Anyone who played games back in the olden days (i.e., the late ’80s) knows they used to be a lot tougher. Cartridges back then subscribed to the “Oh, you want some of this?” school of game design. They made you gnash your teeth, throw your controller, and bellow four-letter words…
Getting Groovy in 2001: A Space Odyssey. The Cat’s Pajamas had a great time last Friday night at Design After Dark, the benefit for the Denver Art Museum. The food was tasty, the booze was boozy and the music was dancy. All of the architects did an amazing job creating…
For most of us, the closest we get to practicing medicine is telling a depressed co-worker, “Somebody’s got a case of the Mondays.” But that doesn’t stop us from living vicariously through TV doctors. Now, with Trauma Center: Second Opinion, you can take your surgical dreams one step further. Thanks…
The Cat’s Pajamas is taking a much-needed stretch after a mid-winter cat nap. You see, Cat really hates the cold. Sure, the first day is all sledding and hot chocolate and weeee!, but by week six, nobody looks cute in stocking caps and knitted scarves. Everyone just looks disheveled and…
Despite Link’s green tunic and Peter Pan hat, he remains Nintendo’s most respected badass. In the long-awaited Twilight Princess for the Wii, the elf hero begins yet another quest to save the world with his trademark bombs and boomerangs. Minor déjá vu aside, Twilight Princess becomes nothing short of an…
It’s been 20 years since the first Castlevania bewitched gamers with its gothic horror. Twenty years of vampire hunters going fist to fang with Lord Dracula. With almost two dozen titles in the series, Castlevania is one of the most enduring and beloved game franchises of all time. Castlevania: Portrait…
Despite Link’s green tunic and Peter Pan hat, he remains Nintendo’s most respected badass. In the long-awaited Twilight Princess for the Wii, the elf hero begins yet another quest to save the world with his trademark bombs and boomerangs. Minor déjà vu aside, Twilight Princess becomes nothing short of an…
Imagine two game producers rushing down the hall. One wants to pitch a WW2 game, the other a sci-fi shooter. They round a corner, crash into each other, and their papers go flying everywhere — and in one of those great “You got chocolate in my peanut butter!” moments, Resistance:…
Aside from that new ball, NBA Live 07 may be the worst product to bear the league’s name this year. The new basketball game from Electronic Arts is so glitchy that scores of buyers launched an online petition demanding a do-over. Luckily for the rest of us, consumers have a…
Nintendo has achieved the impossible: My 50-year-old, non-gaming father wants a Wii for Christmas. Either I’ve been whisked to Bizarro World, or The House That Mario Built is on to something big. With the release of its oddly monikered next-gen system, Nintendo may just have revolutionized the way America will…
On Saturday, The Cat’s Pajamas took her mom out for a day of camera shopping. That is, we embarked on the Holiday Boutique Crawl — hosted by eighteen northwest Denver shops — armed only with a camera (not credit cards) in search of the best that our city has to…
Sarah Bahl had her Cherry Creek coming out last weekend, debuting her new line at Anastasia Collection, the just-opened boutique at 201 Milwaukee. Her line reflects much of what is happening in Denver fashion right now: whimsical recycled and reconstructed styles. Sarah hates using new fabrics, in particular, and she…
Last Saturday it was beyond cold outside, but inside Trax things were heating up for the 22nd Annual MAX Fashion Show. Every year Max Martinez hosts the extravaganza that showcases the spring looks that will be available in his boutiques. This year, Missoni, Chloe, Narciso Rodriguez and Diane Von Furstenberg…
A Special Cat’s Pajamas Report from Susan Froyd, Westword’s own Night & Day editor — and shoe aficionado. Clark’s Indigo Mademoiselle, $93.95 As a former San Franciscan, I always thought that I could safely say I’d left my heart there. In my bedazzled mind, there’s no city on earth more…
Denver’s fashion-power couple. Tran and Josh Wills are always on the go. Not only do they have three lovely children to keep up with, they are the owners of The Fabric Lab boutique at 3105 East Colfax Avenue and are now partners in the new Belmar venture A++, along with…
By now, you’ve probably heard about Bully. It’s the game that was supposed to finally ruin America’s youth. Crusading lawyer Jack Thompson, the self-appointed schoolmarm of the videogame industry, called it a “Columbine simulator” and tried to block stores from selling it. Lou Dobbs — who hasn’t seen a videogame…
How’s this for some serious personal style? The self-appointed Disco Bicuits — Francois Palloux, Justin Cochran, Jason Barzel and Jerome Hermelin of Le Central — got down with their badselves during the annual Turkey Trot race to benefit the Food Bank of the Rockies. And while Cat doesn’t normally go…
Denver finally made an appearance on the super-groovy site The Cool Hunter: Roaming the Globe So You’re in the Know. So what got us there? The Hamilton building? The new Clyfford Still museum? The Lab at Belmar? Or maybe some of our local designers? Nope. Denver Water. That’s what got…
Guitar Hero gave party games a much-needed kick in the ass. No one expected this rhythm game — sold with a miniature plastic guitar — to play to sellout crowds. But it became the most addictive game of the year and one of the most attractive to non-gamers. The reason…
This is the last weekend of the Denver International Film Festival, and dressing for such an occasion is no easy task. You want to look hip in case you get caught by any of the roving paparazzi, but you also want to be comfortable because, well, you’ll be on your…
Final Fantasy is to role-playing games as the Yankees are to baseball. The series — now almost 20 years old — practically redefined the genre with Final Fantasy VII on the original PlayStation, the first console RPG that captured a mainstream audience in the States. But FF was a victim…
It has become obvious to me that we need to have a little heart-to-heart about what we put on our feet. Because if there’s anything The Cat’s Pajamas learned from reading Seventeen as kitten, it’s never neglect your shoes. An outfit without the proper footwear is a fate worse than…
