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Nosferatu: The Wrath of Malachi
Game: Nosferatu: The Wrath of Malachi Platform: PC Studio: iGames Rating: 7.5/10 Game Company’s Description: Delivering a blend of atmospheric survival horror and intense first person shooter action, Nosferatu: The Wrath of Malachi immerses players in the terror of an ancient, gothic castle full of vampires. With the monstrous undead lurking around every corner, players…
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Mandy Moore – Coverage
Artist: Mandy Moore Title: Coverage Label: Epic Rating: 4/10 Corporate Line: Mandy Moore’s Coverage includes twelve classic pop/rock anthems and ballads from the 1970s and 80s. Adding a soulfulness to Todd Rundgren’s “Can We Still Be Friends,” putting a Nashville twang to Carly Simon’s “Anticipation,” and rocking out on Joan Armatrading’s rollicking “Drop The Pilot,”…
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Overseer – Wreckage
Artist: Overseer Title: Wreckage Label: Columbia Rating: 5/10 Corporate Line: What was it like creating Wreckage? Overseer, the post-modern musical mad scientist, calls it, rather disarmingly, “…weird experimental stuff. If anything, my ethos is to record whatever I want to do. I have quite varied taste.” And for a man of diminutive stature, his musical…
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Something Corporate – North
Artist: Something Corporate Title: North Label: Geffen Rating: 5/10 Corporate Line: On North, the band’s follow-up to their 2002 Drive-Thru/MCA Records debut, Leaving Through the Window – a 250,000 seller based largely on relentless touring and word of mouth – Something Corporate bucks that idea in favor of a more cerebral concept: Simply being away.…
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Rob Zombie – Interview
Scared sh*tless by Rob Zombie. And we got an interview, too! You are always busy, what are you up to now? Working on the next movie and various comic book scripts I’m trying to finish. Do you take on these new projects for the creativity or business? None of it is ever business. Projects come…
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Space Colony
Game: Space Colony Platform: PC Studio: Gathering Rating: 7/10 Game Company’s Description: In Space Colony, players join Blackwater Industries, a shady multi-galaxy corporation that is mining resources and establishing colonies on other planets due to the depletion of materials here on Earth. Over the game’s 24 missions, players are challenged to settle a new frontier…
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Temple of Elemental Evil
Game: Temple of Elemental Evil Platform: PC Studio: Atari Rating: 8/10 Game Company’s Description: On the outskirts of the village of Nulb, a temple dedicated to elemental evil lies in ruins. Destroyed by the good armies and the infamous Circle of Eight, its blood-stained history remains a distant memory–until now. Suspicious men have begun roaming…
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Barenaked Ladies – Everything to Everyone
Artist: Barenaked Ladies Title: Everything to Everyone Label: Reprise Rating: 7.5/10 Corporate Line: Barenaked Ladies have looked into the future and they like what they see. They envision a day when every known corporation will have merged into one monolithic force. That force will be Barenaked Ladies, and they will indeed be everything to everyone.…
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Marques Houston – MH
Artist: Marques Houston Title: MH Label: Elektra Rating: 4.5/10 Corporate Line: You know him as a key member of IMX (formally Immature), as one of the stars of the hit television series “Sister, Sister” and for his credits on albums by hit-makers such as B2K and Destiny’s Child. Now, with the release of his first…
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The Format – Interventions + Lullabies
Artist: The Format Title: Interventions + Lullabies Label: Elektra Rating: 5/10 Corporate Line: Nate Ruess and Sam Means, 20 and 22 respectively, wanted to make music for fun outside of the punk genre they were accustomed to, and to create an outlet for their more pop oriented ideas. Writing in secret, the two stumbled onto…
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