This afternoon, not only can you take out a book on perfecting your tennis backhand, you can work on your Wii Tennis backhand at the New York Public Library's Humanities and Social Sciences Library (the big one on Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street in Manhattan). The grand Astor Hall will be filled with Wii, Xbox 360, and Playstation 3 stations for its Game On @ The Library! program today at 4:00 p.m.--nothing like a......

When released last year, the Nintendo Wii became a gaming phenomenon. Lines stretched around city blocks, people searched around the city to satisfy holiday wishlists only to come up empty handed. Lane Buschel and Steve Bryant, two Brooklynites, decided to organize a Wii tennis tournament they've called Wiimbledon (like Wimbledon, see). Wiimbledon is accepting a limited number of competitors today and tomorrow (the first day was yesterday), starting at noon. The tournament is this Saturday,......

A student at Collegiate High School had threatened "to go Columbine on this f---ing school", causing a scare amongst students and faculty. The NY Post reports that a 15 year old student had drawn up a list of students and faculty whose brains he wanted to blow out and scrawled his threat on a student lounge message board on Wednesday. He was removed from the exclusive boys' school, and police investigated the incident on Thursday.......

Why does "Bronx" have to be prefaced with "The?" Why not "A Bronx" or, most reasonably, just plain old "Bronx?" Thanks, Blaney The Vatican. The Hague. The Netherlands. The O.C. The Bronx. Unless you are a cartoon character, you can probably name on one hand the number of locations worldwide that are prefaced with the definite article "the." How the Bronx found itself in such esteemed company as the Holy See and the only......

The Yankees pummeled Baltimore 18-5 (box score) in last night's game and helped set an Oriole club record for runs allowed in a three game home series with 41. The Yankees have not scored this much in a 3-game series since 1951 when they scored 42 against the St. Louis Browns. Clearly, there should have been some sort of mercy rule instituted during this game since every Yankee starter scored at least one run and......

The problem with Xbox is that they don't have a portable platform. And this one looks just too fresh not to buy: | Edgy New Game Boy Advance SP Takes Portable Game Play Anywhere - News - Nintendo |......

I love that people are beginning to celebrate the holidays online. It makes a lot of sense, and the phenomenon will only increase as more people get online with platforms like Xbox Live. Wired News......