Spec Ops: The Line Review (Multi-Platform)

By Richard Clark at 9:00 PM on July 16, 2012

You may have heard that this is the first war game that is actually about the horrors of war and how it impacts individuals. It is not.  read more

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Watch the New Video From Vår (formerly War), “In Your Arms (Final Fantasy)"

By Hilary Saunders at 6:19 PM on May 8, 2012

Not to be outdone by The Morning Benders’ changing their name to POP ETC., the Danish duo formerly known as War announced this weekend on Liberation Day (the day the Nazi's relinquished occupation of the Denmark) that from here on out, they will be known as Vår. Their new name translates to “spring” in Danish and symbolizes a new musical direction for the band.   read more

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Sebastian Junger: WAR

By David Langness at 12:30 PM on May 12, 2010

When I came back from the war in Vietnam I was 21 years old. In my platoon near the DMZ they called me the old man, but back in the U.S.A. I was just a not-very-introspective or self-aware kid, struggling to make sense of what I’d been through....  read more

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High Definition: The Pacific

By Josh Jackson at 8:00 AM on March 30, 2010

I’ll occasionally tear up in movies, but I cried like a baby in Saving Private Ryan. My wife’s Grandpa Wigton flew bombers in Europe during World II but was called home after his two brothers died in combat. I was completely alone in the theater, catching a mid-week matinee. I paced the floor in front of the screen in the tenser parts of the movie, but the scene that knocked me out was just after one of the most brutal accounts of war I’d ever witnessed: the opening battle on the beaches of Normandy. The film cut to a non-descript...  read more

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21 Songs About Booze

By Steve LaBate at 7:00 AM on August 29, 2009

Above: Prohibition, what a waste. Angelo Cammarata, 95, is the world's longest-running bartender. He's literally been serving since a few minutes after prohibition ended in 1933—he's even in the Guinness Book and Jim Beam's Bartender Hall of Fame for his longevity slinging suds. Of course, there's more to being a barkeep than pouring drinks. As this man has presided over his family business—no-frills neighborhood bar Cammarata's Cafe in West View, Pa.—for the better part of the last century and into the new millennium, he's also been a friend and counselor to his devoted regulars. Now, Cammarata plans to retire, and...  read more

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