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Animal Acts

The return of Hollywood's most famous dog and pony show

Dancing Fool

Swinging and swaying at the Forties Follies

Press Picks

Swinging and swaying at the Forties Follies

The TAAS Buster

For years, Harriet Ball miraculously boosted the test scores of academically at-risk kids in Houston. Finally, educators across the country are taking note.

Teenaged Terror

Ambitious Totally Weird puts the blame for violence on the media

Great moments courtesy of Ted Poe

Ambitious Totally Weird puts the blame for violence on the media

Yip-Yip

This synthefied duo brings musical chaos to The Mink

Diminished Expo-tations at E3

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

Majesco's Blast Works: Blowing stuff up DIY-style

Blast Happy

Castle of Shikigami III tests the bounds of Wii loyalty

Empty Castle

Super Cardio Bros. with Wii Fit

Helping the world forget we once loved Thigh Masters, too

Still Lapping It Up with Mario Kart Wii

Nothing you haven't seen, but still a welcome sight

Undead on Arrival: The House of the Dead 2&3 Return

House of the Dead returns for the Wii, stiff as ever

The combat's cuddly in Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Fuzzy Fights

Xmas Present & Past

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

Super Mario Galaxy

A breathtaking journey through space revives Super Mario

The Orange Box

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

'Roid Rage Returns

Metroid Prime 3 is the best you can get for the Wii

Mario Strikers Charged

Soccer gets a surreal twist in Mario Strikers Charged

Picross

Picross DS illustrates that there’s life after Sudoku

Koopa Loopas

It's Mario in tha mix

Big Brain Academy

The Wii's Big Brain Academy makes summer school cool

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ACAPULCO

Cred Sheet

Stuff you need to know to avoid musical ostracism

Channel Surfing

There's more than one way to play with your Wii

A Legendary Outing

Twilight Princess is the best Zelda ever.

Cred Sheet

Stuff You Need to Know to Avoid Musical Ostracism

Wii Love It

Nintendo finally gets 1-Up on the competition.

Turning Japanese

Like the anime, Naruto: Ultimate Ninja is goofy fun

Next Big Things

The five biggest attention-getters at E3

The Brain Game

Can Nintendo really make you smarter?

Sonic Bust

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

Law and Disorder

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney is guilty of being bizarre fun.

Eight-Bit Symphonies

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

Generation Next

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

Math the Band: Don't Worry

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

Old Faithful

Neighborhood bars like Bill Hicks's old haunt Cecil's Tavern never go out of style.

Inquiring Minds: Mexican Global Groovers and World Travelers Plastilina Mosh

​Plastilina Mosh has a new CD out, All U Need Is Mosh, on Nacional Records, and brings its international sound to Houston Thursday for a free concert with Venezuela's Los Amigos Invisibles. That's right, it's free - all it costs is a very worthwhile trip outside the Loop. Rocks Off hasn't picked u ... More >>

Nintendo Goes Old School For The Holidays: A Review

​Ho, Ho, Ho! For this, the most somber of holiday seasons, our dear friends Nintendo have found have their nostalgic side. With their recent release of Super Mario Brothers Wii, and The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks -- due out December 3 -- Nintendo has gone back to two originals that helped sta ... More >>

Artist of the Week: Indie-Rock Video-Game Savants Days Drive - Russians Love 'Em!

Each Wednesday, Rocks Off arbitrarily appoints one lucky local performer or group "Artist of the Week," bestowing upon them all the fame and grandeur such a lofty title implies. Know a band or artist that isn't awful? Email their particulars to introducingliston@gmail.com. ​ If we may be candid fo ... More >>

Aftermath: Justin Bieber And Selena Gomez's Calculated Preteen Pop Shuts Down RodeoHouston's 2010 Go-Round

Photos by Mark C. AustinJustin Bieber​ What kind of blog crew follows a five-day SXSW music binge with a double shot of power-pop built for those born in the second Clinton administration? Why Rocks Off, of course. Think of it as a preemptive inoculation for the two minutes or so of post-SXSW, pre ... More >>

The Eastern Sea: TV-Savvy, Wife-Approved

Each Wednesday, Rocks Off arbitrarily appoints one lucky local performer or group "Artist of the Week," bestowing upon them all the fame and grandeur such a lofty title implies. Know a band or artist that isn't awful? Email their particulars to sheaserrano@gmail.com. ​Summerfest, the mega-music fe ... More >>

Saturday Night: The Houston Symphony Does Final Fantasy At Jones Hall

Photos courtesy of Houston SymphonySaturday's cast (from left): Alan Halverson as Kefka , Rachel Smith as Yuffie, Amanda Ayr as Tifa​The Houston Symphony Jones Hall July 24, 2010 While everyone else in Houston was going gaga for Gaga, Aftermath headed down to Jones Hall to hear the Houston Sy ... More >>

Last Night: CocoRosie At Fitzgerald's

Photos by Jody Perry​CocoRosie Fitzgerald's September 28, 2010 A kaleidoscope of musical and visual colors filled up the second floor of Fitzgerald's Tuesday evening as Bianca and Sierra Cassady of CocoRosie performed a nearly two-hour set for an enthusiastic crowd. Still glowing from the new ... More >>

Loko Oh No

Testing the new fad drink

The 15 Worst Astro Baseball Cards

Baaaaaaby Ruth!!!​It's Astros season again, which more than likely means copious losses, manly tears, beer bottles broken over televisions, and the testicular fortitude of a snake-charmer to get through nine innings of a game without the aid of alcohol, narcotics, or a distracting game of Angr ... More >>

Happy Birthday, Nintendo: 6 Awesome Retro Game Covers

​Today is the 122nd anniversary of the founding of Nintendo. Yes, you read that right. Nintendo is older than the automobile, Dracula, and the country of Iraq. In a just world, we would brave an abandoned warehouse haunted by tentacle monsters in order to win a cache of steampunk video-game ha ... More >>

SOPA & GoDaddy Explained

​Today is the 122nd anniversary of the founding of Nintendo. Yes, you read that right. Nintendo is older than the automobile, Dracula, and the country of Iraq. In a just world, we would brave an abandoned warehouse haunted by tentacle monsters in order to win a cache of steampunk video-game ha ... More >>