Drawn to Life

You may not have heard of Pancake Boy or Captain Starfish yet, but if the kids from the Art Students League of Denver have any say in the matter, you will soon. That’s because superheroes of all shapes and sizes will be on display in the fifth annual Dendiggityopolis Superhero…

Browser game of the week: One Chance

Holy bloody hell this one’s a doozy. Quick, think of all the things you like about games. Okay, what do you have so far? Fun, action, explosions, jumping, puzzling? Maybe you’re just interested in farming or pretending you’re a god. Now erase your list, tell your boss you’re taking a…

Warhawk brings the rawk

What we like about this flier is the remarkably badass-looking, ahem, warhawk. It’s also a picture of a hawk wearing a headdress with what we assume are hawk feathers. That’s like a human wearing a headdress made of human hair. The disembodied head is also screaming at a moon in…

Google actively combats copyright infringement

Google has announced a new plan to help combat copyright infringement by reshaping its search technology and offering an easier and more accessible takedown request form. The news comes hot on the heels of news that the U.S. government has begun a multi-tiered crackdown on piracy and counterfeit websites…

Super Mario is back: Our new release picks for December 7, 2010

New releases are an excellent option for holiday gifts, because unless you’re out shopping for someone who buys, rather literally, everything the day of release, you can almost be guaranteed that it’s something they don’t already have. We’ve got a good wide-ranging selection of stuff this week, too, with a…

Dressy Bessy teams up with King Scratchie, Christmas ensues

While not all of us are particularly enthusiastic about Christmas music, that doesn’t mean we can’t recognize a good song when we hear one. This new Dressy Bessy single, “Hopped Up (on Xmas) Featuring King Scratchie” might be one of the few holiday songs worth a regular holiday rotation. It’s…

The historic photos of Golden in Focus, explained

Golden in Focus kicks off this weekend, showcasing a wide variety of photos from Golden’s illustrious history — and man, was it ever illustrious. We’ve got a preview of five of these pictures after the break, with helpful captions to explain exactly what’s going on, the historical context and other…

10 things to do for $10 this weekend, December 3-5, 2010

We’re here to help maintain your sanity and financial stability this holiday season with a couple movies, a photo show, dance parties, art and more. If you need some spots to blow off some steam after blowing two paychecks on stuff for yourself on Cyber Monday, we’ve got you covered…

How to get my job: Christmas elf

Now that we’re officially settled into the holidays, it’s time to start looking for folks that have seasonal jobs. What better place to start than a holiday elf? For understandable reasons, our elf has decided to remain anonymous, but regardless of the anonymity, you should still get a pretty good…

Golden Memories

The Golden History Center has some 600 photographs dating back to the 1800s. The subjects of these photos range from the seemingly mundane, like a 1934 high-school prom, to the iconic, such as workers at Coors Brewing Company. Golden in Focus: Historic Photo Show and Sale opens tonight in conjunction…

Browser game of the week: Phylo

It’s the holiday season, which means it’s time to give back to communities and do a little philanthropy. Well, for some folks it is anyway. If you’re too cheap and lazy to help a brother out, we have one suggestion: play a game for science. The game is Phylo, a…

Mario Zoots’s super wacky BL§§D ØU† video

We love a good riddle, which is how we’re treating this new, totally bonkers video from local visual artist Mario Zoots. The video was made for the Brooklyn band (and incredibly SEO-unfriendly) BL§§D ØU†, and we’ve deemed it a riddle because we have no earthly idea what’s going on here…

U.S. Government seizes piracy websites

Things just keep getting worse for media pirates. In the last year, we’ve seen Google tackle music blogs, Limewire go the way of the dodo, and Pirate Bay’s appeal thwarted. Now the U.S. government is getting involved. Last week, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) seized domains from Torrent-Finder, OnSmash.com, RapGodfathers.com,…

RIP Leslie Nielsen: our five favorite clips

Eternally white-haired king of the spoof Leslie Nielsen passed away yesterday at the age of 84, due to complications from pneumonia. His best-known roles varied from the science-fiction classic Forbidden Planet to Airplane!, the king of all cinematic parodies; through that movie, he helped start a movement that eventually led…

Record Store Day: Black Friday Edition

The super-official, absolutely real, Record Store Day might have been earlier this year, but there’s no reason why we can’t celebrate our favorite holiday twice. Instead of cutting each other’s throats and arguing with old folks at the mall today, maybe you’d like to consider spending your Black Friday picking…

Browser game of the week: Robot Unicorn Attack Heavy Metal

Robot Unicorn Attack was a great game, but the Erasure soundtrack and generally puffy visuals might have turned off people who have been looking for something more, ahem, metal. That’s really the only reason to release the heavy metal edition, but it’s reason enough for us…