Since our coverage of Brazil's carnival celebrations began on Monday, curious readers have been musing on the lucky bastards who get to paint fake pasties, images of Obama, and "pieces of tape" on the queens of the parade. Luckily, MSNBC took a break from goofing on Bobby "...

  We spent most of the weekend complaining about how peeved we were to be missing the New Orleans Mardi Gras, mainly venting to people standing next to us at New York's many Mardi Gras parties. It would've helped ease our guilty conscience over not supporting the Katrina-ravaged economy...

  Sports Illustrated is trying everything to ensure the 2009 Swimsuit Issue is a gigantic success. They've enlisted up-and-coming megastar Bar Rafaeli, soon-to-be-fiancee of Leonardo DiCaprio, as their cover model.  But more importantly, they've brought back the bodypaint... A few ...

Ah, the tramp stamp. A true fixture of the late ’90’s, tramp stamps came in all shapes, sizes and degrees of tackiness. Though I am by no means a fan of tramps stamps, there is something endearing about the this particular tattoo.  [Damn dog.] At least it’s not a tribal. Source: M...

Since I started writing for Kotaku I've been exposed to sides of gaming culture I was never really aware of. Game cakes, game crochet, papercraft...all ways for the more creative and skilled of us to express their dedication to our great passion, but what about those of us without mad crafting skill...

I was criticized for my remarks in the Erie newspaper article by Jim Martin (Area home sales steady) for saying the Erie real estate market was slow. The sales figures are in. Real estate sales for Erie County dropped precipitously in March compared to a year earlier. There were 275 properties sold ...

You have to wonder about the wisdom of having a Hillary Clinton campaign rally at Mercyhurst College. Erie Roman Catholic Bishop Trautman was so miffed about a pro-choice candidate speaking at the Catholic school he canceled his appearance at the Mercyhurst graduation. The pro-life group People for ...

Got the word last night that Erie PA native Maria Sansone is leaving 'The 9' on Yahoo! and will be doing a new show on YouTube. Her new yet to be named show will launch in a few weeks. The US Census Bureau released their yearly metropolitan and micropolitan statistical area population estimates. The...

YAY!!! i'm going today to get my favorite tattoo(the lilly on my back)  touched up!!! it should be oddly relaxing and i would get my fourth if i had the money! damn it i hate being broke! awww but at least i'm getting the touch up at 3 i hope Anna takes her time!!...