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Brain Freeze

Synth-pop group Freezepop's shows are so happy, they hurt

Paging Freaks

Guinness writes the book on gaming, but doesn't shatter any records.

Point and Chop

No amount of sharpening can save this dull blade.

Gaming's Greatest Hits

A look back at the best of 2007

Persona Grata

Meet the last great RPG for PlayStation 2

Mechanical Bull

A few more changes would've helped Transformers

Gang Tackled

Football star Jarvis Hicks couldn't resist the undertow of gang violence

Olympian Gold

God of War II enters the pantheon of classic games.

All Dressed Up . . .

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

Dejá Dance

Newest DDR: Same game, fresh set list.

Taking on the Bully

Glacial Profiling

Slow-paced Valkyrie Profile offers dull apocalypse.

Frankenstein Monsters of Rock

Electric Frankenstein

Turning Japanese

Like the anime, Naruto: Ultimate Ninja is goofy fun.

Kevin Underwood. Voracious reader. Loved

Are Backstage Massages a Write-off?

The vagaries of musician tax returns and other conundrums.

Law and Disorder

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

They've Got Game

Barbarians, brain-eaters, and beagles round out the best of 2005.

Generation Next

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

Smile for the Devil

Before you throw that punch, brawler, flash your pearlies for Diablo.

Crashing Glass

The aftermath of a freak accident: shattered windows and two broken families

Major League Invites the Minors

What Killed Junior?

Raymond Sterling's death spurred a shakeup in the fire department. His family claims the cops too are to blame.

Best Used-Video Game Store

GameStop

Just Super

Take in the big game in style, courtesy of the good folks at New Times

Boys Under the Hood

What makes fast-car enthusiasts furious? Cops, speed limits, and punk kids with loud mufflers and no brains.

Ice Ice Maybe

A decade after Vanilla Ice melted down, he's back with the man who made him.

Skate or Die

In the 1970s, the Z-Boys were hell on wheels. Today, they're shredding the big screen.

Devil's Advocate

Audiences love Jerry Bruckheimer. Critics don't. Like he cares.

Shrek

Shrek offers an amusing-but-empty fractured fairy tale

Bandwidth

Noisy neighbors in Boynton Beach, double-sided DVDs, and a leaner, meaner Disconnect