January, 2007

Subaru seems to face a dilemna. They make one of the world’s top performance
cars with the Impreza WRX STi, yet still are viewed by the general public as a
purveyor of pedestrian automobiles better suited for camping and hauling gardening
supplies, at least outside of the automotive cognoscenti. With the Legacy 2.5
GT, and in particular its new-for-’07, [...]

Venezuela is home to some
of the hottest women on earth, vast oil fields, Los Amigos Invisibles and one
Yankees-go-home despot; the perfect environment for entrepreneurial Swede Matias to set up his mercenary-for-hire service and make with the big badda-boom. Redesigned from the ground up for the PS3, World in Flames is a new breed of destruction [...]

With the constant need for profit, game publishers are constantly trying to push sequels to successful franchises, and new series either get shot down by studios or by witless gamers demanding a regurgitation of the same. Assassin’s Creed, Ubisoft’s new first-person quest, is one of those few gleaming moments in the gaming world that give [...]

Leave it to the French to show the rest of us how things should be done, with style. Not surprisingly, its several French producers and outfits that really stand out on this album that begins with a MSTRKRFT remix of Wolfmother’s squealing “Woman” before bringing Bloc Party’s “Banquet,” as rubbed into electro sexiness by Boys [...]

If there’s an underground crew that hasn’t got that classic bubble-over
effect yet, it would have to be the QN5 crew. Album in and album out QN5 gets the love, but not as much as they should. Taking one more stab at grabbing the headphones off hip-hop listeners and shaking their head to make’em pay attention, [...]

It is time for America to experience the first and probably last JIFA World Cup Car Soccer match. The only reason I say the last is because no venue will host a sport like this after watching this DVD, not even the famed Fuji Speedway. (They learn from their mistakes.) Stare in disbelief [...]

Steroids make watching things so much more fun. I’d probably watch bowling if everyone was juiced up and electrified. Are you with me—steroids enhance the all around experience! Of course there’s the lone, misguided naysayer who thinks purity comes first. They somehow fail to recognize what a jolt of juice can bring to the table. [...]

The D1 Grand Prix returns to Irwindale, California for its 2006 season opener. As always, D1 changed up the track configuration which made for a lot of DNQs. This video is full of the tarmac sliding action you would expect from D1. With US drivers continuing to be a threat to the [...]

A virgin can’t tell you what it’s like to have sex with a gaggle of girls just because he’s watched a few porn videos. I’ve seen Faces of Death, but I have no idea what it’s like to eat monkey brains or light myself on fire. Well, there was that one Jackass moment in high [...]

There are many reasons Subaru has and will remain in the tuning limelight. You don’t have to be a part of the Subie camp to appreciate the wicked machines at work on this video. It all begins with the 2006 Oregon Trail Performance Rally, follow the likes of Ken Block and Travis Pastrana [...]