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One Direction's "What Makes You Beautiful": Why This Song Sucks

[Editor's note: Why This Song Sucks determines why particular tracks blow using science. It appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday.] Song: One Direction's "What Makes You Beautiful" History: "What Makes You Beautiful" is the first single from UK boy band supreme, One Direction. (Note: I'm n ... More >>

Gears of War 3: We Played It

​What do you do when you come into possession of a copy of Gears of War 3 and your taste in games is decidedly more Super Mario Brothers? You find someone with an Xbox 360 who is down to play and can, hopefully, show you the ropes. I'm not a gamer. I like what I played as a child-- arcade sta ... More >>

Sega Unleashes Sonic Generations Demo Today for Sonic the Hedgehog's 20th Anniversary

Sega​ Read more in "Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog Turns 20, Joins Nintendo's Mario for London 2012 Olympics Video Game." June 23 marks the 20th anniversary of Sega's beloved mascot, Sonic the Hedgehog. Beginning today, gamers can download demos of Sonic Generations, the anniversary game, via Xbox ... More >>

Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog Turns 20, Joins Nintendo's Mario for London 2012 Olympics Video Game

Shannon CottrellSonic the Hedgehog's 20th anniversary party​Check out our E3 2011 category for more coverage from the show. See more photos in Shannon Cottrell's slideshows, "E3 2011: Day One" and "E3 2011: Day Two." Inside the E3 booth for Sonic Generations, the 20th anniversary Sonic the He ... More >>

Ice T Reunites Body Count At E3: "I Finally Get to Kill Some Shit and Not Go to Jail"

Andrew Courtien​E3 is known for its surprises, but nothing surprised the mass amount of gamers, nerds, and industry folk as much as Body Count last night at The Edison for the Gears Of War 3 party. In case you don't remember, Body Count is Ice T's metal band from the '90s, responsible for th ... More >>

Today in WTF: Soulja Boy is Morphing into Lil B, Should Get Endorsement Deal with Target

Soulja Boy shops at Target ​Soulja Boy just released a video for "My Playa." In a case of the student influencing the master, he sounds just like his signee, Lil B. Also, he apparently enjoys shopping at Target (who doesn't?). With gems such as Soulja Boy examining the XBOX 360 selection a ... More >>

Video-Game Robbery Near USC: Suspects Punch Man in Forehead, Make Off With 2 PlayStations, Xbox 360

USC student housing: The right place to look.​The suspects from last week's USC street-robbery spree may be behind bars, but the 'hood's not safe yet: Three video-game thieves allegedly struck a student's house in the 700 block of West 27th Street last night. According to City News Service, t ... More >>

The Secrets of Aqua Teen Hunger Force Live: Meatwad, Master Shake, and Carl Brutananadilewski Tell All

The Secrets of Aqua Teen Hunger Force Live: Meatwad, Master Shake, and Carl Brutananadilewski Tell All

Got Brains? They'll Settle For Pie: Hollywood Outdoor Cinema's 'Shaun of the Dead' Night

Nicole CamposStick that in your corpse pipe and smoke it.There's something about zombies - something innately unifying, a sense of shambling, blood-dribbling community - that brings people together. Especially at a time when the horror genre has turned tide toward mopey emo vampires and the latest ... More >>

Some [Gay] Marriage Semantics

Lady Looters Get Prison Time for Sayre Fire Caper

Two female burglars who were caught red-handed looting a suburban Porter Ranch home during the Sayre Fire were sentenced to prison on March 5. Judge Ronald S. Coen sentenced 32-year-old Sabrina Devens to four-years in state prison, and the suspected brains, Gina Rios, 19, to a two-year state pris ... More >>

Sylmar Fire's Lady Looters

They stole Gucci baubles and embarrassed L.A. globally, as 500 homes burned

Santa Monica or Saigon?

A tale of two brothers

Colossal

The mark of the Shadow, the future of gaming

The Wrath of Pong

Putting down the Kalashnikov, picking up the Joola blade

Smoke the Muthafuckas, 50!

Calling all High-Level Homies