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though it turned out that Lil Wayne didn't sample Jim Guthrie's Sword & Sworcery soundtrack  

"Very sad to discover Briskettown is a restaurant and not a secret Brooklyn neighborhood made of brisket that I didn't know about." — Comedian and food-lover Aziz Ansari gets hip to BrisketTown. [Twitter]

There's a ton of history between AFC Wimbledon and Milton Keynes Dons. MK Dons began life as Wimbledon, before a controversial move brought a new name—and left Wimbledon without a team. A year before the move, fans started their own club, and AFC Wimbledon has achieved five promotions over the last nine seasons. But going into their second round FA Cup tie, the two teams had never met. More »

he's posting updates to his blog, currently on the run with two Vice reporters  

[City Point rendering]

Today, the owners of Austin's beloved movie theater/restaurant chain Alamo Drafthouse announce plans to open a brand new location in Downtown Brooklyn in 2015. The seven-screen theater complex will be located at City Point, a 1.8 million square foot megaproject that was recently home to the Dekalb Market. Like all locations of Alamo Drafthouse, the Brooklyn theater will offer food, beer, and cocktails, delivered right to your seat. Founder and CEO Tim League notes: "Although more than two years on the horizon, I can tell you that the City Point Brooklyn Alamo will be our best theater yet." An Upper West Side location is slated to open in 2014, and a Yonkers outpost is also in the works.
· The Drafthouse Announces Third New York Location [Alamo Blog]
· All Coverage of City Point on Curbed [~CNY~]
· All Coverage of Alamo Drafthouse [~ENY~]

MoMA has acquired 14 video games for their permanent collection. Presumably they paid more than MSRP?

We are very proud to announce that MoMA has acquired a selection of 14 video games, the seedbed for an initial wish list of about 40 to be acquired in the near future, as well as for a new category of artworks in MoMA's collection that we hope will grow in the future. This initial group, which we will install for your delight in the Museum's Philip Johnson Galleries in March 2013, features...

The games include Tetris, Passage, The Sims, and Katamari Damacy. No Nintendo games on that list, probably due to ongoing negotiations with Nintendo.

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