Thursday, November 15, 2007

Guitar Hero III lives up to hype, totally rocks out, man

By Brittany Coombs, The Dartmouth Staff

Just in time for the holidays and for the alleviation of post-second-midterm-crunch-time-depression arrives the highly anticipated and universally extolled “Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock.” The head-bangin’, whammy board-breakin’, tendonitis-inducin’ third installment in the popular music video game series has taken the otherwise cramped, comfortless and poorly outfitted Dartmouth residence hall by storm (along with the rest of the world, for that matter). More »

Britney may be a disaster, but her album is brilliant

By Matthew Ritger, The Dartmouth Staff

Last Wednesday night circa 12:30 a.m., “Everybody” — a bonus track off the new Britney Spears album — came thumping over the speakers in the basement of Bones Gate fraternity. The skinny jean scene reverberated to the sampled beat of the Eurythmics’ “Sweet Dreams” while Britney crooned her aggressive nihilism: “Everybody, baby, is all you need/let go of the way things used to be.” The album, her first in four years, is titled “Blackout.” In other words, it’s totally legit. More »