Rhetoric V. Reality When It Comes To Civil Liberties, Talk Is Cheap Since 9/11, President Bush and his administration have told us again and again that the terrorists who seek to destroy our country hate [...] Steven Robert Allen \ Jun 29, 2006 Read More
A Handsome Family Short Story In Exactly 108 Words The Octopus uses three hearts to pump its blood. It thinks not only with its small brain, but with nerve clusters in each [...] Rennie Sparks \ Jun 22, 2006 Read More (Jeff Drew)
Talula's Lipstick An Amalgam Of This Year’s Worst Short Story Contest Entries The night was soft and suffocating like the clingy sundress she wore. "Shake your hips, Talula," he gurgled, moving in time with music [...] Laura Marrich \ Jun 22, 2006 Read More
Here's To You, Shorty Pants The Alibi 'S 2006 Ridiculously Short Fiction Contest Well, here we are, once again. We’ve rifled through an Everest of entries received from as far away as Paraguay and the secret [...] Steven Robert Allen \ Jun 22, 2006 Read More
Feature An Interview With The Handsome Family We’re sitting in Brett and Rennie Sparks’ little adobe house in Nob Hill, and it’s not at all what we imagined. We were [...] Steven Robert Allen and Laura Marrich \ Jun 22, 2006 Read More
Feature The Transcendental World Of The Japanese Shooter The primary urge of video gaming is to shoot.In the beginning (1962 to be precise) was Spacewar, a monumental gaming achievement. For the [...] Jerry Cornelius \ Jun 15, 2006 Read More Flame on!
Bird Of Prey Introducing The Novint Falcon Since the infancy of computers, people have been trying to develop better interfaces for playing games. The first attempt at a controller was [...] Austin Blandford \ Jun 15, 2006 Read More The Novint Falcon (Courtesy of Novint Technologies, Inc.)
Geeks Ain’t What They Used To Be Video Gaming In Albuquerque Before the advent of the Internet, there were video games. Before cell phones and e-mail connected us with friends far and near, the [...] Amy Dalness \ Jun 15, 2006 Read More Garrett Tapia in his home turf--the arcade. (Wes Naman)
Get Your Game On! Hardcore gamers and part-time button smashers unite! There’s a weekend full of events to satisfy even the most persistent gaming addiction. Grab some [...] Amy Dalness \ Jun 15, 2006 Read More
The Gamer Dictionary Lost in the forrest of acronyms and shorthand that is gamespeak? You’re a n00b. It’s OK. The Alibi is here to drop a [...] Marisa Demarco \ Jun 15, 2006 Read More