You know all the crap we've been fed over the years about this game or that game offering a "cinematic experience?" Well, Heavy Rain ($55) actually delivers the goods — and then some. Defying conventional game design, this interactive thriller has you step into the shoes of four main characters... [More]

Yes, we realize the sixth and final season of Lost isn't even over yet, but unless you've been purchasing each season as it came out, or otherwise hate the show — and how could that be possible? — you're going to want Lost: The Complete Collection ($200). Featuring all the... [More]

A killer collaboration between James Mercer of The Shins & Danger Mouse, Broken Bells ($10) sounds more-or-less exactly how you'd expect. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing. Filled with light, floaty melodies that belie the eponymous album's gloomy lyrics, Bells mixes Mercer's distinctive voice and subtle guitar strumming with the... [More]

A host of fashion inspiration awaits in the pages of Take Ivy ($25). Originally published in Japan in 1965, this unique tome offers up 145 full-color and black-and-white candid photographs of Ivy league students going about their daily lives. As Vampire Weekend can attest, Ivy style is seeing new levels... [More]

Join Meg & Jack for a trip across the vastness of our northerly neighbor in The White Stripes: Under Great White Northern Lights ($10-$230). Available in a host of formats, including Vinyl, CD, DVD, and Blu-ray, this live album/film follows the Stripes on their 10th Anniversary tour, which took them... [More]

If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can waste an entire weekend watching this 80's awesomeness. Featuring all five seasons spread across 25 DVDs, A-Team: The Complete Series ($90) boasts all the Mr. T catchphrases, explosions, over-the-top violence,... [More]

In a few months, Tecmo Bowl Throwback ($TBA) will let you relive your gridiron glory days of the late 80's. Available as a download this spring on Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Network, the old school omnipotent features online multiplayer (find your old nemesis on Facebook and finally beat... [More]

Do you care, at all, about your work? Then pick up a copy of Rework ($13). Penned by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson of 37signals, makers of Backpack — which we use every day to help write Uncrate — and other fine software products, Rework is filled with to-the-point... [More]

In case you missed it, Nintendo wasn't in the best shape market share-wise when it announced the Wii: the PS2 was the undisputed king of consoles, the Xbox 360 had already launched with a well-received, if expensive online service, and Nintendo's prior console, the GameCube, was more or less a... [More]

After a five year hiatus, 2D, Murdoc, Russel, and Noodle — better known as the cartoon band the Gorillaz — are back with a new album. Plastic Beach by Gorillaz ($10) was recorded on a secret floating island deep in the South Pacific, or so the story goes, although we're... [More]

While not as revered or celebrated as they once were — both in the movies and in pop culture *cough* Marlboro man *cough* —there is still a place for the classic western cowboy in modern society, and Cowboy: The Ultimate Guide to Living Like a Great American Icon ($10) is... [More]

In the mood for some mindless apocalyptic action? You'll be hard pressed to do better than 2012 ($16-$25). Directed by world-destroying specialist Roland Emmerich — of The Day After Tomorrow and Independence Day fame — this end-of-days film stars John Cusack, Danny Glover, and Woody Harrelson, who join the rest... [More]

Prepare for the upcoming Major League season — and for the Reds' inevitable collapse — with MLB 10 The Show ($30-$60). Available for the PS3, PSP, and even the venerable old PS2, MLB 10 The Show hails the return of the Home Run Derby, along with the ability to call... [More]

Our 16th president didn't just have to face down a split nation -- he also had to face down the very real threat of... vampires. At least, that's how the story goes in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter ($13), the latest work from Pride and Predjudice and Zombies author Seth Grahame-Smith.... [More]

All too often big-screen book adaptations end up leaving too much out of, or adding too much to, the source material. That's not the case with Where the Wild Things Are ($18-$24), even though Maurice Sendak's classic offered only 10 sentences on which co-writer/director Spike Jonze could build. Using live-action,... [More]