PROVIDENCE

Digital Armageddon: Could foreign hackers execute a crippling attack on American shores?
Terror 2.0 - BY DAVID SCHARFENBERG

Hand puppets and Hope: Grading the candidates' ads

Air War
Primary season is upon us. And the four Democrats vying to succeed retiring 1st District Congressman Patrick Kennedy are engaged in a particularly lively air war on television and the Interzone.

By: DAVID SCHARFENBERG | September 01, 2010

Interview: Six Finger Satellite

Providence band talks Machine Cuisine Companion Cassette reissue
Providence retro-futuristic bad boys Six Finger Satellite have re-issued their elusive 1994 self-released Machine Cuisine Companion Cassette off Anchor Brain records, available for the post-analog age via internet download or cassette.

By: NICK BLAKEY | September 02, 2010

The Laser Orgy 500: the Phoenix's quest to crown the greatest video game of all time

Battle royal
It all began, as most of our ideas do, with a silly argument at the Phoenix office.

By: RYAN STEWART | September 01, 2010

Review: Takers

More like "Takers or Leavers"
Much of this LA-based actioner directed by John Luessenhop carries on like a generic TV crime drama propped up with a bristling score and rapid-fire flash cuts that redirect you from one disjointed situation to the next.

By: TOM MEEK | September 01, 2010

Review: The American

Gun for hire: Clooney's aim is true
Why so many movies this year about aging secret agents? Probably to accommodate all the aging lead actors.

By: PETER KEOUGH | August 31, 2010

Review: Going the Distance

Long, Barrymore are out of gas
For a documentary, Nanette Burstein's American Teen felt awfully scripted. But it had a pulse, and characters you could invest in.

By: BRETT MICHEL | September 01, 2010

Review: Hydro Thunder: Hurricane

Hurricane Force: riding a high tide
Another summer, another wave of critically acclaimed downloadable games.

By: MITCH KRPATA | September 01, 2010

The backstory on Curt Schilling's Rhode Island jaunt

Origins
The Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation's controversial decision to offer a $75 million loan guarantee to former Red Sox ace Curt Schilling's video-game company, 38 Studios, has become a prime issue on the campaign trail.

By: DAVID SCHARFENBERG | September 01, 2010

Dr. Lovemonkey: Fantasies and fakers

Dr. Lovemonkey answers your questions
I am a college student in my mid-20s and have been married for two-and-a half years to my husband, who is wonderful and who I adore. Here is my weird problem: for many years I've had a hopeless crush on Al Pacino.

By: DR. LOVEMONKEY | August 31, 2010

Girl Haggard let loose with Country and Eastern

Cowboy junkies
An adorable, Tennessee-bred country-bumpkin whose idea of the perfect evening out begins and ends with shots and beers at the E&O Tap? What else could a man ask for?

By: CHRIS CONTI | August 31, 2010

Savor the local flavor

Hungry? You've come to the right place
In some college towns, you're lucky if you can find two or three good eateries. In Providence, you could get through med school and still not be done exploring — especially if you're willing to venture deep into the city and out across Rhode Island.

By: MARION DAVIS | August 31, 2010