Zinfully Good (LOL, yuck yuck yuck, so on and so forth)!»
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“No Wimpy Wines” is the mantra of Ravenswood, a California Winery that is spread out in a few parts of the Cali Wine Country. I give them much credit as they are a fairly large winery, yet they’ve managed to compartmentalize themselves so that their products are of notable quality.
They do have a blended Zin, […]

ALTGN’s One Minute (or less) Reviews: Alone in the Dark»
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Atari revamps the Alone in the Dark series, bringing it into modern day with a vengeance. Well that, and lots and lots of fire. Tons of fire. Way more fire than you’d ever imagine. And YOU get to fight it!

ALTGN’S One Minute (or less) Reviews: Haze (PS3)»
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You probably want to know what a game is like before you shell out $60 for it. So watch this - and then go buy something in the Alt Amazon Store, you cheap bastards.

Rock Band Weekly DLC - Disturbing Cheeseburger Edition»
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It’s a rather eclectic week for Rock Band DLC. On one hand we’re getting a 3-pack of classic Jimmy Buffet and on the other, a 3-pack of new hard rock from Disturbed (or Disturburbed if you’re Microsoft.) Hey variety is always a good thing.

Rock Band Weekly DLC - The Cars»
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Following the deluge of Euro tracks last week, this week brings the Cars’ self-titled debut album. For $1.99 per track (160 Microsoft Points) or $14.99 (1200 Microsoft Points) for the album, you can get…

Microsoft Sees the Light - DRM Fix on the Way!»
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In an interview over on Next-Gen.biz, the general manager of Xbox Live Marc Whitten let loose some great news for those of us with replaced Xbo360s. Coming next month is a tool that will allow gamers to relicense content for new consoles so they can access it while not being signed in to Xbox Live.

What Are Ya’ Buyin? - Fatass Edition»
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Now that GTA IV has come and gone, new releases are slowly starting to show their stupid non-GTAey faces. The biggest title this week is the pop-phenom Wii Fit followed by long awaited PS3 shooter Haze, although it’s getting a less than warm reception.

Rock Band Weekly DLC - Euro Edition»
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The Rock Band Weekly DLC returns with some international flair! This week’s DLC consists of the bonus tracks from the European launch of Rock Band. Will you buy non-English tracks for full price?

SNK Arcade Classics : VOLUME ONE»
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A bit of nostalgia, a trip back to being 11 and yearning for the ever elusive, extremely expensive NEO GEO. I think the system was $650, well above the price point of the Sega Genesis and Turbo Graffix 16. It was a time of ‘Beat’m ups’, Final Fight and Streets of Rage were the […]

XBLA Rocky and Bullwinkle Review»
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If you walk up to one of today’s youth and ask them if they know who Rocky and Bullwinkle are, they will most likely give you a puzzled look before going on about Ben 10 or Hannah Montana. Does this mean that those who are out of the loop with these characters should avoid this game? Not in the least.

Coming Soon, Weekend of April 18th»
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Asians fighting, rough break ups, and horrible horrible plots litter this weekend’s releases.

2003 Argiano Brunello : The Taste of Italy»
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I love Italian Wine. There is so much character and essence in Italian Wine that you simply cannot replicate without growing your fruit from that soil. It’s Real. It’s Lush. It is Italy. It has a distinct flavor of Earth and Oak, mixed with ripe fruit and lush berry. There is nothing like Italian wine, even when its not “Italian Wine” like the IGT Antinori wine I reviewed.

Altcast 13: The Suck»
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The staff of AltGN.com would like to apologize for the way Altcast co-host Snewtch, aka Snutch, aka Long Balls Johnson, handled himself on this weeks podcast.

Rock Band Weekly DLC Addendum - Mötley Crüe Surprise!»
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Those sneaky bastards at Harmonix threw us a curveball this week with the announcement of an additional song to go along with the Classic Rock Pack. On April 15th for Xbox 360 and April 17th for Playstation 3 , Mötley Crüe’s new single “Saints of Los Angeles” will release for 99 cents.

PSN Store Down Until 11PM PST Tonight»
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If by chance you were wondering why you couldn’t get your fix on the stale two week old content on the PS3, it’s because since 6.00 A.M PST this morning, the store was taken down to do complete the final touches to the highly publicized PSN Store revamp.