Mortal Kombat

In This Fetish Wrestling Event, Women Face Off Against Men -- and Always Win

See also: *Competitive Ladies Arm Wrestling? Yes, Indeed *Top 10 Bars With the Hottest Women in L.A. On Saturday night, in the protected brick-and-mortar bosom of Lacy Street Studios in Downtown L.A., a MMA training enterprise called Ultimate Female Fitness launched Beat Down Girls, a "female supre ... More >>

Streamy Awards: Online Video's Biggest Night Accepts Old Hollywood Into the Fold

See also: *Our Streamy Awards slideshow *Our profile of Jenna Marbles, from our People Issue The 3rd annual Streamy awards, honoring excellence in original online video, streamed live online (appropriately) Sunday night at the Hollywood Palladium. More than ever before, nominees ran the gamut of n ... More >>

Top 20 L.A. Metal Albums: The Complete List

When it comes to discussion of the top metal scenes, Los Angeles never gets its due. Maybe it's because we're not known for being pioneers of a single subgenre (Bay Area thrash and Florida death metal for example), but there's still no doubt that the city has been vital in the evolution of metal. ... More >>

Top 20 L.A. Metal Albums: 10 - 1

See also: Top 20 L.A. Metal Albums: 20 - 11 Top 20 Greatest L.A. Punk Albums The Ten Most Unreadable Metal Band Logos 10. Slayer Seasons in the Abyss (1990) Seasons in the Abyss is nothing fancy, just pure, sore-neck, eardrum-stripping metal. Full of brutal drum barrages, massive caliber guitar as ... More >>

The Other Director Named Paul Anderson

Why This Song Sucks: The Karate Kid's "You're The Best"

[Editor's note: Why This Song Sucks determines why particular tracks blow using science. It appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday.] See also: We Need a New 'Eye of the Tiger.' Here Are Five Candidates Song: Joe Esposito's "You're The Best" History: This is the song they play near the end o ... More >>

Tokimonsta: The Queen Beat

Five Myths About Female Gamers Debunked

WeDare and the ensuing controversy got us thinking about girls and games. While we're at least happy that there are going to be female characters in video games we're a little disappointed that yet again, the female characters exist for sex appeal and little else. The industry is still laboring unde ... More >>

Brigitte Burdine, Top Video Game Director, Killed By Hit-And-Run Driver In Marina Del Rey

FacebookMarina Del Rey video-game director Brigitte Burdine was killed by an at-large hit-and-run driver last night​Updated after the jump with another picture of Burdine, a video clip and messages from friends, family and co-workers. Originally posted Dec. 29 at 7:30 p.m. R.I.P. Brigitte Bur ... More >>

Locked and Loaded: Nocando

The Low End Theory spawns a thrilling, progressive L.A. rap album