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Roads from the Ashes: An Odyssey in Real Life on the Virtual Frontier, by Megan Edwards

Resistance is Futile

Since I am not a diehard Star Trek aficionado, I might have gone my whole life without entering the parallel universe inside the Las Vegas Hilton. In fact, I didn’t even know about the Star Trek Experience until I shared a bench with a Ferengi on a city bus.
“Aren’t you the guy in those TV [...]

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The Pirate on Page Three

I can’t forget the first time I opened a Las Vegas Review Journal and caught sight of the guy with the eye patch. “NORM!” the above-the-fold headline shouted. Too silly, I told myself as I scanned the short paragraphs crammed with names in bold-faced type. Why should I care whether Don Rickles ate lunch with [...]

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Book Review: 24/7

24/7: Living It Up and Doubling Down in the New Las Vegas
by Andrés Martinez

On April Fool’s Day in 1998, Andrés Martinez took $50,000 out of a bank in Manhattan and headed for Las Vegas. Martinez was not a high roller—at least not yet—but he had succeeded in selling a publisher on the idea of taking a big wad of cash to Las Vegas, gambling with it, and writing about the experience…

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Dude, Where’s My Bot?

Since the DARPA Grand Challenge was first billed as a race “from Los Angeles to Las Vegas,” I’m considering it a local event. This is very generous on my part, seeing as how…

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Baptism by Beer - and Elvis

It’s official now, so raise a toast—er—prost—to the new Las Vegas Hofbräuhaus. It’s been open since January, but the grand opening was last night. About a thousand invited guests gathered to watch a ceremonial keg get tapped, listen to oompah bands, and sample a groaning board of wurst, dumplings, and sauerkraut. Oh, yeah, and drink [...]

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