On the heels of three mega-successful first-person shooters, the news that the Halo franchise’s next headline gig would be a real-time-strategy (RTS) game was greeted with about as much enthusiasm among gamers as if Master Chief had announced he’d be starring alongside Joan Rivers in a very special episode of “Celebrity Apprentice.” The console crowd […]
On the heels of three mega-successful first-person shooters, the news that the Halo franchise’s next headline gig would be a real-time-strategy (RTS) game was greeted with about as much enthusiasm among gamers as if Master Chief had announced he’d be starring alongside Joan Rivers in a very special episode of “Celebrity Apprentice.” The console crowd […]
We’re now into the second month of our highly selective tour through the past two decades of local news and arts in C-VILLE. Already, we’ve touted our early jump on the Obama bandwagon (remember, this is the paper that projected DMB’s rise to the top), and this week, for those of you who had some […]
On April 15, 1998, the Labor Action Group launched Charlottesville’s first “living wage” campaign,
Mike Scott stuffs 2 of his 10 points in front of a roaring crowd at the JPJ February 18. After a dismal eight-game losing streak, the UVA men’s basketball team (and Dave Leitao’s coaching career) leaped from its coffin last week with back-to-back home games, not only beating No. 12 ranked Clemson 85-81 in […]
The 2009 local budget season officially got started last week
When the Downtown rebricking project got underway, it was clouded by pervasive public skepticism about the city’s ability to get a project done on time and on budget, particularly following the Third Street debacle. Yet the rebricking is halfway to completion and, says city steward of the project Jim Tolbert, still on budget. READ MORE […]
Faulconer Construction got started on the county portion of the Meadowcreek Parkway last week, carving out an access way to begin building a bridge over Meadow Creek. Meanwhile, opponents also got busy, asking the Board of Supervisors to hold off on the 40-year-old project until permits are acquired for the other two portions of the […]
Each of us is going through a version of it right now: What do I really need? What can I live without? We are reevaluating our daily cup of coffee, the weekly ticket to the movies, next month’s trip to New York. For the most part, our cutbacks will affect ourselves, our spouse, our children. […]
Dear Ace: Whatever happened to Sparky’s Flaw? Was it fixed?—Dylan Bobbit Dylan: When a pop rock band incorporates a “flaw” into its name, it immediately becomes fodder for bad jokes like yours. Perhaps this is one of the reasons why the Flaw boys debuted their new name—Parachute VA—on New Year’s Eve in Times Square. As […]
There’s an old joke among political journalists that Washington, D.C. is Hollywood for ugly people. To that delightful adage, we would like to add our own observation that it’s also like the world’s biggest high school, only with the exalted position usually reserved for the football team given instead to the debate club. Republican Rep. […]