In his recent post about Lego Universe, Joel Warner noted that the game wowed most critics, but those at the giant IGN site were lukewarm, giving a score of 5 on a 10 scale. That prompted a rant from one reader, who notes that IGN critics don’t always complete games…
Again this year, Starz Denver Film Festival artistic director Brit Withey is offering his must-see picks for each day of the fest — flicks that movie lovers might otherwise miss amid the flood of silver-screen goodies. Below, he describes his choice for Thursday, November 11: Dog Sweat…
Now that John Hickenlooper has been elected Colorado’s governor, we know Denver will have a new mayor next year — and the race promises to be wild and wide open. To introduce you to the players, we’re going to offer profiles of official candidates, starting with the first to declare,…
Yesterday, the Sleeper house — the Colorado mountain home made famous by Woody Allen’s 1973 film Sleeper — sold at auction for $1.53 million — less than half of the $3.43 million Michael Dunahay paid for it four years ago. But if it hasn’t held its value, it remains an…
Update: On October 15, Aurora Police investigating a home robbery tracked down a suspect at the Crestwood Suites on East Evans — and subsequently discovered the body of Michael Pinkus, 51, who owned the home in question. Now, the APD has arrested three men — Steven Bassett, Robert Harper and…
Remember when, after one too many tequila shots, you confessed your undying love all over your ex’s Facebook wall? Or how you posted a YouTube vid of a certain projectile-vomiting incident right after it happened? Or how your drunken tweets ended up on Text From Last Night — three times…
In 2006, Colorado passed what lawmakers called “the toughest immigration laws in the nation.” Among them was a law that made it a state crime to smuggle humans. Four years later, Westword takes a look at whether that law is working. As detailed in this week’s cover story, “Disappearing Act,”…
The evil bigots and homophobes from the Kansas-based, Fred Phelps-led Westboro Baptist Church have a habit of saying they’re going to picket something positive or sacred and then not bothering to show up. This scenario played out again in Durango yesterday, with love attending and hate playing hooky…
Three Denver blog posts right here. Mile High Report fan poster BroncoHawkeye thinks Josh McDaniels deserves a couple more years to prove himself. Gulp! People’s Press Collective’s Mr. Bob offers an animated happy birthday to the U.S. Marine Corps. As Colorado Pols notes, the 2012 election will have no senate…
Medical marijuana in Colorado has generated plenty of lawsuits, with more legal action possible in a health department case involving limits on doctors who can recommend MMJ. But the Department of Revenue, which is in charge of writing the rules for two new medical marijuana laws hadn’t been targeted until…
Update: 12:38 p.m., Thursday: And we’ve got a winner! I’ve contacted the winner with the details (so check your e-mail to see if you won!) Thanks for playing, and thanks for reading Latest Word. What are you doing Thursday night? You could be watching Carmelo Anthony and the Nuggets take…
Rep. Doug Lamborn, the grouch in the trash can to the right in the picture above, represents Colorado Congressional District 5. His bill to defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and National Public Radio is getting a lot of attention and support over at Fox News, and is leading to…
In June, we told you about Christian Hanson, a Greeley gang member suspected of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a woman — and then trying to hire someone to kill her. Last night, a Weld County jury found him guilty on six counts for crimes dating back to December of last…
Our piece yesterday about Michael Bennet’s rising national stature, exemplified by a huge feature on NPR, riled up one reader, who opened up with both barrels on one of the few Dems in tight races to survive the Tea Party onslaught on election day. Here’s what the commenter, who calls…
Many Nuggets fans have been frustrated by the apparent lack of progress in a Carmelo Anthony trade — a situation that’s keeping players and fans alike in limbo and leaves open the possibility that the Nugs will wind up with nothing à la Toronto and Cleveland. Now, a front office…
The differences between the federal government’s marijuana laws and MMJ rules in Colorado are vast. Ask Chris Bartkowicz, who faces years in prison for growing cannabis he said was for medical purposes. So why are the feds supplying Irvin Rosenfeld almost 300 marijuana cigarettes every 25 days? He’ll explain during…
Again this year, Starz Denver Film Festival artistic director Brit Withey is offering his must-see picks for each day of the fest — flicks that movie lovers might otherwise miss amid the flood of silver-screen goodies. Below, he describes his choice for Wednesday, November 9: Puzzle…
The firing of CU Buffs coach Dan Hawkins belatedly became official yesterday, with Hawkins showing up in person to essentially bury himself. But even as Twitter Nation tweeted about Hawkins getting the sack, long-suffering CU fans began to fixate on who can put this broken program back together again. Two…
When a man and a woman are convicted of committing a crime together, the dude typically gets the higher sentence. But not in the case of Alfonzo Portugal and Pamela Tolbert. Yesterday, Portugal was handed twelve years for the robbery and beating of a bartender — but Tolbert had already…
Rinny, the Denver Zoo’s new tapir, looks like what happens when an elephant knocks boots with a pig, and then they have a baby and it’s Halloween and they dress the baby like an Oreo. But despite the fact that Rinny looks like a sandwich cookie, the zoo thinks she’s…
Update: The Denver coroner’s office has now released the name of the man killed in an alley behind 36 Clarkson Street over the weekend: Michael E. Wanczyk, 29. The cause of death was a shotgun wound to the chest. Jerry Allen Thompson was arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder in…
While the big weed setback last week might have been the defeat of California’s Proposition 19, marijuana didn’t fare too well in Colorado, either. As per the state’s new medical marijuana laws, local officials are now allowed to ask voters whether or not their communities should allow dispensaries and affiliated…
