Somewhat legendary Donkey Kong master and documentary film subject Steve Wiebe has dedicated all of his free time over the last several years to playing competitive Donkey Kong. He was the primary subject of the 2007 documentary, King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters and has flirted with having the…
The only things more creepy than miniatures, dolls and toys that are supposed to be creepy are ones that are unintentionally disturbing. And the kindly volunteers who worked this weekend were blissfully unaware of the darkly bizarre nature of some of the exhibits. I asked Bill and Sarah West, who…
We unequivocally love the Berkeley district’s Horseshoe Market for a myriad of reasons, but mostly it’s a matter of the spirit of the thing, which is old and modern all at the same time: Its mix of vintage wares, unique handmades and trendy food and drink on wheels fits the…
Geeks, as we all know from Anthony Michael Hall’s romance outcome in The Breakfast Club, have a hard time getting the girl. Nevertheless, they’ll get some help tonight at Single Bytes, a dinner and singles night designed by chronic personals section editor Audrey Klammer to bring geeks together and let…
I have the attention span of a four-year-old. I can’t sit still for very long and I don’t like to watch things –particularly television shows and movies — without having something else going on at the same time. (Like a massive laundry folding undertaking or an organization project involving the…
There’s no denying that what Crested Butte couple Erica and Mateo Hogan is doing in Costa Rica is pretty cool: Spurred by their love of the rain forest, they bought up some 300 acres of it and created a fully sustainable Swiss Family Robinson-style tree-house community complete with zip-lines and…
People often make the mistake of taking their professional fashion a little too seriously. Work is work, which means personal style is out of the question, and business attire is just another button-up with a tie. But when modern trends and professional appearance collide, people like Jonathan Gearhard can turn…
It’s no secret the majority of games are about killing things. Soul Tax, a game created by Jarod Long, Lauren Careccia, Devin Presbury and Brad Snyder for the Something Awful Game Dev VI competition is no different, but instead of tasking you with grabbing a gun and unloading into an…
It’s mildly nerdy to use the phrase “It’s on like Donkey Kong,” a challenge so overused we made an infographic about it. But what’s really nerdy, apparently, is Donkey Kong fans, among whom our infographic set off a controversy about the relative merits of the Donkey Kong franchise in the…
When I visited the Forney Museum of Transportation yesterday, the opening day for the Phenomenal Ford Falcon exhibition, I took an eight-year-old boy with me because no one is tougher to keep entertained. Upon leaving he turned to me and said, “That place was so awesome. First, from the outside,…
Oh hello, new accessory from American Apparel labeled under “swimwear.” You are called a “conical Asian hat.” You are not aesthetically pleasing in a traditional sense, though I’m sure girls on Lookbook.nu will flock to you and your “edginess.”…
The main argument for quitting smoking is that it’s bad for you; indeed, the evidence is well documented. That’s perhaps why a lot of people who don’t smoke have a hard time understanding why smokers continue to smoke despite the risks — and certainly plenty of those people used the…
If anyone needed further evidence that the tide of public opinion has turned firmly against smoking cigarettes, look no further than the mass freak-out that ensued when cancer-survivor Michael Douglas was recently spotted possibly smoking a cigarette. As an incorrigible smoker myself, I understand Michael Douglas’s dilemma, and yesterday, I…
Though the initial Project Runway pool of twenty contestants is not exactly exclusive to better-known capitols of design, it’s certain that Denver made a huge impact on the show last year in the form of Mondo Guerra, who came in second place in the running and first place in everybody’s…
I have a horrible sense of fashion. Do people have even have senses of fashion anymore? Maybe I’m old for using that phrase, considering I mostly wear whatever I see other people on the Internet wearing. Anyway, I dress like a sixteen-year-old girl. A really trashy one. A trashy teenager…
There have been countless games starring cats in the history of Flash games and plenty others shining the spotlight on birds and frogs, but rarely do we get a good old-fashioned dog game. Enter Arthur Lee’s Escape From Puppy Death Factory, a Metroid-esque puzzle platformer that puts the puppies in…
Captain America is awesome — he’s like a ‘roided up Uncle Sam with a badass shield sworn to send Hitler to the gates of hell, and what’s not awesome about that? — but let’s be honest: Captain America is some propaganda. It’s not the only thing that makes the trailer…
Silverton Mountain is a good seven-hour drive from Denver in the winter, but we’re going to argue that their season pass deal is too good to pass up, especially if you buy one this week while they’re 50 percent off: Silverton is selling a limited number of 2011/2012 season passes…
If you’re going to align yourself with a ridiculous (albeit in ways both great and not-so-great) place like Boulder, the least you can do is have a sense of humor about it. Then again, one of the many things that makes that city ridiculous is that so few Boulderites have…
We love pop-up shops. Just as we love this weekend’s Vintage Renewal Pop+Up Eco-Boutique, which opens tonight at Hinterland, we’re also nuts about such past and coming temporary outlets as Gimme Gimme Pillow Toast, Yespleasemore and I ♥ Denver, and next weekend’s Denver Handmade Alliance Pop-Up Shop at the Denver…
There’s an element of truth to every stereotype, and that particularly goes for Boulder, a place so preoccupied with its own righteousness that even its Pop Tarts must be certified organic. Our man Thorin Klosowski recently returned from a stint in the People’s Republic, and he brought back some observations…
Divide & Conquer! The Denver Roller Dolls are hosting the Continental Divide & Conquer (the 2011 Women’s Flat Track Roller Derby Association Championships) November 11-13, and tickets go on sale on Saturday with early-bird pricing through July 31. It ought to be quite a battle: The Rocky Mountain Rollergirls, DRD’s…
