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These aren't the mini-games you're used to -- that much is for sure.</p> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090217174951/http://blastmagazine.com/the-magazine/gaming/previews/2009/02/hands-on-grand-theft-auto-chinatown-wars/" title="Read More" class="open"></a> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090217174951im_/http://blastmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/kungfufightexclusive_588.jpg" alt="" class="full"/> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090217174951im_/http://blastmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/kungfufightexclusive_588.jpg" alt="" class="thumbnail"/> </div> <div class="imageElement"> <h2>Time well spent: Jim Lee and Marv Wolfman</h2> <p>Two comics icons sit down with Blast to talk about the upcoming DC Universe Online</p> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090217174951/http://blastmagazine.com/the-magazine/entertainment/2009/02/time-well-spent-jim-lee-and-marv-wolfman/" title="Read More" class="open"></a> <img src="/web/20090217174951im_/http://blastmagazine.com/images/fgal/DC_scr_env_metro_0040_gallery.jpg" alt="" class="full"/> <img src="/web/20090217174951im_/http://blastmagazine.com/images/fgal/DC_scr_env_metro_0040_gallery.jpg" alt="" class="thumbnail"/> </div> <div class="imageElement"> <h2>Excellence as clear as Black and White</h2> <p>Ballet week for Blast Magazine. We interview a prima ballerina, review a show, and attend a practice.</p> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090217174951/http://blastmagazine.com/the-magazine/arts/theater/2009/02/excellence-as-clear-as-black-and-white/" title="Read More" class="open"></a> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090217174951im_/http://blastmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/_dsc0515_boston_ballet_blackandwhite_lander_588_400.jpg" alt="" class="full"/> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090217174951im_/http://blastmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/_dsc0515_boston_ballet_blackandwhite_lander_588_400.jpg" alt="" class="thumbnail"/> </div> <div class="imageElement"> <h2>Mike Kinsella: Football, Owen, and Chicago pizza</h2> <p>Mike Kinsella talks with Blast about the future of Owen, the importance of Chicago's indie scene, and why he prefers to be called "The Consumer of Chicago Style Pizza."</p> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090217174951/http://blastmagazine.com/the-magazine/entertainment/2009/02/mike-kinsella-football-owen-and-chicago-pizza/" title="Read More" class="open"></a> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090217174951im_/http://blastmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/owenfeature.jpg" alt="" class="full"/> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090217174951im_/http://blastmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/owenfeature.jpg" alt="" class="thumbnail"/> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="homepageleft">  <div class="hpfeatured"> <h3>Entertainment</h3>  <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090217174951/http://blastmagazine.com/the-magazine/entertainment/2009/02/friday-the-13th-is-only-good-in-context/" rel="bookmark"><img style="float:left;margin:0px 10px 0px 0px;" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090217174951im_/http://blastmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/fridaythe13th.jpg" alt="Friday the 13th is only good in context"/></a> <h8><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090217174951/http://blastmagazine.com/the-magazine/entertainment/2009/02/friday-the-13th-is-only-good-in-context/" rel="bookmark">Friday the 13th is only good in context</a></h8> <p> The hardest kind of review to write is a review for a mediocre film. I didn’t... <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090217174951/http://blastmagazine.com/the-magazine/entertainment/2009/02/friday-the-13th-is-only-good-in-context/"></a></p> <div style="border-bottom:1px dotted #94B1DF; margin-bottom:10px; padding:0px 0px 10px 0px; clear:both;"></div> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090217174951/http://blastmagazine.com/the-magazine/entertainment/2009/02/joss-whedon-discusses-dollhouse-1-of-2/" rel="bookmark"><img style="float:left;margin:0px 10px 0px 0px;" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090217174951im_/http://blastmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/dollhouse03.jpg" alt="Joss Whedon discusses “Dollhouse” (1 of 2)"/></a> <h8><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090217174951/http://blastmagazine.com/the-magazine/entertainment/2009/02/joss-whedon-discusses-dollhouse-1-of-2/" rel="bookmark">Joss Whedon discusses “Dollhouse” (1 of 2)</a></h8> <p>NEW YORK — If you’re anything like me, you marked the date for Joss Whedon’s... <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090217174951/http://blastmagazine.com/the-magazine/entertainment/2009/02/joss-whedon-discusses-dollhouse-1-of-2/"></a></p> <div