Atari’s Pong may seem elementary compared with today’s high-definition video games that can link up to players anywhere in the world, but it’s one of the reasons video games are a billion-dollar industry. Pong, a bare-bones version of table tennis consisting of just two vertical bars as paddles and a tiny…
Picture this: You and your sweetheart have been dating for a while, and it’s been going well. You’ve spent holidays with each other’s families. You’re (mostly) OK with each other’s cleanliness habits. You like each other’s pets — and more important, they like you. Things are getting good. You start…
Dallas’ gayborhood will soon get a makeover. For decades, the strip on Oak Lawn and Cedar Springs has served as a bar district and nightlife destination for Dallas’ LGBTQ+ community. Changes are underway to make the gayborhood safer. Work will be done on the sidewalks to make them more compliant…
Dallas is one of the sexiest cities in America, and it’s not the first time we’ve been called that. Earlier this month, Dallas landed at No. 6 on a list, which was based on more than simply curb appeal, and created by Pink Cherry, an online sex toy vendor out…
Free Play Arcade, the local retro arcade chain, will build a fourth location near downtown Fort Worth and halt plans to open a pinball arcade in the Oak Cliff neighborhood. Corey Hayden, owner and founder of the chain, which opened its first location in Richardson in 2015, says the Fort…
There won’t be any professional Major League Soccer players kicking the ball on a soccer field this weekend. Instead there will be professional gamers virtually controlling the players. Professional EA Sports FIFA 19 esports gamers, who are representing their local MLS clubs, will compete in the eMLS League Series Two…
Add skateboarding to the list of things you can do in Deep Ellum. The Point Skate Shop, a one-stop shop for all skateboarding gear and apparel, is now open. Behind its tinted windows on Main Street, customers are greeted with a variety of shoes, clothes and boards. Then suddenly, their…
Last year, the Dallas Mavericks added another team to Dallas’ growing roster of esports teams, the Mavs Gaming team for the NBA2K League that plays Take-Two Interactive’s NBA2K basketball title. The season may not have ended with a championship for the gaming or the real team last season, but it’s…
Mark Theurer knew his son Alexander would not be ready for college after he graduated from McKinney Boyd High School. Alexander connects to the world in a different way, and art is his nexus between him and others. He’s been submersed in creativity nearly his whole life. At 3, Alexander…
The Ross at Peak Thrift Store, the shabby, barn-red shop with the sign above the door shouting to passersby that “EVERYTHING MUST GO!” really means it this time. The shop, loved by antique hunters and designers, is falling victim to gentrification. Building owner Mitchell Rasansky says proprietors painted the white…
You’ve played “Mario Kart” all your life — from the day you could learn how to use your reflexive responses to dodge green turtle shells. This is your moment to actually use those skills to acquire money, and this time, you’ll need more than your thumbs to win. The Mushroom Rally…
About 30 people, mostly Native American youth, filed into a small, upper room of an unassuming building in Oak Cliff. A drum began to beat. Members of the Soar Beyond Youth Mentor Organization were there to practice for the Dallas Women’s March, where they drummed and sang for missing and…
There are countless things you can buy in a Walmart. TVs, dishwashing detergent, all the modern creature comforts are a few crowded aisles away. But since November, a Walmart in DFW has added one item to the list: therapy. Beacon Care Services, an offshoot of Boston-based behavioral health services company…
Ask any hardcore gamer who grew up in the 1980s to name what they believe to be the first portable gaming console. They’d probably answer with the Entex Electric Baseball game or those tiny, white Tiger Electronics LCD games that their parents thought were just as good as a Sega…
The annual pride celebration in Dallas will move from its traditionally scheduled September spot to a few months earlier, in June. Jaron Turnbow, executive director of Dallas Tavern Guild and Dallas Pride, made the announcement via a statement on the Dallas Pride website after speaking with community members in an…
Courtney Ann was nearing 1 million followers on her Instagram account @texasthighs when it was suddenly shut down. The fitness — and, well, ass — Instagram model and influencer, who is a Fort Worth mother, has had the account for more than two years. She says that while it has…
There’s only one way to open the largest esports complex in the country, and the city of Arlington christened its new esports complex with a virtual competition on a massive screen. The Arlington Esports Stadium hosted its official opening Monday with its first public tour and demonstration of the 100,000-square-foot,…
With the holiday season here, families are bound to spend more time with one another and have even closer conversations. Inevitably, when conversations run too long, the risk of politics being brought to the table increases. There’s always that one relative who feels strongly about politics and wants you to…
Oh yeah, it’s that time of year. Again? Again. Normally it’s time to start panicking, but this year is going to be different. You’ll have more time to panic but not about holiday gift shopping. You got this. What’s better than shopping local? Shopping online. And what’s better than shopping…
The holiday season brings good food in large doses, family that are good in small doses and travel that requires a heavy dose of a narcotic to get through. More than a few of you will shove clothes into bags and beg friends for rides as you make your way…
When Leah McElrath tweeted about her calves in relation to Beto O’Rourke’s love-making, it wasn’t about sex. “The idea behind it was an analogy about different candidates’ philosophies about what was necessary in a candidate and a campaign,” McElrath, a freelance writer and activist, tells us over the phone. “I…
Whether you’re a Republican, a Democrat or Wiccan, there is one thing that unites everyone: sex. Everyone wants it, but one particular group is a little less willing to spread their wallets to make it happen. A new survey of more than 400 Dallas residents showed that Republican men are…
