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Spinal Tap is back!

My old pal Greg Mann sent me a news story about Spinal Tap getting back into the studio to record a new album. Seeing Tap live in 1992 is still one of my greatest thrills; I have one of Nigel’s … Continue reading

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More libelous fun online

Here’s a bit of nonsense for you. OXM am evil empire because Ryan has nothing better to do with his time than terrorize kids on Live. Or something. Obviously, Ryan didn’t do this. Ryan doesn’t pick fights and he doesn’t … Continue reading

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No longer a prime number

Today I turned 38. I have to admit, it looks frighteningly close to 40. I had the Monty Python “I’m 37!” joke, and I’ll have Jack Benny’s 39 joke next year, but 38 just looks like “old.” Didn’t really get … Continue reading

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Almost famous

I’m not super-involved in the Wikipedia editorial community, but I dabble. I’ve got an account, and I generally try to be fair and balanced about the OXM page. You would think editing it would be a conflict of interest, but … Continue reading

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Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Nullus.

Props to fellow Watchmen nerd Ethan Hurd (whose animation work you may have seen in such tiny art-house films as Shrek, Toy Story 2, and Bolt) for pointing me to this open letter from one of the film’s producers, taking … Continue reading

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A serious question about PS3

Kat, as you know, is a gadget girl, but the whole lure of PS3 and Blu-ray has not been so shiny for her (even when they announced the very shiny release of Firefly). I suggested getting a console at launch, … Continue reading

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Dealing with the haters

A friend over at Xbox.com just asked how I handle the hate posts that appear — people saying, you know, you guys are all idiots and this score is wrong and that score is wrong and this magazine used to … Continue reading

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More on review scores

I’ve been thinking lately about game reviewing — again — and despite my snarky take on the review process, I do feel assigning a score to games is the biggest problem. People obsess over that score to the point where … Continue reading

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Guitars & Gaming – on sale now

I was really slammed with deadlines and special projects a few weeks ago, and now the source of those deadlines is on newsstands. The folks at Guitar World approached me to ask if I’d be interested in working on a … Continue reading

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GB segment of Inside Xbox

So if you’ve got an Xbox 360 and you’re connected to the interwebs, click on Inside Xbox today (and throughout the week). The OXM Report interview with Ryan French is online, and he talks a little bit about what multiplayer … Continue reading

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