Subject: Nintendo Wii

• Convention of horrors

  I should have known better. Years of Comic-con attendance have taught me that geek-convention faux pas 101 is to show up late and somehow expect you'll be able to get inside quickly. True, I had overslept, and the fact that the FANGORIA WEEKEND OF HORRORS convention was being held at the "Burbank Airport Marriott Hilton" was confusing—do I look for a Hilton or Marriott logo? And once the place was found, the Scottish parking-lot attendant had bad news. "Yu guys haf teken oop all the space

  May 21, 2007

• This Week in the OC Weekly

  July 25, 2008

• Game On

  Gaming's Greatest Hits: A look back at the best of 2007

  December 27, 2007

• CD Review

  Various Artists, Well Deep: 10 Years of Big Dada (Big Dada)

  January 3, 2008

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

  September 25, 2008

• [Game On] With 'Guitar Hero: World Tour,' a Series Shreds Its Momentum

  November 6, 2008

• Booze News: WineStyles Celebrates A Year at Orchard Hills

  Head to the Orchard Hills Village Center in Irvine this Friday, April 3 (5:00pm-10:00pm) and Saturday, April 4 (2:00pm-10:00pm) for WineStyles' first birthday bash.Expect free wine tastings, raffles, gift certificates, complimentary wine-tasting coupons, bottles of wine and accessories--plus live music from guitarist Jerry "Righteous Brother" McFarland. Guests can also join WineStyles' wine club for just $1 in April (instead of the usual $34.99; for that you get two bottles of wine a month).Acco

  April 1, 2009

• In the Latest Round of Effects vs. Storytelling, Effects Win Big in 'Monsters Vs. Aliens'

  March 26, 2009

• [Game On] Old School's In Session: Want Quality Games? Look to the Past

  September 4, 2008

• [Game On] To Diner For: If You Can't Stand the Heat, Stay Out of the 'Order Up!' Kitchen

  August 21, 2008

• [Game On] Gold Metal, Tarnished: French Laugh In the Face of Video Games As Sport

  August 7, 2008

• [Game On] From Wii Speak to 'Final Fantasy,' E3 Lets Gamers Glimpse at Their Next Obsessions

  July 24, 2008

• [Game On] Atari's 'Alone In the Dark' Is Scary for All the Wrong Reasons

  July 10, 2008

• [Game On] 'Blast Works' Makes Blowing Stuff Up DIY-Friendly

  June 26, 2008

• [Game On] 'Guitar Hero' and 'Rock Band' Give New Meaning to 'Rock & Roll Excess'

  June 12, 2008

• [Game On] 'Castle of Shikigami III' Tests the Bounds of Wii Loyalty

  June 5, 2008

• [Game On] Nintendo's 'Wii Fit' Ignites Yet Another Fitness Fad

  May 29, 2008

• [Game On] Steven Spielberg Goes Direct-to-Video-Game With 'Boom Blox' for the Wii

  May 22, 2008

• [Game On] There's More of the Same in 'Mario Kart Wii,' and That Just Might be Plenty

  May 8, 2008

• [Game On] Baroquen Spirit: Atlus' 'Baroque' Imagines Eternal Life in Gaming Limbo. It Isn't Pretty

  April 24, 2008

• [Game On] Undead On Arrival: 'House of the Dead' Returns for the Wii, Stiff As Ever

  April 17, 2008

• [Game On] Fuzzy Fights: The Combat's Cuddly in Super Smash Bros. Brawl

  March 20, 2008

• [Game On] Geek Chic: No More Heroes Is Hip, Bloody and Indispensable

  February 14, 2008

• [game on] Point and Chop

  No amount of sharpening can save this dull blade

  January 31, 2008

• Let Self-Love Rule

  Lenny Kravitz puts his arms around his world

  January 31, 2008

• Game On

  Shift Happens: Indy Legends brings Brickyard history to life

  January 10, 2008

• Game On

  Keep Dreaming: NiGHTS' second coming feels more like a first draft

  January 3, 2008

• Game On

  Christmas Present & Past: How yesterday's games spawned today's best-sellers

  December 20, 2007

• Ho Ho Prose

  December 6, 2007

• Game On

  Plumb tuckered out: A breathtaking journey through space revives Super Mario

  November 29, 2007

• Shred Cred

  WEB EXCLUSIVE! Shred Cred: You wanted the best—you got the best: Guitar Hero III

  November 15, 2007

• Game On

  Fun With Fluids: The Revolution will be televised—and plenty addictive, too

  November 1, 2007

• Game On

  Bang Bang for Your Buck: Five great games for $60—Shoot first, Ask questions later

  October 25, 2007

• Game On

  WEB EXCLUSIVE! Party Pooper: The Wii’s latest pool game is a cue stick in the mud

  October 4, 2007

• Game On

  Down in Flames: Lair's fire-breathing dragon is just a big turkey

  September 27, 2007

• Game On

  'Roid Rage Returns: Metroid Prime 3 is the best you can get for the Wii

  September 20, 2007

• Game On

  Hot Mama: Cooking Mama for the Wii looks good enough to eat

  April 19, 2007

• Game On

  Bend It Like Bowser: Soccer gets a surreal twist in Mario Strikers Charged

  August 23, 2007

• Game On

  Star Dreck

  August 9, 2007

• Game On

  Mechanical Bull: A few more changes would’ve helped transformers

  July 26, 2007

• Game On

  All Class: The Wii’s Big Brain Academy makes summer school cool

  July 12, 2007

• Game On

  It Takes a Village: The terrorizing townsfolk of Resident Evil 4 shamble onto the Wii

  July 5, 2007

• Game On

  Bored Games: All the beer in the world cant save Mario Party 8

  June 28, 2007

• Never Mind the Sunshine

  Ten video games to keep you inside and on the couch this summer

  June 7, 2007

• Superzero

  Spider-Man 3 spins a web of mediocrity

  May 24, 2007

• Game On

  Balls of Fury: Marble Mania rolls out a winner for the Wii

  May 17, 2007

• Rolling Paper

  Super Paper Mario is flat-out fun

  May 3, 2007

• Game On

  For the birds
  Wing Island might make you cry fowl

  April 5, 2007

• I Hate People

  Poor, pitiful pearl goes to OCMA

  January 25, 2007