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Older Is Better: The Five Best Antique Malls in Houston

And the Lord said: Let Me be embroidered.​What better way to honor your living relatives than with gifts from someone else's dead relatives? Wait, no, we want you to like antique malls! Let me try again: Shopping for an older relative, who remembers the days before iPads? And Wii? And even ce ... More >>

Tumblrin' Dice: Clipart Covers Hurt Your Eyeballs

"Dazed and Confused" indeed...​Today I discovered Clipart Covers, a Tumblr site dedicated to remaking classic album covers with just clipart and comic sans, turning them into nightmarish, though amusing, affairs. Random urban-looking folks and what looks like a Wii avatar make up the cover of ... More >>

8th Annual Media Archeology Festival

8-Bits Ain't Nothin' But Hos And Tricks

​Rocks Off got Donkey Kong Country Returns for Wii for Christmas. Big deal, right? We're willing to bet there are less than a thousand 29-year-old American males who didn't receive some kind of video game as a gift, but it's a big deal for us. See, we actually kind of did grow out of video ga ... More >>

NFL & College Football - Weekend's Best Bets (SEC Guy Podcast Gold)

Who doesn't love college football? Right?​I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday, and got to spend some quality time with their families. Me, my family is scattered all over the country, so when it came time to find some Thanksgiving dinner after my show yesterday, fortunately ... More >>

New Tracks From Roosh Williams, Jack Freeman, Roderickvonn, Etc.

​Five Spot receives a fair amount of email each day. It's not a gross amount or obscene amount, just a fair amount. And scattered in between offers from Nigerian princes and penis-enhancement companies are links, MP3s and heads-ups from and/or about Houston rappers/musicians. Now, were this ... More >>

10 Deceptively Easy Dishes

​Boeuf bourguignon. Coq au vin. Molten chocolate cake. Fancy-sounding dishes for fancy-sounding meals, right? Whether you're impressing a date or an entire dinner party, there are certain items you can serve that will have the room applauding your culinary skills -- and have you taking it easy ... More >>

Yes, Jo Koy Will Talk About His Mom This Weekend

​Comedian Jo Koy is having a great year, even if he isn't having a great week. He's got the flu and he's spending the holidays in airports and hotel rooms as he travels around the country doing his stand-up show. Hair Balls got to talk to him between flights, after he had just spent two hours wai ... 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 >>

I Wanna Be Your Dog (Or Cat): Updates, Both Good And Bad

Due to some technical difficulties having to do with the stimulus package, global warming, and the war on terror, Hair Balls isn't able to present a brand new batch of adoptable critters this week.Instead, we thought we'd tell you about some dogs who've been adopted, and some who are on death row. H ... More >>

Ex-Voto Is Back from the Dead... Almost

Ex-Voto, "I Never" I turned down several New Year's Eve employment opportunities this year (some of them legitimate), and spent the last hours of 2008 quietly with family, friends and an excitable Papillion. Among the small group of relaxed revelers was a visiting Spleen, in town for a family holid ... More >>

Wii Will, Wii Will Sue You

Want Quality New Games? Look to the Past

Old School's in Session

Houston Library Says Wiis Are Here To Stay

Order Up! Is Supersized Fun

To Diner For

Annoyed Parent Wants Wii Out Of The Children's Section Of The Library

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

Direct to Video Game: Steven Spielberg's Boom Blox

The king of Hollywood takes on the small screen

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

You Look Like a Freak When You Play With Your Wii

The combat's cuddly in Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Fuzzy Fights

Samurai Warriors: KATANA

Doesn't Make The Cut

Indianapolis 500 Legends

Indy Legends brings Brickyard history to life

NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams

NiGHTS's second coming feels more like a first draft

The Best Games of 2007

A look back at gaming's greatest hits

The Orange Box

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

Pool Party

The Wii's latest pool game is a cue stick in the mud

'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

Star Dreck

Alien Syndrome will alienate some, infect others.

Mechanical Bull

A few more changes would've helped Transformers.

Big Brain Academy

The Wii's Big Brain Academy makes summer school cool

Resident Evil 4

The terrorizing townsfolk of Resident Evil 4 shamble onto the Wii.

Bored Games

All the beer in the world can't save Mario Party 8.

Spider-Man 3

Spider-Man 3 spins a web of mediocrity.

Marble Mania

Marble Mania rolls out a winner for the Wii

Super Paper Mario

Super Paper Mario is flat-out fun.

Cooking Mama

for the Wii looks good enough to eat

Wing island

might make you cry fowl

Wii Play

There's not much besides an extra controller to these minigames

Channel Surfing

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

Dr. Feelgood

You're not a doctor, but Trauma Center lets you play one on TV.

A Legendary Outing

Twilight Princess is the best Zelda ever.

Wii Love It

Nintendo finally gets 1-Up on the competition.

Brush With Greatness

Okami shows that videogames can be art.

Monkey Trials

Super Monkey Ball Adventure takes a wrong turn

Next Big Things

The five biggest attention-getters at E3