The makers of "Grand Theft Auto," the sandbox video game that lets you bang hookers, commit drive-bys on bicycles and turn the world into the horrid, rotten place your drunk uncle always said it was, are being sued again. This time, however, it's not some ambitious attorney trying to carve out a name for himself by taking on a billion-dollar industry (cough, Jack Thompson, cough), a former ...

So here's the deal: You're a filthy, stinking rich son of a bitch and you're about to get even richer now that President Obama has agreed not to let your taxes go up. What are you going to do with all that extra dough? You could give that money to a worthy charity ... and when you're done laughing until you pass out, you could take that money and buy this working replica of the "Tron" light ...

"Choose Your Own Adventure" games have become so commonplace on YouTube that anyone with a camera and a head can whip one together. But, back in the old days, before computers and camcorders merged together like some evil Transformer, the world had a less techie version. It was called Dungeons and Dragons. Hapless nerds and confused people with lives would gather around a kitchen table and go ...

Technology may have allowed for electronic devices to look sleeker and futuristic, but there is something to be said for the earthier tones of cherry walnut and reconstituted Wenge. Karvt can help you downgrade the look of your Apple laptop, iPhone or iPad to something more rustic and natural with custom fitting wooden covers and frames. These are not plastic sheets or stickers with wooden ...

Every kid dreams of becoming an astronaut. But, let's be realistic, most of them ain't gonna make it. Of course, it's still free to dream. And, if you've got enough coin, you can get out of your dreams and into this life-size replica of the Space Shuttle Discovery. SpaceToys is selling this non-working 1-to-1-scale model of the famed spacecraft for the low, low price of $2.2 million. It's ...

In the 1990s, staunch critics of video game violence, like then-U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno, were abuzz with the idea that the games' reward system for bloody violence, was turning the nation's youth into skull-bashing hooligans. Comedy magic duo Penn & Teller responded to Reno's call to make video games that taught children real world skills by coming up with the Sega CD cult classic ...

Depending whose hands this lands in, science has either taken another great leap forward in understanding the mysterious creation of the universe or another giant step toward creating a death ray that can rip the universe another black hole. Physicists with the European Organization for Nuclear Research (aka CERN) in Geneva, Switzerland, created and captured 38 antihydrogen atoms (aka ...

Tim Kitzrow has one of the most unusual jobs in show business. The Chicago-based actor, writer and musician has been the colorful Greek chorus of sports metaphors and exclamations since "NBA Jam" started popping up in arcades more than 17 years ago. His deep tone and wild style and delivery made phrases like "He's on fire!" and "Boomshakalaka!" a healthy part of the gamer lexicon. And Kitzrow ...

There are untold number of ways to kill the unnamed, unsatisfied undead. You can chop their skulls off with a razor-sharp machete. You can stick a wind-proof umbrella in their bloody maw and open the sucker. You can even award them a sub-prime mortgage loan that they clearly can't afford, then "robo-foreclose" on their home and drive them into a spiral of suicidal depression. And now, thanks to ...

I've had a lot of dreams in my lifetime, most of which have gone unfulfilled. And my pudgy frame and allergies will probably keep me from ever climbing a daunting mountain or bagging a deadly lion. One of my boyhood dreams, which was born in my local arcade, did come true when Asylum gave me the opportunity to write some "NBA Jam-isms We'd Like to Hear" for color commentator Tim Kitzrow, better ...