AltWeeklies Wire
Wii Should Celebrate 'Super Smash Bros. Brawl'new
By the time you read these words, Super Smash Bros. Brawl will have become Nintendo's fastest-selling game of all time, with over 1.4 million copies sold in the first week it was available in the States.
The Portland Mercury |
Earnest 'Nex' Cavalli |
03-27-2008 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
Eight Things You Can Learn from Cindy The Erotic Pleasernew
Words of wisdom from the most famous face in the Mercury's back pages.
The Portland Mercury |
Marjorie Skinner |
03-20-2008 |
Culture
Swan Lake. With Guns.new
Devil May Cry 4 is an unapologetic throwback to the days when games were simply entertainment.
The Portland Mercury |
Earnest "Nex" Cavalli |
03-13-2008 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
Portland's WiFi Cloud Headed Toward Evaporationnew
In the summer of 2006, the city partnered with Silicon Valley start-up MetroFi and launched a free wireless internet service. The WiFi network was supposed to cover 95 percent of the city by August of 2008. The problem is, the project is all but dead.
The Portland Mercury |
Jonathan Shapiro |
03-06-2008 |
Tech
Tags: WiFi, computers & technology
Dinosaurs in Outer Spacenew
In the latest incarnation, Turok's a grim, grizzled space marine(!), part of an outfit called Whiskey Company that's crashed on a dino-infested planet.
The Portland Mercury |
Erik Henriksen |
02-14-2008 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
Indoor/Outdoornew
Some hard truths about public sex.
The Portland Mercury |
Justin W. Sanders |
02-08-2008 |
Commentary
Videogames are Hard!new
While Contra 4 retains the series' fantastic graphics, tight controls, and hyper-macho, shoot-first-and-never-ask-questions gameplay, it also retains the series' trademark insane difficulty.
The Portland Mercury |
Earnest "Nex" Cavalli |
02-01-2008 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
So, You Want to be a Professional Sports Journalistnew
Or, observations from the worst sports reporter on press row.
The Portland Mercury |
Ezra Ace Caraeff |
02-01-2008 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Hangover Remedies That Sort of Worknew
There really is no "cure" for a hangover. And isn't that bizarre? I mean, with cures for tuberculosis and polio, and drugs that battle anxiety, obesity, excessive lung mucus, and restless leg syndrome, you'd think science could relieve a tiny little hangover. In lieu of a cure, try these innovative methods to help ease you through.
The Portland Mercury |
Katie Shimer |
01-24-2008 |
Food+Drink
Playing Drinking Games with Your TVnew
I like drinking, and I like watching stuff on my TV. Ideally, these things should go together. That said, whoever came up with a drinking game for Bill Nye the Science Guy either has way too much time on their hands or is in dire need of an intervention.
The Portland Mercury |
Erik Henriksen |
01-24-2008 |
Food+Drink
Our Guide to Drinking Games (Or How to Make Alcohol Abuse Fun)new
The Mercury Winter Drunk-a-Lympics Committee has compiled and crash tested drinking games from around the world for your handy reference -- games to play with friends, your TV, in bars, or out of bars.
The Portland Mercury |
Marjorie Skinner |
01-24-2008 |
Food+Drink
The 2007 'Portland Mercury' Game Awardsnew
Here are our picks for the most notable video games, characters, and creepy Ayn Rand references.
The Portland Mercury |
Earnest "Nex" Cavalli |
12-27-2007 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
Things NOT Invited Back to 2008!new
The most annoying annoyances of the past year.
The Portland Mercury |
Staff and Readers |
12-27-2007 |
Commentary
Up On Santa's Lapnew
I visited four Santas in the Portland area, and "test drove" every single lap. And while it's certainly not a competition, there can only be one "BEST SANTA IN ALL OF PORTLAND" -- so ... uh ... yeah, I guess it is a competition. MAY THE BEST LAP WIN!
The Portland Mercury |
Wm. Steven Humphrey |
12-20-2007 |
Culture
Visine, Pleasenew
Epic and ambitious -- sometimes overly so -- Mass Effect's most notable characteristic might be its ability to convince you that you really only need an hour or two of sleep a night.
The Portland Mercury |
Erik Henriksen |
12-13-2007 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
