Articles from the ‘Arts’ section

It’s the Great Pumpkin, Alice Stanley!

Alice Stanley eats every single artificially pumpkin-flavored food she can get her hands on and reviews them all.

The Thing That I Think is Funny: An Interview with Eugene Mirman

Declan Tan surprises comedian Eugene Mirman and asks him a lot of personal questions.

The Quest for a Perfect Life: A Fable About “Fable”

When her life spins out of control, Juliet Disparte takes comfort in playing Fable III over and over again.

Fear and Gaming: The Child in the Tower

Jonathan Gourlay’s daughter has locked herself away, hidden from the dangers of the world, in Minecraft.

Professional Jackass Live

Alice Stanley sees Jackass alum Steve-O perform stand-up, or at least try to.

Fear and Gaming: Frequently Asked Existential and Snack-Food Related Questions in “The Witcher 2″

Parvulus Clamans (Jonathan Gourlay), a pitiable little man, pretends to be someone he is not and (of course!) fails.

Notes from PAX Prime 2011

Kevin Nguyen and Nick Martens explore this year’s Penny Arcade Expo, the country’s biggest videogame convention, and find droids, dweebs, and ineffective armor.

Notes from San Diego Comic-Con 2011

Lauren Bagby’s dispatches from Comic-Con, annual home of Whovians, Trekkies, and Ewoks.

Fear and Gaming: Crazy Train

Jonathan Gourlay loves every train, simulated or real, with the exception of the one in Atlas Shrugged.

Notes from Pitchfork Music Festival 2011

Nick Martens reports from Chicago’s Union Park on drummers, the summer heat, and Porta-Pottys.

The Future of Journalism, According to the Future

By “the future,” Kevin Nguyen means a dozen elementary school students on a field trip to the offices of The Daily, the student newspaper of the University of Washington.

Fear and Gaming: An Existential Psychoanalysis of a Yellow-Robed, Faceless Wizard

Jonathan Gourlay finds the notebooks of a character from Magicka and an existential psychoanalyst.