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[Updated w/ New Location] St. Louis Best Buy to Showcase Upcoming Nintendo Offerings

Updated 1 p.m. Tuesday: Best Buy just called Riverfront Times to inform us that Wednesday and Saturday's Nintendo event has moved from its South County store to its Brentwood location. The article below reflects the change. Los Angeles plays host this week to the biggest video game trade show of t ... More >>

Out Every Night: The Best Shows in St. Louis from May 28 to June 2

We hope you enjoyed that extra day of rest as much as we did. Besides, you're going to need it if you intend on spending an entire day basking in local sounds with us this weekend. The RFT Music Showcase 2013 is this Saturday -- get the exhaustive coverage of all the nominees and come see 50 of the ... More >>

The Best of Covers of Mario Paint, Unlikely Video Game Composition Forefather

Mario is a versatile video game character. In his long career in the digital world, Mario raced go-karts, fought adversaries in hand-to-hand combat and even got kidnapped to teach kids about geography. Yet Nintendo's plumber extraordinaire may have inadvertently been a trailblazer in the realm of v ... More >>

2010 Music Showcase: 1 night, 50+ bands, 5 bucks this Saturday on Wash. Ave.

Homespun: Safety Words

The Ghostfaced Pixels Mixtape
(self-released)

Man Proposes to Girlfriend Via Super Mario World

This isn't quite music-related, per se, but since Nintendo music is a big part of this blog, I'm going to roll with it. This charming link made the rounds last night: A man proposed to his girlfriend by programming "Lisa, will you marry me?" in gold coins within a level of the old SNES game Super Ma ... More >>

Champions of Breakfast

8:30 p.m. Sunday, April 5. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

MP3: Magnolia Summer, "Diminished Returns (RAC remix)" Robyn "Cobrastyle (RAC Remix)"

Here's a pairing you might not have expected: Magnolia Summer remixed by the RAC. The song totally sounds like the type of dreamcloud music found in an 8-bit Nintendo game. Like the Super Mario Brothers sky worlds or Zelda's prairie moments when Link is wandering around stabbing bad guys.MP3: Magnol ... More >>

Pitchfork: HEALTH Recap, Photos

Blast Works makes blowing stuff up DIY-friendly

Castle of Shikigami III tests the bounds of Wii loyalty

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

Fuzzy Fights: The combat's cuddly in Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Mario Paint MIDI Compositions of Famous Songs

The Whip: Manchester, England's Heirs to Space-Age Electro

Xmas Present & Past

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

Plumb Tuckered Out?

A breathtaking journey through space revives Super Mario.

Girl Talk at the Gargoyle: Hip-Hop, Electro, Tasers and the Police

Our Bar, Our Dinner

Bang Bang For Your Buck

It's five great games for $60 -- shoot first and ask questions later.

Daily Web Crawl

'Roid Rage Returns

Metroid Prime 3 is the best you can get for the Wii.

New Britney Spears song -- "Gimme More"

Thor Axe: Behold the Sweet Riffs of So Many Dynamos' Triumphant Metal Side Project

Bend It Like Bowser

Soccer gets a surreal twist in Mario Strikers Charged.

All Class

The Wii's Big Brain Academy makes summer school cool.

The Sleeping

8 p.m. Monday, July 16. Creepy Crawl, 3524 Washington Boulevard.

There's more than one way to play with your Wii.

Week of February 22, 2007

Dream Weaver

Dream Weaver

A Legendary Outing

Twilight Princess is the best Zelda ever.

Wii Love It

Nintendo finally gets 1-Up on the competition.

The Advantage

8 p.m. Sunday, September 3. The Hi-Pointe (1001 McCausland Avenue).

Turning Japanese

Like the anime, Naruto: Ultimate Ninja is goofy fun.

Next Big Things

The five biggest attention-getters at E3.

dios Malos

Sunday, May 28, at 8 p.m. The Hi-Pointe (1001 McCausland Avenue)

The Brain Game

Can Nintendo really make you smarter?

The Starting Line

Saturday, April, 1 at 6:30 p.m. Mississippi Nights (914 North First Street)

Sonic Bust

Sega's Hedgehog goes back to the grind . . . yawn.

Save the Princess!

Law and Disorder

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney is guilty of being bizarre fun.

Generation Next

Microsoft's Xbox 360 fires the first shot in the next-gen console war.

Generation Next

Microsoft's Xbox 360 fires the first shot in the next-gen console war

Dance, Dance

B-Sides talks wardrobe with Roxy Epoxy, gets the lowdown on Jason Ringenberg's farmer alter ego and goes down swinging with Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz

SoundBlaster Masters

The Nintendo Fusion Tour brings a pixilated party to the Pageant

The Bands of Summer

Here are ten hot, not-to-miss local acts

Small World

Support li'l entrepreneurs this Sunday at the Magic House's annual Kids' Flea Market

Sign of the Dimes

DC Comics taps a locally based artist to helm a new series

Boom in the System

Shattering records and eardrums at the Autosound Challenge