A Room With a View might be perfect for a Tuscan villa, but what should you read at the Burning Man festival or while cooped up with the kids in a West Country cottage? Six leading writers select the best books to take with you - whatever type of holiday you're going on
"Wario Land Shake" (EuroGamer) 04 July 2008Holy crap, a new 2D Wario platformer on a home console. Waggle or not, I'm excited, as the GB games were brilliant. The GBA version slightly less so. ecosse_011172 wrote: It does look very waggly though...
Something for the weekend (The New Statesman) 04 July 2008Compelling yet one can't quite escape the nagging feeling of contributing to a sentient super-computer that will someday enslave us ... Iain Simons introduces GWAP.COM
Family, musicians sound off on late drummer (The Springfield News-Leader) 04 July 2008The beat goes on for Dave Bedell. That's thanks to fellow musicians who worked with the Springfield-born jazzman and to the many students Bedell taught, relatives said at his funeral Thursday.
You don't have to be a young girl to enjoy 'Kit Kittredge' (Orange County Register) 02 July 2008Review: Abigail Breslin brings a little sunshine to the Great Depression. "Kit Kittredge: An American Girl'' begins with a tight shot of a manual typewriter going rat-a-tat-tat.
A day of patriotism (Corpus Christi Caller-Times) 04 July 2008Parade, fireworks and lots of live music bring community together for July 4
Sweet 'American Girl' is full of age-old lessons (Detroit News) 02 July 2008"Kit Kittredge: An American Girl" begins with a tight shot of a manual typewriter going rat-a-tat-tat. We hear a close-harmony version of the old chestnut "Side by Side" and listen as a plucky little 9-year-old girl shares her lifelong goal -- she wants to be a reporter.
'Diminished Capacity' plays the eccentric card (LA.com) 03 July 2008This one dives from whimsy into a trite pond ... and then into a slapstick ... and then Cubs show up
"What's there to look forward to on the Wii?" (EuroGamer) 03 July 2008Nah, I'm pretty sure that Miyamoto's pet projects are ring fenced from the money men. Particularly the 3D Marios. disussedgenius wrote: I sure hope there's no SMG2, I'd expect Ninty to have a bit more pride about ones like that.
Tat’s Mad! (My Kinda Place) 01 July 2008Ok, so we know celebs can be pretty strange, but this story really takes the hob nob.