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Video Game Roundtable Episode 217: Homestar Ruiner - This week's episode has bad audio, but at least it's short, due to Jonah's lingering laryngitis. Paul insists Homestar Runner hasn't been good in 15 years, while Jonah talks about the NES classic bomb Athena. This week's news includes: Nintendo Virtual Store to start selling N64 and DS games, Tim Schafer recommends...

Samuel Adams Brewing the American Dream, a micro-lending and coaching program for small business owners working in food, beverage and craft brewing, announced it will host its regional Pitch Room competition and small business Speed Coaching event in Chicago on Monday, May 4th. The Brewing the American Dream Pitch Room, a national competition that helps food and beverage business owners...

Lexus continues it’s hot streak of cars with the addition of the 2015 NX 200t.  This is the smaller and more stylish brother of the Lexus RX 350, with fairly different driving dynamics.  Instead of the larger chassis with a V6 engine found in most Lexus vehicles, the NX 200t is loosely based on the RAV4 with a completely...

Ex Machina posits that A.I. is most convincing when you can see that it is a machine and yet it still registers as human consciousness. This is also the formula of a certain strain of great magic: the magician explains the trick to the audience, but the illusion still stands. Accordingly, Ex Machina is interested in magic, what with...

Hailing from Houston Texas is this week’s cosplayer, MarieDoll. First launching herself as a cosplayer, in 2006, when attending her first comic con by herself, MarieDoll has become an internationally recognized cosplayer. Since that time she has gone on to become a fan favorite, and is often listed as one of the top ten cosplayers active today. A professional model and...

Imagine possessing the ability to use basic office supplies, such as card stock and mechanical pencils, to produce freehand images.  Imagine that people will swear these images are computer generated. Now, further imagine possessing the ability to create those images with such skill that you are able to visually edit as you work and that the finished hand drawn image...

Sometimes we can overlook the simple things. Like cables. The things that get the sounds from one component to another. Think about how we can get so focused on how an expensive effect sounds and how we want transparency, but we might grab the cheapest cable off the shelf. We can all look and find cost-effective items that are high...

When you think of the plethora of products that are EVH branded and EVH “suggested” it is mind boggling. Eddie does a great job of sharing his tips, tricks and gear with his fanboys. Alas, chasing the elusive VanHalen “Brown Sound” can be pricey. The “Frankenstein” pickup on the EVH gear page retails for $199. There are also other options...

Recently we did a post on what to do when producing an informative guitar video on YouTube. (You can check it out here) There are countless videos on YouTube and most are more than informative. If you want to join the legions of YouTube guitar heroes there are some things you should definitely be doing. Step 1. Make the gear...

The I.W. Harper brand is coming home to the United States after nearly 20 years abroad with the release of two new Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskeys inspired by the brand's historic past. This spring, a new generation of whiskey adorers will experience the exemplary I.W. Harper approach –Anywhere, Anytime, It's Always A Pleasure™. In 1867, German immigrant Isaac Wolfe (I.W.)...