Danny Gallagher

It has been more than 14 years since the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) has had a new game to make it feel special and useful. Now a gaming company has offered a new reason to plug the thing back into your TV’s A/V output — a brand-new game for the classic console.

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Sunday’s showdown between Xavier and Dayton might have been a buzzer-beater but the talk of the game was CBS Sports reporter James Bates’ loose stool. No, this won’t jeopardize CBS’ sponsorship deal with the Depends people.

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Back in the day, one of the biggest staples of the mall and movie theater arcades was the face smashing, button masher ‘Wrestlefest.’. Now it’s back on the iPhone and the iPad.

THQ has revived the classic square circle pixel-fest that not only includes some of the biggest and brightes

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Beer commercials became tolerable to football fans with short attention spans when ad men realized that guys like blonds in skimpy clothes with perky breasts. The day our screens gave us a shot of the gorgeous Klimaszewski sisters, the ‘Coors Light Twins,’ we built an altar to the glory of Madison Avenue for bringing them into our lives.

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The new NBC show ‘Smash’s’ key demographic (music loving women and people revolting against ‘Glee’) and their very patient male partners shouldn’t have any problem recognizing the show’s underdog star — Katharine McPhee. She first popped up on our TV during the fifth season of ‘American Idol’ and quickly became one of the show’s breakout stars.

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Super Bowl ads tend to have more longevity than traditional commercials thanks to their large budgets, creative freedom and overall goal to keep you glued to the TV between quarters. Some, however, aren't remembered for the joy they brought but rather for the public outcry they produced.

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The Super Bowl might bring the promise of glory to one group of lucky fans and humiliating and bitter defeat to another, but for the rest of the universe, it's a chance to enjoy some primo, top-of-the-line adver-tainment.

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Athletes carry an aura of invincibility that seems to make their fans think that just because they can jump high, run like lightning or throw a ball the length of a small subdivision, that means they can do just about anything. This leads to the music industry automatically assuming that they can also sing.

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It takes more than just a sharp mind, an iconic voice and an encyclopedic knowledge of football to bring the ‘Madden’ football video games to life. Apparently, it also takes a man-cave that could make even the most hardened soul shed a manly tear

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A new film for Mercedes-Benz by director Alex Prager features one of their hottest cars and one of the Netherlands’ hottest fashion models.

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