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Randy Pitchford is at it again! Just after reporting on Direct2Drive's Modern Warfare 2 boycott and mentioning Pitchford's previous anti-Valve rant , I got word that his latest criticism had surfaced.

Jurors assessed a 60-year sentence Wednesday for Jack Lee King, who was on trial for the 1993 murder of a 23-year-old whose body was never found.

At Tuesday's stunning show at a packed-to-the-rafters House of Blues - the first of a two-night stand - Dethlok ringmaster Brendon Small and his metal compatriots played in the darkness, the better to provide the frantic soundtrack to the videos of the cartoon band that were shown on a screen behind them.

H ow do you best describe singer and guitar player Audie Blaylock? Perhaps Nashville Public Radio's "Bluegrass Breakdown" host Dave Higgs said it best: "He got his baptism by fire playing with Jimmy Martin as a teenager; he honed his craft with Rhonda Vincent & the Rage; and now fronts one of the fieriest traditional bands in the genre." Audie ...

Taoiseach Brian Cowen has dismissed calls to safeguard dole payments and protect the unemployed from vicious Budget cuts.

Converge's Jacob Bannon leads his band of brothers. Details: Converge: With High on Fire, Dethklok, and Mastodon.

So, Belgium, eh? Or, more specifically: Ghent, eh? Home to... Soulwax. Go on, we dare you to name something/anything else from that little Belgian municipality to have achieved notoriety .

HR of Bad Brains / security on stage during Bad Brains "...At this point, Bad Brains were playing, and it was clear more trouble was in store, when some guy in some sort of medeival doungeon master getup tried to crowd surf during "Attitude," which inspired the security to storm the stage twelve or so deep, evacuate the Bad Brains, and stand like ...

He also covers music for "The Edge" entertainment section. G ene Simmons is fond of saying some bands get it and some don't. Dethklok, the death metal band based on the popular Adult Swim "Metalocalypse" cartoon, definitely gets it.

Sounding more like an independent than a Democrat, Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn. , tells ABC News he will campaign for some Republican candidates during the 2010 midterm elections and may not seek the Democratic Senate nomination when he runs for re-election in 2012.

To the uninitiated, the Massachusetts quartet Converge can be downright terrifying.

Atreyu - CONGREGATION OF THE DAMNED Tuesday, October 27, 2009 12:00 AM Musick Reviews The metalcore and screamo explosion of the early 2000's brought with it an onslaught of bands that disappeared almost as quickly as they arrived.

This year, the annual White Ribbon Against Pornography Week runs Sunday, Oct. 25, through Sunday, Nov.

Call of Duty has traditionally been a first-person shooter series. However, in Modern Warfare 2 , is giving you the option of enjoying the option in third-person as well.

The Investment Management Association has today published research on fund management costs and performance based on its largest fund sector, UK All Companies.

Defunct and sorely-missed hardcore band the Blood Brothers will re-issue four of their five full-length albums on November 17 via Epitaph.

Dalton Ross is an Assistant Managing Editor at EW and would feel a whole lot better if you would stop looking at his picture.

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What are the Waziristan war aims? Topic started by Zeeman on Oct 21, 2009 2:11:53 am What are the Waziristan war aims? For the Pakistani army, success in South Waziristan would almost certainly need follow-up operations elsewhere The Pakistani army's push against Taliban and al-Qaeda militants in the Mehsud tribal stronghold of South Waziristan has ...

The PC version will use a similar matchmaking system as the console game. Infinity Ward community manager Robert Bowling has revealed that 'IWNet' will act as match-making service for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 that will arrange all matches in MW2.