Crazy gamers sue EA over Madden
In the unrealistic epartment, a group of gamers is suing Electronic Arts, saying the Redwood City-based company is engaging in “blatantly anticompetitive conduct” in regard to their football titles....
View ArticleWill Wright at the S.F. Apple Store Saturday
Well, Spore Creature Creator is set to go live today, barring some unforeseen circumstances. If you haven’t checked it out, you can see the Spore-centric YouTube page here. Folks keep populating that...
View ArticleObama, Bush art at National Portrait Gallery
The Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C. has acquired Los Angeles-based artist Shepard Fairey’s now-iconic portrait of President-elect Barack Obama and will display the work by...
View ArticleBerkeley Rep wins big in 2008
In the Capraesque spirit of looking back on last year in search of bright spots amid the gloom, kudos are in order for Berkeley Rep. This news just in from our friends at the theater, who are...
View ArticleAndrew Wyeth passes on
“Christina’s World”, 1948 American painter Andrew Wyeth died today at the age of 91 in his home in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, following a brief illness. According to the Brandywine River Museum in...
View ArticleSo you want to be Andy Warhol?
Then here’s your chance. The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco is partnering with SOMArts‘ Rene Yanez and his son Rio in search of a few good Warhols – er Warhol impersonators – for a performance art...
View ArticleArt roar in downtown Oakland?
BANG-EB online coordinator/”guru” George Kelly brought to my attention that it’s going to be an interesting night in Oakland given the news that former BART officer Johannes Mehserle, who is accused of...
View Article“Friday the 13th” movie: Is it a scream?
Confessions of a gore hound. It’s sad but I must admit, after all the bad reviews I read, I was a tad nervous about wasting two precious hours of downtime on “Friday the 13th” despite the presence of...
View ArticleSteely Dan reels them in
The voice was still there, strained and squeezed at times, but alive and electric and calling to the crowd from the 70s like out of some long dark tunnel of time. But there he was: Donald Fagen,...
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