Gear Reviews

Often moonlighting as mild-mannered entertainment industry professionals, our writers encounter remarkable beepers, boopers, twangers, and bangers—the coolest soundmaking devices on the market—for the very purpose of telling you about them here.

THR10

Gear Reviews

When it comes to amplifiers, Yamaha’s THR10 is an odd beast. Kurt Channing attempts to find its taxonomy.

Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator

Gear Reviews

Carl F. Gauze will give you Pac-Man Fever all over again, as he takes you back to the arcade games of your youth with a look at the Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator.

Black Adam

Gear Reviews

Matthew Damascus likes to play with dolls – er, we mean action figures. And he’s all geeked up because Captain Marvel’s ancient enemy has made the jump to three dimensions of molded plastic. Shazam!

eMedia Guitar Method 1

Gear Reviews

Learning guitar, and tired of “Tom Dooley”? James Mann suggests taking a gander at eMedia Guitar Method 1, an interactive CD-ROM guitar instructor.

Cool Toys

Gear Reviews

Phil Bailey takes a look at some of the finest pieces of molded plastic available, including the Ghost World Enid Coleslaw action doll, The Simpsons’ Comic Book Guy playset, and the strange new Japanese fad of Kubricks.

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Screen Reviews

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Screen Reviews

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Event Reviews

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