AltWeeklies Wire
Better Late Than Nevernew
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas arrives on Xbox and PC.
Boston Phoenix |
Aaron Solomon |
06-27-2005 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
Real Girls Play Tacklenew
Linda Caruso can totally kick your butt. An East Boston native with painted toenails, a pierced belly button, and a thick townie accent, Caruso is a veteran linebacker on the Mass Mutiny, a 6-1 pro women’s tackle-football team.
Boston Phoenix |
Camille Dodero |
06-17-2005 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
League Leaders: Minor-League Baseballnew
The Red Sox may be the main attraction, but when it comes to minor-league baseball, New England is spoiled for choice.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
06-09-2005 |
Sports
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In Search of Boston's Lost Breweriesnew
At the turn of the last century, there were more than 30 neighborhood breweries in Boston. They don't exist anymore, but the buildings that house them do. You just have to know where to look.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
05-31-2005 |
Food+Drink
Neil Hamburger and the New Face of Underground Comedynew
Neil Hamburger is part of a flourishing breed of comic whose style of humor has been branded "anti-comedy," "alt-comedy" and "indie comedy." It's traditional stand-up with an untraditional point of view.
Boston Phoenix |
Ted Drozdowski |
05-26-2005 |
Performance
Urban Cowboysnew
The underground city-bike-racing scene hits the streets of Boston.
Boston Phoenix |
Matthew Shaer |
05-19-2005 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
The Future Of Gamingnew
Harmonix Music Systems, North America's only independent development studio for music video games, is flying under the radar in Central Square, Cambridge.
Boston Phoenix |
Camille Dodero |
05-05-2005 |
Video Games
Midnight Club 3: DUB Editionnew
Midnight Club returns with even more under the hood.
Boston Phoenix |
Mitch Krpata |
05-04-2005 |
Video Games
Lickety-Split: TimeSplitters Future Perfect Is Fast-Paced Funnew
Along with evil robots and bug-eyed extraterrestrials, time travel is one of the primary go-to subjects for science fiction that’s light on the science and heavy on the fiction. The slick new TimeSplitters Future Perfect is no exception.
Boston Phoenix |
Mitch Krpata |
04-20-2005 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
In Praise of Sin: Or Why the New Puritans Threaten Us Allnew
When was it decided that the dorks and the squares would be calling the shots? Who empowered these teetotaling chumps, these jogging crypto-fascists with spotless livers and unblackened lungs, to decide where we smoke and how we drink and what we eat?
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
03-11-2005 |
Commentary
Riding the Pine: MLB2K5 is a Solid Second-Stringernew
You can't judge a video game by the pretty boy on its cover, and the truth is that MLB2K5 isn't bad; there are just some little things that could have been improved upon.
Boston Phoenix |
Ryan Stewart |
03-11-2005 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
The Contender: Fight Night Round 2 Brings Itnew
Fight Night does a lot of things well, none more so than capturing the bone-crunching hits of professional boxing. This isn't a gleeful, Punch-Out-style interpretation of pugilism – it's a gritty and mimetic experience that emphasizes aerosolized blood and spit as much as ducking and weaving.
Boston Phoenix |
Mitch Krpata |
03-11-2005 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
Ad Hominem: Anarchy Online Explores a New Digital Frontiernew
Remember back in the mid-'90s, before the Internet had advertisements? Boy, was it bleak to surf the web without pop-ups, blinking banners, and unshuttable Flash ads. So we’ve got news for you: video games have entered a new era of advertising – and the people behind it promise they won’t annoy you.
Boston Phoenix |
Chris Dahlen |
03-09-2005 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
Get Your Kicks: FIFA Street Pumps up the Beautiful Gamenew
What makes FIFA Street enjoyable, though, is that unlike the other Street games, the moves these players execute are very nearly possible in real life. In fact, you see them often in real soccer games (though certainly not to this degree, and never strung together in the orgy of tricks, headers, and bicycle kicks FIFA Street provides).
Boston Phoenix |
Mitch Krpata |
03-09-2005 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
Play Ball! EA Smacks MVP Baseball Out of the Parknew
MVP Baseball 2005 is better than good, and not in that Krusty-the-Clown "It’s good enough" kind of way.
Boston Phoenix |
Aaron Solomon |
03-09-2005 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
