Since the dawn of time, or maybe since the dawn of 2007, Netflix and Hulu have warred over your time on the Internet. Netflix leans on its subscription model, stellar catalogue and great recommendation engine, while Hulu is (soon to be “was”) free, has a smaller library and is great for watching recent TV episodes.

Honestly, I do not listen to music anymore. In fact, music brings me no joy, no happiness. I used to walk to school with Radiohead, Ben Folds and Rivers Cuomo at my side, whispering sweet melodies into my ears. Those days are long gone. I found podcasts.

On April 9, the 2010 College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational (CUPSI) semi-finals were under way, and the members of Wash. U.’s premier spoken word group, WU-SLam, were feeling really good about themselves. They had finished top in their first and second bouts to make it to the semis, along with nine other teams out of the field of 35. The 10 teams were split into two groups of five.

Earlier this month, Residential Area Real Art (RARA) kicked off “Struc: An Art Exhibition on Construction/Deconstruction” in the DUC Visitor’s Lounge. It will stay there until the end of the year, and I advise everybody who walks through the DUC’s front doors to check it out. And yes, damn the congestion, that includes tours. It’s that good.

WUStock is on the Swamp this Saturday from 12-6 p.m., capping off Spring South 40 Week. The music starts at 1 p.m., with Sobriquet, String Theory and the Noam Chomsky playing in that order. Finally, Augustana will take the stage. The weather is expected to be great, so make sure to check out some of the activities, which will include a dunk tank, a face painter, a mechanical bull, a velcro wall and a giant slide.

I’ve found there are some things in life that I just have to buy: a ticket to every Quentin Tarantino movie, every Mario game (canon-only, naturally) and Futurama box sets. Charging fast and banging on the door for entrance to this list is the iPad. At least that’s how I felt before I played around with it last weekend. What do I think of it now? Read on to find out.

As time passes, the gap between video games and movies narrows. The two mediums will never completely overlap, but that doesn’t mean that they can’t learn from each other. 1. […]

Before the Wii came out, there was a lot of hype over two games: “The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess” and “Red Steel.” Given how the games are remembered nowadays, it may surprise readers to hear that the original “Red Steel” had nearly as much buzz around it as “Twilight Princess.

1. Look in the mirror “No More Heroes” and the “Mario and Luigi” games are known for taking good, long looks in the mirror and poking fun at themselves and […]

The perfect storm snuck up on me. I didn’t realize it was here until it was too late. When I browse the Web, I take mental notes of all the things that interest me—usually movies, “Lost” recaps, video games and the occasional deal from Woot. However, I see now that I forgot to do one important thing while logging these shiny things into my memory: combine them.