendo showcased a lot of promise for the system ... More >>

Can We Please Stop Freaking Out About S.510 (the Food Safety Modernization Act) Now?

Flickr user paullew​The large food safety overhaul has passed the U.S. Senate after a clerical error and a deal between the Democrats and the Republicans to keep it out of the continuing resolution that will keep the government running, and is now headed back to the House for final passage (and, u ... More >>

UC Irvine's New Computer-Games Major Gets Its Game On

The school is banking big on computer games as an emerging discipline

[UPDATED:] Matthew Lloyd Crippen Escapes Charges of Illegal Modification of Xbox Consoles

​Update, December 6, 12:07 p.m.: A tip to you budding prosecutors out there: When a judge says, "I really don't understand what we're doing here," your case is in serious jeopardy. That's what U.S. District Judge Philip Gutierrez said last week in Los Angeles before the U.S. Attorney's Office anno ... More >>

Little Games Are Big Business at Armor Games

These guys take 'casual' games very seriously

E3 2010, Day One: Sony's Press Conference Wrap-Up

Chris Victorio/OC Weekly​Click here to see a slideshow of photos from Day One of E3!Sony Computer Entertainment of America just held their annual Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) press conference at the Shrine Auditorium earlier today, showing off the games and technology that they will have to ... More >>

Milo the Witch Finds Toil and Trouble at Ralphs

Milo Shiff loves his job, but hated that Halloween display enough to file a discrimination complaint

[Year In Film] For a Former Video Store Giant, Not Such a Blockbuster Decade

[¡Ask a Mexican!] Cojones Vs. Huevos

Craig Newmark Speaks at Victim's Memorial in Wake of Craigslist Killings

Rude Guerrilla's 'Helltown Buffet' Isn't Quite Ready to Serve

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[Game On] The Evolution Is Being Televised: Alas, 'Spore' Isn't the Leap You've Been Led to Believe

Absorbing 'Death Magnetic,' Metallica's Latest Badass Opus, Entirely in Video-Game Form

[Game On] Game-Changer: Not Settling for Clever Play, 'Braid' Reinvents How to Tell a Story, Too

Monologist Mike Daisey Perturbs Christians, Wal-Mart and Others at the OC Performing Arts Center

¡Ask a Mexican!®

'The more Mexicans who come to this country, the better'

Rick Rubin: Music Biz Savior?

The New York Times Magazine's Lynn Hirschberg ponders this crucial matter and concludes that Rubin, the Def Jam impresario/producer (Jay-Z, Beastie Boys, Slayer, Dixie Chicks, Johnny Cash and 17,000 others) who's now employed by Columbia Records, just may be the mensch to prevent this Titanic from ... More >>

Royalty Pains and Net Prophets

As online radio faces possible financial doom, Pandora thinks outside the box

Diary of a Mad County

Feb. 1 - Feb. 7

A Clockwork Orange

Losers Again

Communists, Bush defeat Little Saigon in human rights war

Not Just Soccer Moms' Fun

7 Seconds take the bronze

Diary of A Mad Year

2004 regurgitated

Dreaming in Blue

Surfing the Ranch with Dana Brown and "Wingnut" Weaver

Let Them Eat Pastel

Gigante markets its market

Richer Than Rockefeller

Argyros tells feds hes a billionaire

Game On!

The Linux revolution spreads to gaming

Just Like Broccoli!

Wiskey Biscuit grows on us

Forbes Play

Flat tax competes with big breasts on presidential-campaign site

Whose Online is it, Anyway?

Dad Must be So Proud