Video Game Rescue: From Office to Arcade
After beloved Jacksonville arcades such as TILT and Aladdin’s Castle shut down, many were left to wonder if the age of the traditional arcades was over…
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Fashion: Jaguars are Best Dressed in all of Ball Sports
Though their football title hopes may have been dashed by those insufferable cheaters, the New England Patriots, in the AFC Championship game on Sunday…
The Games Art and Music Fest Brings Heroes to Jacksonville
In 2012, seeking to fill a void in the local gaming culture, Ryan Thompson organized a group of friends and began hosting Games Art and Music (GAAM) ev…
Bye, Bye Skeleton: New Sculpture Installations Coming to UNF’s Seaside Sculpture Park
It caused a stir in Jacksonville Beach last Wednesday afternoon. "Hey! Where's skeleton man going?! That was my buddy! I'ma miss that guy!," said a…
UNF’s Spoon University Chapter isn’t Forking Around
I remember one night I was scrolling through Pinterest, trying to find some new egg recipes when I came across an article headline that read, "I Tried …
So Long, Hangovers: Pure Hydration Spa Opens in Jax Beach
Hair of the dog. Tomato juice. Gatorade. Greasy food. At some point in our lives, most of us have experienced the nauseating feelings associated (and t…
Spark Notes: The weather and more conspired against the reignited Idea Festival
Unfortunately, the odds were against One Spark this past weekend, as everything from the weather to conflicting events across town—i.e. Springing the B…
OPINION: Bring Us a Wave Pool!
Last summer, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry, Jaguars Owner Shad Khan, City Chief Administrative Officer Sam Mousa and Jags President Mark Lamping took …
Localism Is not a Dirty Word
“That’s far enough slug,” the guy said with an apparent level of seriousness behind a sly grin. With only three heads in the water that morning, paddl…
Batting Above Average: The Jumbo Shrimp are More Popular than the Miami Marlins
If no one is there to witness the Miami Marlins lose, does it count against their record? Well, while barely 6,000 fans attended the team's 1-4 drubbin…
John Oliver Helps You Explain Cryptocurrencies
If you're unfamiliar with the show, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver is great at making complex topics both humorous and easily digestible. In the…
Jacksonville’s Fred Durst to Direct a Thriller Starring John Travolta
Dafuq? Yep. In another weird turn of events for the actor's career (and the former frontman of Limp Bizkit), it was recently announced that Durst ha…
Olympic Obsession
Every two years, no matter how much insanity and hatred is going on in the world, most of the planet puts their differences aside for two weeks during …
Jax’s New Slogan: Does “easy” really do it?
Are you one who ascribes to slogans? Would you, when offered a shot of alcohol just as the bar has announced last call, exclaim, “YOLO!” Or, more perti…
Opinion: What Should Florida’s Official State Sport be?
Alaska has dog-mushing. Delaware has bicycling. Maryland: jousting and lacrosse. Colarado: something called pack burro racing. And if two California po…
Star Wars: Episode IX Predictions
The latest trilogy in the Star Wars universe is about to come to a close, with the final episode to be released in December of 2019. Production has a h…
Is Tomb Raider the Most Evolved of all the Games Franchises Out There?
With Rise of the Tomb Raider: Blood Ties now available to play in virtual reality on the Oculus Rift and the HTC Vive, it’s amazing to think how far th…
How to Get Spono’d in 2018 — Trenton Phillips branches out, gets nice haircut for his efforts
Oh, the perks of surf sponsorship — clothes, shoes, trac-pads, maybe a bro-deal on a new stick. An assortment of schwag and a minimal discount used to …
Watch: City of Jax Courts Amazon — Offers Free Land
COJ has an attractive profile. Will Amazon swipe right? Since announcing in September it would be seeking proposals for sites for its second headqua…
The Man-child’s Christmas Wish List
Living the beach life creates a lot of man-children. Top psychologists today would agree that the number one sign you are dating a man-child is that “y…
NVMe vs. M.2 vs. SATA — The Best SSD for You
So, you're finally tired of your computer throwing warning messages at you that your hard drive is full and you're ready to upgrade. A quick search on …
Film Review: Loving Vincent
Last week, I had the pleasure to see the film "Loving Vincent." This film was on my radar for months, as it was the first film made completely from oil…
eSports — From the Couch to the Coliseum
Even if you don’t consider yourself a “gamer,” you’ve probably played a video game at some point in your life. Whether it was your first time picking u…
WasabiCon Returns October 21
Across the country there are many different cosplay, comic or gaming conventions. One of the most popular is Comic-Con, which is held in San Diego ever…
#1 Memes in the 904 — Bold Meme City of the South
A cultural phenomenon was born in 1976 when Richard Dawkins coined a term to describe the way cultural information spreads — a meme. Things have gone d…