style="border-bottom:1px dotted #94B1DF; margin-bottom:10px; padding:0px 0px 10px 0px; clear:both;"></div> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090217174951/http://blastmagazine.com/the-magazine/entertainment/2009/02/celebrate-valentines-day-with-ingrid-michaelson/" rel="bookmark"><img style="float:left;margin:0px 10px 0px 0px;" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090217174951im_/http://blastmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/canthelpingrid.jpg" alt="Celebrate Valentine’s Day with Ingrid Michaelson"/></a> <h8><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090217174951/http://blastmagazine.com/the-magazine/entertainment/2009/02/celebrate-valentines-day-with-ingrid-michaelson/" rel="bookmark">Celebrate Valentine’s Day with Ingrid Michaelson</a></h8> <p>Ingrid Michaelson has released a new music video of her single “Breakable”... <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090217174951/http://blastmagazine.com/the-magazine/entertainment/2009/02/celebrate-valentines-day-with-ingrid-michaelson/"></a></p> <div style="border-bottom:1px dotted #94B1DF; margin-bottom:10px; padding:0px 0px 10px 0px; clear:both;"></div> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090217174951/http://blastmagazine.com/the-magazine/entertainment/2009/02/a-cursive-memory/" rel="bookmark"><img style="float:left;margin:0px 10px 0px 0px;" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090217174951im_/http://blastmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/l_83797cc5249451294d7d5b1b1d8382ea_cursive_memory_70.jpg" alt="A Cursive Memory"/></a> <h8><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090217174951/http://blastmagazine.com/the-magazine/entertainment/2009/02/a-cursive-memory/" rel="bookmark">A Cursive Memory</a></h8> <p>It was a half an hour before they were set to take the stage at Boston’s Harper’s... <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090217174951/http://blastmagazine.com/the-magazine/entertainment/2009/02/a-cursive-memory/"></a></p> <div style="border-bottom:1px dotted #94B1DF; margin-bottom:10px; padding:0px 0px 10px 0px; clear:both;"></div> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090217174951/http://blastmagazine.com/the-magazine/entertainment/2009/02/broken-heart-this-list-of-songs-might-make-it-worse/" rel="bookmark"><img style="float:left;margin:0px 10px 0px 0px;" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090217174951im_/http://blastmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/heart_515.gif" alt="Broken heart? 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According... <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090217174951/http://blastmagazine.com/the-magazine/culturefashion/2009/02/no-fries-in-09-6-failed-baked-onion-rings/"></a></p> <div style="border-bottom:1px dotted #94B1DF; margin-bottom:10px; padding:0px 0px 10px 0px; clear:both;"></div>  <h9><a href="/web/20090217174951/http://blastmagazine.com/culture" rel="bookmark">Read more stories about fashion, sex, the environment and food</a></h9> </div> <div class="hpfeatured" style="margin-top:10px;"> <h3>Arts</h3>  <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090217174951/http://blastmagazine.com/the-magazine/arts/theater/2009/02/gallery-the-boston-ballet-at-practice/" rel="bookmark"><img style="float:left;margin:0px 10px 0px 0px;" src="/web/20090217174951im_/http://blastmagazine.com/images/fgal/_DSC0537_70.jpg" alt="Gallery: The Boston Ballet at practice"/></a> <h8><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090217174951/http://blastmagazine.com/the-magazine/arts/theater/2009/02/gallery-the-boston-ballet-at-practice/" rel="bookmark">Gallery: The Boston Ballet at practice</a></h8> <p>Blast Magazine had the chance to attend a Boston Ballet practice session on Friday... <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090217174951/http://blastmagazine.com/the-magazine/arts/theater/2009/02/gallery-the-boston-ballet-at-practice/"></a></p> <div style="border-bottom:1px dotted #94B1DF; margin-bottom:10px; padding:0px 0px 10px 0px; clear:both;"></div> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090217174951/http://blastmagazine.com/the-magazine/arts/theater/2009/02/excellence-as-clear-as-black-and-white/" rel="bookmark"><img style="float:left;margin:0px 10px 0px 0px;" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090217174951im_/http://blastmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/blackwhite_144_110_7070.gif" alt="Excellence as clear as Black and White"/></a> <h8><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090217174951/http://blastmagazine.com/the-magazine/arts/theater/2009/02/excellence-as-clear-as-black-and-white/" rel="bookmark">Excellence as clear as Black and White</a></h8> <p> Boston Ballet’s Black and White will be a hit. 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