Next month, it’s game on for Arlington and its new esports stadium. The city of Arlington announced that the Esports Stadium Arlington will open to the public on the weekend after Thanksgiving, giving the city the right to brag that they are home to the largest gaming and esports facility…
It seems like just yesterday the fair had its opening day, but now there’s only two weeks left to make it out to the State Fair of Texas. If you’ve been thinking about going but are living the modest life where you’re relieved every time your debit card gets approved,…
Virtual reality technology may be the most immersive form of digital entertainment in the history of gaming, but it still has its limitations. The most noticeable one is stagnation. VR headsets like the HTC Vive, the Oculus Rift and Sony’s PlayStation VR offer fluid reactions to a player’s movements, but those…
In recent years new perspectives have pushed sex positivity a bit closer to the forefront of society. Pole dancing has become as much an athletic pursuit as a debauched pastime. Modern sensibilities have allowed for models of a wide range of body types to be plastered on magazine covers and…
You know that you’re wearing a headset that’s projecting a movement-sensing image of a heavily fortified Imperial facility on a lava-coated planet. You know that when you move your arm or hold an imaginary rifle in front of your face that the sight of Imperial armor or E-11 blaster rifle…
eGency Global and Southern Methodist University Guildhall have teamed up to launch OP Live Dallas, a premier esports event, that will offer esports fans a unique experience than traditional esports events. Not only will the event feature the largest Overwatch collegiate tournament in North Texas, it will also give esports…
Despite taking place three months after most major cities host their Pride celebrations, Dallas’s LGBTQ+ community always comes together every mid-September for a celebration of epic, queer proportions. While thousands crowd Cedar Springs Road and Oak Lawn Avenue every year to watch the Alan Ross Texas Freedom Parade, a lot…
NorthPark Center is more than 50 years old. In many ways NorthPark is a lot like it’s original clientele; it’s white, it’s been around forever, and its had a few face lifts in its time. After over a decade of existence, it stops being simply a shopping mall and starts…
Paul Allen has a unique side hustle in this day and age of Uber drivers and Instagram influencers. When he’s not at home, out with friends or doing software engineering for Verizon, he steps out in public in a ten-gallon hat, Texas flag cowboy boots, a pair of Speedos and nothing…
Carrollton’s Java Gaming Café was among the last three cities to host an Electronic Arts Sports-sanctioned Madden NFL 19 Classic Satellite: Dallas Open qualifier tournament on Sept. 22-23. However, EA announced they have canceled the remaining tournaments due to the events of a gunman, who opened fire at a Madden…
Jessica Sotero, a single mother of two from Irving who works as an administrative assistant in Dallas, signed up for WhatsYourPrice.com and found much more than a future boyfriend or husband.
Last month Dallas Mavericks CEO Cynthia Marshall told The Dallas Morning News that she has ordered more wholesome uniforms and less provocative routines for the Dallas Mavericks Dancers. After a February report from Sports Illustrated detailing a workplace that involved alleged sexual harassment from then-CEO Terdema Ussery, the Mavericks have…
If Nintendo is the family-friendly wing of the video game industry, then id Software and Bethesda Softworks are the cool, older sibling who rides a motorcycle, wears a leather jacket regardless of the weather and blasts speed metal at high volume in his poster-covered bedroom. The hardcore, PC-playing fans of…
The Intern in the Big City for the First TimeThere’s a smile on her face, but the white knuckles gripping the bag on her lap give her away. Her head pops up at every stop to make sure she hasn’t missed her stop, not realizing she’s on the wrong train…
Christian Brooks’ creativity seems to know no end. The leatherworker, musician and now author rattles off projects as fast as he mentions names of the famous people he’s worked with. Best known for his guitar straps, famously beloved by Stevie Ray Vaughan among many others, Brooks is now celebrating the…
For longer than a year, as you made your way from the Green Room in Deep Ellum to grab a slice at Serious Pizza, you could see a building with the words Deep Ellum Hostel at the top. Peering into the window would result in seeing different stages of construction,…
Every Friday the 13th, the staff and artists at Elm Street Tattoo, a Deep Ellum tattoo parlor, spend 24 straight hours tattooing people who line up to a “13” themed tattoo for a rock-bottom price. The place opens at midnight every Friday with a number 13 on its date and…
Ruben Buell speaks quietly. Maybe he isn’t used to media attention, but that’s unlikely. Maybe this president of a major company is just soft-spoken. Perhaps Buell doesn’t want to alert everyone in this Starbucks in Grapevine that he’s the president of Ashley Madison. Yeah, that could be it. Although he…
Toys ‘R’ Us announced in March that it was closing all of its stores, ending the saga of its massive bankruptcy and struggling sales. On Friday, the company finally closed all of its locations. Toys ‘R’ Us faced competition from online companies such as Amazon. It seemed to be making…
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport just added another way to pass that slow time before your flight. Gameway has opened two gaming lounge terminals — the first of their kind. “Airports are a very boring place,” says Jordan Walbridge, president and founder of Gameway. “You’re trapped there and you have nowhere…
After four years of competing, Violet S’Arbleu, née Jacob Chaput, was crowned Miss Gay Texas America in 2017. This year, he’s traveled to every city preliminary in Texas to help 27 drag contestants prepare to take the stage in Dallas and compete for the crown. “It’s an educational experience that…
Pride month comes to a close this weekend, but that doesn’t mean that showing love and support to all people, regardless of their gender or sexual orientation, has to stop. If you’re part of the LGBT community or are supporting someone you care about and want to permanently show it,…
