Frogger

Avoiding the Holiday's Most Cloying Carol

Hold the drumming, boy

Four Excellent New Christmas Songs That Are Guaranteed To Be Drummer Boy Challenge-Safe

This week in the Voice I discussed The Little Drummer Boy Challenge, a sort of Frogger pitting your ears against "Christmas creep." The rules are simple: If you haven't heard "The Little Drummer Boy" in any form—including Justin Bieber's recent, Busta Rhymes-assisted update of the song—s ... More >>

City's First 20 mph 'Slow Zone' Implemented in the Bronx

New York City's first "Slow Zone," a residential area of several blocks with maximum marked speeds of 20 miles per hour, has been unveiled in the Claremont section of the Bronx. The Daily News reports that 46 people were injured or killed in the Community Board 3 neighborhood, which includes Claremo ... More >>

Anatomy Of A Greenpoint Bike Accident

If a car slams you off your bike, the cops won't do anything

Get Nostalgic: Today Is National Video Game Day

​It's that time of the year again, the day you can hole up in your house and relive your childhood passion for video games without fear of being called a geek. In honor of this great holiday, we've talked to a few people about their favorite games. Do you remember Frogger?

100 'Sex-Crazed' Turtles Close Down JFK Airport Runway

​Turtles! 100 diamondback terrapin turtles flash-mobbed a runway at JFK airport today, leading to closure of that route for more than an hour. "Specialists" (because have you ever tried to pick up a turtle? It's scary!) removed the turtles at around 10 a.m., reports the New York Times City Roo ... More >>

NYC Bike Lanes Blocked by Everything, Including Cops

​The Bike War of 2011 has many fronts, including the NYPD against cyclists, with tickets at an all-time high, and the public (or politicians) against bike lines, with no one able to agree on how useful they are. Well maybe, DNAinfo proposes today, they're not getting the use they're meant to b ... More >>

The 10 Greatest Rap Songs About Video Games

​Def Jam Rapstar is the latest attempt to merge the worlds of hip-hop and video games. In the past, this has involved shoehorning playable rapper characters into cliched genres -- a Wu-Tang Clan beat-'em-up! 50 Cent's first-person shooter! -- or rappers licensing a few throwaway songs to the l ... More >>

New York Times Seeks Photos of Subway Rats Before They Go Extinct

Frank Franklin II/Associated Press via The New York Times​With the MTA and the Health Department cracking down on the problem, if you can even call it that, with rat infestations in subway stations, the New York Times has decided it's time to preserve our fondest memories of these creatures, l ... More >>

We Heart Pixels (and New York)

What if New York really was making a return to the bad old days? Witness the pixelation, Pac-Man/Frogger/Donkey-Kong-ization, '80s-ification of New York City. No one wore legwarmers in the making of this video, but they should have. I need to play Tetris. Now. Thanks, BoweryBoogie!

News Roundup: R.I.P. Brendan Mullen, Kia Motors Hearts Girl Talk, Daniel Johnston, Chris Taylor

​--R.I.P. Brendan Mullen, who was one of the first DIY promoters of punk and independent rock and the first regular booker of punk bands in Los Angeles. The Masque, a venue that became home base for all that is first-wave L.A. punk--including the Germs and the Weirdos--was in essence his baby ... More >>

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