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Best Buy employee wages Reddit campaign to save vintage R.O.B. robot

Two days ago, a Best Buy employee discovered that some nerd-illiterate Nintendo R.O.B. (Robotic Operating Buddy) owner had dropped the 1980s-era gaming system off for recycling.The employee couldn't allow the rare toy robot to get scrapped. First, he asked his boss if he could take it home, but hear ... More >>

Top 10 Japanese restaurants in the Twin Cities

One hears "Japanese food" and immediately images of raw fish clinging delicately to pillows of plump and sticky balls of rice come to mind. But believe it or not, the good people of Japan do eat more than sushi and edamame. From gyoza dumplings to soba noodle dishes in fragrant miso broths to the fl ... More >>

Altered Esthetics' 8th Anniversary Party

Level_13: Cheat Codes

Tuesdays on the West Bank: Out the Box and Triple Double

​She just dances and keeps on dancing. She holds her glass up high, and pours out her beer as it splashes on the dance floor below. Instead of pouring some out for her homies, she is pouring some out for her girls' night out, or maybe the calculus exam she bombed earlier in the day. This is Rack C ... More >>

BadNrad "Bad Girl EP" release party transports you back to 1984

​Jake Sullivan may be just one man, but he sure knows how to rock us back in time with his neon glasses and hi-tops. BadNRad brings his weirdness, keytar, and unique flavor of rock to the 7th St. Entry tomorrow night to celebrate the release of his first EP, Bad Girl. We caught up with Sullivan to ... More >>

Ben Cook-Feltz discusses his upcoming release and daring to do what bands only joke about

The local singer-songwriter is about to throw a completely digital CD release party for a completely digital release.

Crystal Castles at First Avenue, 3/11/11

Photos by Ben Clark​Crystal CastlesMarch 11, 2011First Avenue, Minneapolis"Alice Glass has a broken ankle. The doctors told her to cancel the rest of this tour, but Alice said 'Fuck that!'" That was announced over the PA system just prior to Crystal Castles set Friday night at First Avenue. I ... More >>

Owl City announces new record and Roy Wilkins show, hearts Taylor Swift

​​Two-and-a-half unforgivingly short months away, Owl City will be in the nation's faces again.

8-bit music fest, Hotel dance night: Freeloader Friday

Image by tao_zhyn​It's a long weekend for most of us here in the Twin Cities, and in many ways the next three days mark the end of summer. It's your last chance to check out the Minnesota State Fair, and for some it's the last weekend before school starts up again. But fear not: There is still ple ... More >>

Before there was Owl City, there was Sky Sailing

photo via Star Sky Sailing's Myspace​"Yeah, it's fairly unbelievable, not to mention breathtaking, dreamlike, surprising, mind-blowing, bizarre and phantasmagorical too. The past six months have been nothing but a colorful, brilliant blur," Young told MTV News via e-mail (he doesn't do on-camera i ... More >>

Dragons Power Up!

Texas barbeque, Mario wedding cake and pesto pizza

​ Continuing my weeks of travels, I was in Des Moines for my day job, and thanks to a friendly recommendation for good eats I finally had a chance to stop by Proof. Open only for lunch during the week (and dinner on Fridays), the space is bright, open, and inviting. When I saw the soup of th ... More >>

Chatterbox Pub supplies fun and games, but can the kitchen deliver?

Chatterbox Pub is known for its great retro games, but can the food match the entertainment value?

DJ Q&A: Star Eyes a.k.a. Vivian Host talks 'haunted house music', fashion, NYC

She's the Diablo Cody of dance music, if that makes any sense.

Best Buy "scary" technology contest encourages tech junkies to steal from Grandma

Pile up your car with ancient technology, spread it around your living room and really shock Best Buy with your ability to live like a dinosaur.

mc chris tonight in the Entry

Whatever you do, don't call him nerdcore. Even if you pwned him in CS:Source.

The Game Room

DragonForce

Triple Rock 2-4-1's and Staraoke Karaoke Save The Day

Art of Sweat Rhythm Fest #3

Breakfast of Champions 7/3: Arresting visuals

Blast Works makes blowing stuff up DIY-friendly

DJ Scotch Egg: Drumized

A 30-year-old history of pop music tops this week's pop culture picks

Castle of Shikigami III tests the bounds of Wii loyalty

The first three Indiana Jones movies top this week's pop culture picks

Nintendo's Wii Fit ignites yet another fitness fad

There's more of the same in Mario Kart Wii, and that just might be plenty.

Undead on Arrival

House of the Dead returns for the Wii, stiff as ever.

Culture Jamming

Elvis Costello's greatest album tops this week's pop culture picks

Xmas Present & Past

How yesterday's games spawned today's best-sellers

Culture Jamming

Iceland's best indie-rockers top this week's pop culture picks

Culture Jamming

Minnesota’s Greatest Generation – Moving Pictures Awards Program

Moving Pictures Film Festival: Minnesota’s Greatest Generation

Bend It Like Bowser

Soccer gets a surreal twist in Mario Strikers Charged..

Fill in the Blank

Picross DS illustrates that there's life after Sudoku

7/27 Morning Communiqué

All Class

The Wii's Big Brain Academy makes summer school cool

Bored Games

All the beer in the world can't save Mario Party 8

Rolling Paper

Super Paper Mario is flat-out fun

5/8: Morning Communique

Local Music Yearbook '05

Rappers were hot. Smokers were cold. Rockers were on Myspace. And sometime after the last Katrina benefit, we wrote it all down for you.

Music for class-free afternoons

10/27: Morning Communique

Love Bites

The unstoppable Jennifer Love Hewitt has the time of her life; viewers don't

King Throng

At the Mall of America, Pokemon packed 'em in

The Media in all its Past, Present, and Future Glory

Taken for granted and foregone?

The Armchair Globetrotters

Traveling made easy through video