It turns most of the seasonal music played during the holidays isn’t the classics — it only seems that way (P)

No matter where I go during the holidays, the seasonal songs I seem to hear most often are the oldies — tunes such as Ella Fitzgerald’s rendition of “Sleigh Ride,” Bing Crosby’s “White Christmas,” and Elvis Presley’s “Blue Christmas.” About the most modern songs I ever hear are Wham!’s “Last Christmas,” which dates from the […]

Lucia Di Lammermoor and Rodelinda review: Two stunningly performed classics

There is no uncomfortable outdoor sex this time and the trickling Gothic fountain has been switched off.  Designer Vicki Mortimer’s split-screen staging is still an occasional irritant in dividing attention between Donizetti’s opera in one half and what Mitchell envisages the women are up to in the other.  It’s at its most distracting when we […]

If you own these cars DON’T get rid of them as these future classics could be worth a lot

PH VW Golf GTD is a fast fun variant of the standard hatchback In the UK at the moment car manufacturers are revealing details of scrappage schemes to encourage drivers to ditch their older more polluting vehicle for a low emissions equivalent.  The majority of car manufacturers including VW, Ford and BMW are offering drivers […]

7 of our favorite classics at the Frankfurt Motor Show

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Filed under: Videos,Autoblog Minute,Original Video We highlight seven of the coolest classic cars at the 2017 Frankfurt Motor Show. They range from a humble Ford hatchback to a Porsche race car. Continue reading 7 of our favorite classics at the Frankfurt Motor Show 7 of our favorite classics at the […]

Why someone would turn classics like Katamari into text games

Noah Swartz seems to specialize in abstracting adorable games and distilling them into text adventures. He’s turned colorful ball-roller Katamari Damacy and cutesy cat collector Neko Atsume into text-only command-line games, which have a curious charm of their own. “There’s hardly any gameplay in Neko Atsume, all you do is get fish to get more fish,” explained […]

Dear Hollywood, we don’t need classics like ‘Terminator 2’ in 3D

Terminator 2: Judgment Day is one of the greatest films ever made. So what’s the point of adding a 3D veneer to bring it back to theaters? Not much, it turns out. In exchange for a slight touch of artificial depth, I found the remaster darker and occasionally blurrier than normal. But really, this isn’t […]

PAX West: At least eight of UFO 50’s games are instant retro classics

Enlarge / All 50 of UFO 50’s games, displayed as pixelated cartridges. The blue ones are playable at PAX West 2017. The red ones aren’t quite done yet. (credit: Sam Machkovech) SEATTLE—Our dive into this year’s PAX West expo has just begun, and there are already too many video games. The deep sea of content at this […]

Xbox One Backwards Compatibility UPDATE: Four Xbox 360 classics join expanding games list

The Xbox One Backwards Compatibility games list expanded again this week, with four new Xbox 360 classics joining the lineup. The likes of Deadliest Warrior, Disney Bolt and Fighting Vipers were announced today by Xbox’s Larry Hryb. The standout edition was Batman: Arkham Origins though, having secured the most votes on the official Xbox leaderboards. […]

Exotics, Muscle Cars, and Classics, Oh My! C/D’s 2017 Cars and Coffee Events

– Summer in Michigan: It’s the perfect time and place for relaxing by the lake, exploring the outdoors, and, of course, enjoying automobiles of all sorts. After a successful run of Cars and Coffee events last year, Car and Driver has continued hosting these car-centric gatherings at the M1 Concourse racetrack in Pontiac, Michigan. The […]