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Special Navidad Gift Guide Edition

What books on Mexicans should I buy this Christmas?

Pop Rocks: Your KIds Probably Hate The Muppets

Don't even bother.​We had some friends over Saturday night, those with children brought theirs, because when you're my age and you want to interact with your age cohort, it's easier to just throw all the rugrats into a room filled with toys and books and let them Battle Royale it out rather th ... More >>

Set Your Sails

Dive-bar gem Three Sheets lies hidden in Westchase.

Top Five Black Friday Fight Videos

Give it or I'll punch you in the jugular​When you are in a battle for your life, you often resort to scratching and clawing, screaming and yelling. When you are in a fight for a plasma television on Black Friday, well, you'll probably do the same thing. Welcome to Black Friday, America's cele ... More >>

Sad Yao Ming Is Sad

Photo by Groovehouse. Photo illustrations by Monica Fuentes and Brittanie SheyYao Ming, contemplating his retirement and the existential quandries of life.​Like manna from the Meme Gods, we give you Sad Yao. This picture, taken during last night's fourth-straight Rockets loss, conveys all the ... More >>

The Week In TV: Enjoy Hulu While It Lasts

The good stuff won't be free for much longer.​My backyard flooded, I went half-blind on fireworks, and I am exponentially losing my agility. This was the week in TV Land: • As if to taunt my very desires, Hulu announced last week that it's launching Hulu Plus, a paid version of the site th ... More >>

Best. Roommate. Ever.

​If were weren't already comfortably ensconced in a house, with no particular need for a roommate other than the stray cat that comes begging for food every day, we'd have already fired off an e-mail to Chris Smink, the author of what might be the greatest Craigslist roommate posting ever, for ... More >>

Abstract Impressionism

Newest River Oaks nightspot Red Room Lounge is as posh as its surroundings.

DJ Hero: A Review

​The geniuses that first let you rock 'n' roll with guitar legends in Guitar Hero decided to bring out a new instrument for gamers to party on. This time, Activision brought out the turntables for their newest title, DJ Hero. Available for the Playstations 2 & 3, Xbox 360, and Nintendo Wii, DJ ... More >>

Just When You Thought All the ACL Aftermath Was Over...

Photos by Mark C. AustinKate Pierson of the B-52's​You could roam, as the B-52s put it during their early afternoon set Sunday on the AMD Stage. But as Mudstock 2009 came to a close (let the debate about the later-in-the-year dates begin) most members of the muddy-stocking clan were losing their l ... More >>

ACL 2009 Day Three: Aftermath

Photos by Mark C. AustinDavid Garza​So, what happens to freshly laid grass in a public park after a day full of rain and thousands of people walking back and forth across it at the same time? Well, as anyone who was present for Day Three of Austin City Limits Festival 2009 (ACL) could tell you ... More >>

ACL 2009 Day Two: Aftermath

Photo by Mark C. Austin​Was it something we said or did? Aftermath openly gushed about how great the weather was on Friday and how it seemed that maybe, just maybe, we were going to finally attend an Austin City Limits (ACL) that didn't consist of heat and dust. Well, it seems that the powers ... More >>

ACL 2009 Updates From the Field: The Raveonettes Cancel Apperance

​We've just received notice this morning that Danish pop-rock duo The Raveonettes couldn't get out of Copenhagen and had to cancel their appearance, and we mean they literally couldn't get out. The American Embassy in Copenhagen is apparently swamped this week and was unable to help the band get t ... More >>

ACL 2009 Day One: The Knux Rock Our Sox

Craig Hlavaty​Waking us up out of our Sixth Street-induced coma were The Knux from Los Angeles, by way of Nawlins on the Xbox 360 stage. The hip-hop trio were decked out in leather and spat out grimy Wu-Tang style rhymes with intermittent old-school Cure riffs thrown in for sick measure. Our favor ... More >>

ACL 2009 Day One: Aftermath

Photo by Mark C. AustinSchool of Seven Bells​Before we start discussing the great music we heard yesterday, we would like to take time to thank the Gods Of Rock for blessing Day One of the Austin City Limits Festival (ACL) 2009 with an amazing afternoon and evening of weather. Anyone who has ... More >>

ACL Fest Preview: School of Seven Bells and Prescott Curlywolf

Amanda MertenSchool of Seven Bells​For the next three weeks, Rocks Off will be bringing you two or three short previews a day of artists playing the Austin City Limits Music Festival in Zilker Park October 2-4. That's right, ACL is 17 days away - where is this year going? (Same place as all the ot ... More >>

He Said She Said: Songs Guaranteed to Offend the Opposite Sex

Chicks, man. Can't live with them, can't play music that objectifies them while in the car on the first date. What's up with that? You play one song with the queen mother c-word in it and she leaves the car before we get our complimentary paper crowns. We compiled a list of songs guaranteed to offe ... More >>

Men of Steel

Three decades after a metal classic, Judas Priest keeps "Livin' After Midnight."

Health Code Roundup: Health Department Violations Waning?

I don't know whether to be impressed or disgusted. That's because I'm not sure if all the restaurateurs have been on their best behavior, or if the Health Department has just been sitting around playing GTA4 on the Xbox 360s they got for Christmas, because there were no health code violations whatso ... More >>

SPECIAL YEAR-END EDITION

Diminished Expo-tations at E3

E3 revelations are hit and miss — unless you really dig chopping wood

An Old Flame, Scorching: Space Invaders Extreme

Forget that shiny new shooter. A new Space Invaders is all the extreme you need

Online Turnoff with Condemned 2: Bloodshot

Who said first-person games need a second person?

Gamers Become Stars with Rock Band or Guitar Hero

Meet the newest kind of bar band

The Best Games of 2007

A look back at gaming's greatest hits

Xmas Present & Past

How yesterday's games spawned today's best-sellers

The Orange Box

It's five great games for $60 – shoot first and ask questions later

Halo 3

Does Halo 3 live up to its billing?

2007 Houston Press Music Awards Showcase

Video Game Review: NCAA Football 08

Halo 3

A promising glimpse of the next Halo.

Spider-Man 3

Spider-Man 3 spins a web of mediocrity.

300: March to Glory

PSP players, tonight you game in hell

Resistance Isn't Futile

It's just the only standout in an otherwise shameful launch.

All Dressed Up...

PlayStation 3 has potential -- but for the moment, little else

Encore Performance

Don't fret. Guitar Hero II kills the opening act

Midnight in the Garden of PS3

Camping out at Best Buy with gamers -- and entrepreneurs

Copycat Killer

Saints Row shamelessly apes Grand Theft Auto.

Grateful Dead

Dead Rising's zombies will eat your brain -- and your free time

Pong 360

Like the real thing, Table Tennis shouldn't be played alone

Next Big Things

The five biggest attention-getters at E3

Sonic Bust

Sega's Hedgehog goes back to the grind...yawn

A Real Knockout

Fight Night Round 3 comes out a winner, despite taking punches

Back to the Future

The Xbox Live Arcade is a high-tech twist on the old-fashioned coin-op

Eight-Bit Symphonies

Who was responsible for the best music of the 1980s? Nintendo. Who's finally discovering it? Everyone.

New Year's Resolutions for Houston

We have a lot to forgive – and forget – about 2005; here's hoping local celebs do better next year

Ryan Adams

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Generation Next

Microsoft's Xbox 360 fires the first shot in the next-gen console war

Near Perfect

Perfect Dark Zero isn't a bull's-eye, but it hits the target