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'Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon': The other brother
Ryan Vogt
Published: Sun, Mar 24, 2013
"Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon," along with "Paper Mario: Sticker Star" and "Kirby's Return to Dreamland," is part of Nintendo's Pleasant Play line. Pleasant Play doesn't exist, but if it did, it would denote games that you play not because you look forward to them all day, but because it's the...
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The Buzz: Miley Cyrus: Liam Hemsworth's return is 'dope'
Ryan Vogt
Published: Thu, Mar 21, 2013
Amid rumors that they're engagement is off, Miley Cyrus' maybe-sorta fiance, Liam Hemsworth, has spent the last couple of weeks hanging out with bro Chris Hemsworth in their native Australia. But the "Hunger Games" star is back in the States, prompting Miley to tweet, "Such a dope day."...
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The Buzz: Keyshia Cole tells Beyonce to 'Bow Down'
Ryan Vogt
Published: Wed, Mar 20, 2013
Well, here's a song Beyonce will probably leave off the set list when she sings at the White House next year for Michelle Obama's 50th. In her new single, "Bow Down," B sings to her female fans, "I know when you were little girls / You dreamed of being in my world / Don't forget it, don't...
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The Buzz: Michael Jackson -- the kid is not his son?
Ryan Vogt
Published: Tue, Mar 19, 2013
The lyrics to "Billie Jean" may have been prophetic. According to TMZ, Michael Jackson's family is asking the judge in the wrongful-death lawsuit against concert promoter AEG Live to exclude any evidence of the paternity of MJ's three kids. In legal docs in the $40 billion(!) lawsuit, the...
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'Lego City Undercover': Grand theft brick
Ryan Vogt
Published: Sun, Mar 17, 2013
Is "Lego City Undercover" "Grand Theft Auto" for kids, as it's been described by everyone who's described it? Yes -- for better and for worse. "Undercover" is more pleasant than "GTA." It takes place in a sunnier world, and is brimming with "Family Guy"-style pop-culture satire that will come...
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'God of War: Ascension' ascends horizontally
Ryan Vogt
Published: Sun, Mar 17, 2013
Rarely, I would guess, do reviewers wish they had rated something more highly. If they could make changes to their body of criticism, they'd probably go around lopping off stars, not adding them. Such is the case with "God of War III," which I gave four stars in 2010. I don't remember much...
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The Buzz: Tone Loc seizes and desists during Des Moines concert
Ryan Vogt
Published: Sun, Mar 17, 2013
Maybe Randy Quaid, who a couple of years ago fled to Canada to escape "Hollywood star whackers" systemically killing off celebrities, isn't as crazy as everyone thinks. Someone -- or something -- is going around giving stars seizures. Count Tone Loc as the latest victim. The rapper collapsed...
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The Buzz: Charlie Sheen gives marching orders in poop attack
Ryan Vogt
Published: Thu, Mar 14, 2013
Charlie Sheen is giving a 9-year-old a taste of her own medicine -- by acting like a 9-year-old. Last year, Charlie and ex-wife Denise Richards pulled their 9-year-old daughter, Sam, out of Viewpoint School in Calabasas, Calif., because another 9-year-old, named Victoria, teased her about...
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The Buzz: Dennis Rodman demands audience with new pope
Ryan Vogt
Published: Tue, Mar 12, 2013
Sex scandals? Dysfunctional Vatican bureaucracy? Declining religiosity around the globe? Who can fix this? If there's one man for the job, it's Dennis Rodman. The basketball star, whose recent trip to North Korea made him the first American to meet dictator Kim Jong Un, has done enough to help...
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Video game review: 'Etrian Odyssey IV: Legends of the Titan'
Ryan Vogt
Published: Sun, Mar 10, 2013
When most people think of retro horror movies, they think of something like "Jaws," "The Exorcist" or "Halloween." For some -- maybe film buffs or those who have simply been around a little longer -- a retro horror movie is "Frankenstein," "Dracula" or "Nosferatu" from long, long ago. In...
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