Check out our second day at Comicpalooza.
Former or current presidential candidate, depending on your level of optimism, Ron Paul was just roaming the halls of Comicpalooza. Obama I would've expecte...
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Last year Houston Press spent three glorious days hanging out in the George R. Brown Convention Center for Comicpalooza. The event is growing by leaps and bounds, and this year looks to be even better...
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It's a well-known fact that most band names are essentially gobbledygook, but here at Rocks Off we're trying hard to find meaning in the oddest monikers.
I was sitting in my office about to begin the...
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The Game: Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock
Platform: PSN
Developer: Supermassive Games
Genre: Action
Describe This Game in Three Words: You're the Doctor
Plot Synopsis: A deadly time storm threat...
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Recently I passed a personal milestone and finished my 1,000th blog entry for the Houston Press over the course of a four-year career. When you throw in print work I do here and for other publications...
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There is a rumor going around that Nintendo will unleash something amazing at the Electronics Entertainment Expo this year in the form of a fused adventure between two of their biggest franchises; Sta...
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Steve Hogarth of Marillion and Richard Barbieri of Porcupine Tree are two incredibly prolific, daring artists who have teamed up on a new record called Not the Weapon But the Hand. Earlier this year, ...
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Want a chance to win two free passes to see The Loved Onesr Check out our Free Stuff section.
Kickstarter can help you get your movie made by crowdsourcing funding for a project, but what about ge...
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There has never been a better time to be a comic book fan. This summer alone will see the release of three superhero films that combined will make enough money to forever destroy the notion that comic...
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Using the magic typing box, we hurled 1's and 0's through the ether towards local electronica master Mike Naus, better known as Vertigo Blue, to see what we could learn from him in 30 seconds.
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Everyone dies eventually, even rock stars, and when they go it's not uncommon for them to take beloved personal items with them, or to have such things placed there by grieving friends and family. Tha...
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There's a scene in Sixteen Candles where Anthony Michael Hall talks Molly Ringwald out of her panties so he can use them to win floppy disks in a bet. Now, I 'm perfectly aware that if you're under ...
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I'm not sure if it's a sign of age, maturity or just plain old going soft, but I would trade half an hour of sex and war for five minutes' worth of dialogue between Cesare Borgia and Niccolo Machiavel...
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The Game: Mario Tennis Open
Platform: 3DS
Developer: Camelot
Genre: Sports
Describe This Game in Three Words: Like Playing Simon
Plot Synopsis: The Mario crew gets together for a game of tennis. ...
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There's a reason why once a month we partner with the staff at 8th Dimension Comics to put together a review of the best comic book releases of the month. It's because they have an in-depth knowledge ...
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I have a hard time explaining the 1980s to my daughter. Mostly because she's, you know, two years old.
Still, I imagine that even when she reaches an age where she's more willing to endure a conversa...
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If you're goth in Houston, then Remi Award-winning director Henry Grevemberg wants you to meet him this week for a chance to be in his latest film. It's called SAPI3N, and it's a Harlan Ellison-esque ...
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I'm part of the MTV generation, which means from the moment I was born I not only heard rock and roll, I also saw it in all its glory. It was complete sensory inundation on multiple fronts, and with a...
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What He Does: Two Star Symphony is an enduring Houston institution, and one of the city's true musical success stories. The last time I checked in with violinist Jerry Ochoa, it was to review their so...
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One of the few CDs I still listen to in this amazing digital age is Saturday Morning: Cartoon's Greatest Hits. The album, which is still not available on iTunes, was a tribute to all the best cartoon ...
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In 2008 the NPD Group did a survey showing that 72 percent of Americans have played video games. It was up from 64 percent in 2006, and it's probably even higher now. Video games have gone from a nove...
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It was noon, the gothic 3 a.m., when the alarm went off. Not the alarm clock, but the big, black one that alerts me to clear and present dangers to goth.
I stumbled to the Internet, where my custom-d...
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There's only one really bad thing about the anti-clotting pill Pradaxa. You can't fall or get cut while taking it because once you start bleeding, there's almost no way to stop it. There's no reversal agent, no antidote.
There's no gloves or batting helmets when Larry Joe Miggins and the rest of the Houston Babies regularly travel back in time to play the game by its 1860 rules.
