Lovely Warren officially launched her bid for mayor today. WATCH VIDEO
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Video Game Review: Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon (3DS)
“Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon,” developed by Next Level Games (the studio behind “Punch-Out!!” for Wii, “Mario Strikers Charged”) is the sequel to 2001’s GameCube launch title, “Luigi’s Mansion.” Everybody’s favorite green-clad plumber reluctantly returns to the spotlight after an evil entity shatters the Dark Moon, which was keeping the peaceful ghosts of Evershade Valley in check. The crazy and kooky Professor E. Gadd calls again for Luigi’s aid, equipping him with the Poltergust 5000 (an upgrade from the previous titles’ Poltergust 3000), which allows him to stun, chase, and vacuum up the tricksy ghosts that are terrorizing the valley.
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State officials announce budget deal
Last night, legislative leaders and Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that they were near an agreement on the 2013-14 budget. Details were few at the time of their press conference, which is embedded below. However, the governor’s office just sent out a press release with more information. Included in the budget is:· An approximately $1 billion […]
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Video Game Review: Fire Emblem: Awakening
Two hundred and twenty six. That’s how many times I started up “Fire Emblem: Awakening” before I beat it. Two hundred and twenty six different times, with an average play time of 10 minutes before I hit the power button and started over again. Across the 40 and a half hour adventure, that’s a lot of resetting. The game now sits at third place (only behind the Mii Plaza and the Notifications menu) among my most frequently opened 3DS titles.
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MOVIE REVIEW: “Parker”
Like many prolific popular genre novelists, the late Donald E. Westlake published under a variety of pseudonyms; although known mostly as a mystery writer, he also dabbled in other forms, like science fiction and film, including the screenplay for “The Grifters,” based on the Jim Thompson novel. His best books, written as Richard Stark, however, […]
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Video Game Trailer: Injustice: Gods Among Us
Excited for the upcoming super hero free for all “Injustice: Gods Among Us?” The fighting title, which pits a cast of DC comic book super heroes against each other, including Batman, Green Arrow, Cyborg, Harley Quinn, Nightwing, Solomon Grundy, Superman, The Flash, Wonder Woman, The Joker, and more, just release a new trailer revealing none other than Lex Luther. Check it out for yourself below.
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Video Games: Nintendo shows off a bunch of new Wii U games
It looks like Nintendo has listened.
A much more apologetic Satoru Iwata led off today’s Nintendo Direct presentation, and in the first chunk of the presentation gave a lot of good news on small, but important fixes to the overall Wii U experience. The Wii U virtual console is coming (with GamePad, Miiverse support), as are two system updated that will fix the load times of the system. Game Boy Advance titles are coming to the service as well, but sadly there was no mention of GameCube games. Miiverse will also be branching out, coming to smartphones sometime in the Spring.
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Video Game Trailer: Luigi’s Mansion Dark Moon Multiplayer
First it had it. Then it didn’t have it. Then it had it again. Whatever the mix up was, it turns out that, yes, in fact, the upcoming Nintendo 3DS title “Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon” does have multiplayer, and it looks pretty cool.
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“American Idol” 2013, Episode 2: Do you have a girlfriend?
Back pinch hitting the good old “American Idol” blog for Eric, who was only pulled away from the line of duty because he had to fight cave trolls to move apartments or something silly like that. I watched the first episode with the master of Idol ceremonies himself, but tonight, the show headed to Chicago, the windy city, for the judges to be blown away(Oh come on Idol, that’s the best you can do?). Nicki Minaj must have decided that she couldn’t leave home without her cheetah print police hat (and who can these days?), and Keith Urban continued to be the buffer (Or as he said, the scratching post, burn!) between her and Mariah Carey. Meow ladies, meow.
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Video Games: Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate Trailer (Wii U)
Capcom announced today a released date for the awaited return of the Monster Hunter series, “Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate,” for the Wii U and the 3DS. The game will hot both systems on March 19, but if you just can’t wait to sharpen your sword, you can check out all the pretty monster hunting action […]
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Video Game Review: Little Inferno
“Little Inferno” is a tricky game to review.
Not because I didn’t enjoy it-in fact, the opposite-but because it’s hard to say exactly what the game is. It’s somewhat the antithesis of a sand box game: Normally developers give players the tools to create a world. “Little Inferno” gives you the tools to burn that world down.
