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The Funnest Car Game You're Not Playing

The Funnest Car Game You’re Not Playing

Introducing… The Road Trip Alphabet

You’re in the car, you’ve talked about politics enough to make you bleed red and blue. The radio is stale. Sight seeing is getting old. Ready to learn how to play one of the best road trip games? Here you go. (You’re welcome)

  Best played with 2 or more people

Using the alphabet (starting with “A”), find signs or physical things that start with the letter of…

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Girls Love Molecular Sensors: How Scio can change the world

Girls Love Molecular Sensors: How Scio can change the world

The creative minds at Consumer Physicsput their molecular sensor prototype on KickStarter on April 29th with a goal of getting $200,000 to create a consumer model.  Now with 28 days left in their SCiO campaign they’ve reached just abouve $1.6 million! When I initially saw this product my first thought was, “Do people really want to know what’s in their food?”  I don’t.  Honestly I’m perfectly…

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Watch how this biker protests a ticket This is how you strike back against an establishment in 2014 Obviously this biker has a serious problem with getting a ticket for something he doesn't feel is just.

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To Tile or Not To Tile: Windows 8

To Tile or Not To Tile: Windows 8

Photo By Dell

So what do we think of Windows 8? Well, it depends what machine we are using when you ask us

Though Windows 8 may have dropped some time ago, our lovely little site did not drop until last month. So if this review seems late, it is only in comparison to other sites (who actually existed when the product dropped). Technically, for us, this is right on time. Plus, you know we can…

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5 Easy Ways To Eat Healthier This Summer

5 Easy Ways To Eat Healthier This Summer

Summer is upon us ladies and gentlemen and that means that we will soon be making the choice of whether to go shirtless or wear the dreaded water shirt during pool parties. You want to go shirtless.

One of the hardest parts about staying on diet hits when you get those cravings. Once you’re able to recognize your cravings, you’ve won half of the battle. Here are 5 weapons that you can use to…

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The 5 Biggest Shifts of The NBA Playoffs

The 5 Biggest Shifts of The NBA Playoffs

These NBA playoffs have revealed a lot of things to us NBA fans. Here are the 5 biggest things that have been revealed to us by the playoffs so far in ranked order

  Photo By Rico Shen

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Prize Giveaway: Free iPhone 5/5s Case Want to win a new Hype-Ctrl iPhone 5/5s case? It's easy... Who will win tonight between the Portland TrailBlazers and the San Antonio Spurs?

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The Black Keys' Turn Blue (Review)

The Black Keys’ Turn Blue (Review)

As advertised by The Black Keys, Turn Blue is indeed trippy. However, it’s a good trippy…

The Black Keys are bringing back the fun intangibles about music that make it interesting for fans. They have a history of being underground and not wanting to sell out. For Turn Blue, The Black Keys released their new album in a very interesting, unique, and dark way.

Interesting because first word of…

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Apple + Beats?

Photo By Alexander Kaiser

Reportedly, Apple and Beats may be getting ready to strike a deal. Beats may become a part of Apple…

Just when you thought the marketing magic of Beats had run its course in America with its celebrity and athlete endorsements, branding, and store partnerships, they came out with Beats music (By the way, they got me too, as I’m wearing a pair of red Beats by Dre…

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Neon Trees' Pop Psychology (Review)

What happens to a pop group that makes it big with an infectious single when they release a follow up album? This is what happens…

Most people that listen to Neon Trees’ Pop Psychology that know about their smash single, Everybody Talks,from their previous album will probably expect a similar big hit to carry the new album. Those people will be rudely surprised. Pop Psychology is ok but there is…

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Kelis' Food (Review)

Kelis’ Food (Review)

Kelis, Ninja Tune

It really has the tone of something that you would find in the basement of your dad’s house in a cardboard box with a sharpie written “the good stuff��� on the top

Kelis said in an interview that she was on a 1990′s vibe for her Food album but it seems as though it’s more of a 1960′s or 1970′s vibe. It really has the tone of something that you would find in the basement of your…

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Atmosphere's Southsiders (Review)

Atmosphere’s Southsiders (Review)

In a way, this is the Atmosphere album that Atmosphere fans have wanted to follow up Family Sign (2011), which is great by the way.

Atmoshere is a great example of an underground relic. If you know about Atmosphere and their body of work you either listen and enjoy or at least respect their music. Slug, the rapper in Atmosphere, has a unique approach to lyrics and delivery that is quite…

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Iggy Azalea's New Classic (Review)

Iggy Azalea’s New Classic (Review)

Not a completely horrible album but not a really good one either. But maybe it’s that voice that I can’t stand

Iggy’s novelty of an Australian rapping white woman with a southern accent wears off very, very, quickly. Did I say very? Her in-your-face style quickly feels too in-your-face, but not in a good way at all. Iggy has her few points on her album with Fancy, Lady Patra, and Don’t Need…

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A Short Murder Movie using Snapchat

A Short Murder Movie using Snapchat

This is cool because it speaks to how our generation converses with each other. Notice how the dialogue is replaced with text messages and facebook converstations. Remind of you of something?

Short movies that tell a story through social media methods are usually either hit or miss. This one is a hit as it keeps it short and has a cool twist involved. But before I drop any accidental spoilers,…

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NBC's Hannibal: Good show, wrong audience

NBC’s Hannibal: Good show, wrong audience

 A show like this would excel on a network where it could be completely uncensored like HBO or Showtime, not to say that  the content within Hannibal doesnt work within the bounds of network televison (it does, barely) but on NBC the audience just isn’t there.

A woodsy red pairs surprisingly well with an entree of sauteed innocent bystander. Image: NBC

NBC’s Hannibal is easily one of the best and…

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Pushing Poison: Ronald McDonald's makeover (Pictures)

Pushing Poison: Ronald McDonald’s makeover (Pictures)

  Whoever got paid the (undoubtedly, millions) for redesigning and rebooting Ronald McDonald is a Charlatan, and I would like to shake their hand for pulling that off

So I am sure you have heard, fast food chain McDonald’s has given it’s main nightmare proprietor and childhood obesity icon Ronald McDonald a new look. If you are anything like me, first thing you think is “I really hope they get…

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Hype-Ctrl's NBA Playoff Bracket

Hype-Ctrl’s NBA Playoff Bracket

Who do you have winning it all? What’s your biggest series? Who will be the biggest star of the playoffs?

Well, this is how Hype-Ctrl sees it going down:

  Best Series

Portland Trailblazers vs San Antonio Spurs

This series will be a classic matchup of young energy verses old experience. Athleticism vs fundamentals. San Antonio has proven that when it comes to those types of battles, they usually…