Science Fiction Land could have been huge. Proposed in 1979, the idea was to build a huge theme park in Aurora with a holographic zoo and a 1,000-lane bowling alley attended by robots. The park was to also serve as the set of a $50 million sci-fi flick called Lord…
Ever since Super Mario ate mushrooms and grew twice his size back in the 1980s, video gamers have half-seriously speculated on whether subliminal drug messages are being inserted into games by knowing designers. But a Nebraska-based developer has taken all the guesswork out of his weed-centric game, Drugbound. …
Every day brings new stories — but if you’re part of such an incident, it stays with you long after the headlines fade. Back in September, for instance, the tragic hit-and-run death of Brooke Brunsvold, a sixteen-year-old Centaurus High School junior, gripped locals. Now, her mom comes forward with a…
Last week, we told you about the arrest of Michael Burnette after a fatal stabbing in an East Leetsdale apartment. Now, in the wake of Burnette being formally charged with first-degree murder, we’ve got details via a probable cause statement on view below. According to one source, Burnette murdered his…
Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson has put a big emphasis on Colorado, as he made clear in our recent Q&A with the former New Mexico governor as well as a video post of his Monday appearance at CU-Boulder. But now, even some supporters are put off by a fan-created poster…
October brought Colorado some of the most horrific crimes in recent years, as well as accompanying images that are seared in our collective memory. But there were also plenty of unusual, strange or unsettling reports that may have gotten lost in the shuffle. See the twenty memorable mug shots they…
Editor’s note: Election day is near, and if you haven’t voted early, you have decisions ahead of you, not the least of which is whether to vote at all, as Josiah Hesse postulates in “Your vote doesn’t matter: Why there are better things to do on election day.” Hesse’s colleague,…
Editor’s note: Election day is almost here, and if you haven’t voted early, you have decisions ahead of you — including whether to vote at all, according to Westword contributor Josiah Hesse. Disagree? Chris Utterback takes the opposite position in “Your vote matters: Why you should head to the polls…
The kidnapping and killing of Jessica Ridgeway, a ten-year-old Westminster girl, has spawned many calls for justice and change — but arguably none so unexpected as the message that appears on a sign outside Grace Church of Arvada, which reads: “Good sex can save our nation.” What’s the Jessica connection?…
In the beginning, it grew wild. But at some point nearly 10,000 years ago — and most likely in Southeast Asia, although it soon spread through much of the world — it became a domesticated plant, with different varieties bred for fiber, medicine…and recreation. Cannabis eventually reached the Americas through…
“Wag the Dog,” Off Limits, October 25 Canine Corner I’m glad to see Shelby the dog is running for President. We need a candidate that is well behaved and whose bite is worse than her bark. It is also a relief to see her campaign is small enough not to…
Every Halloween, protesters regularly donned cloaks of indignation to complain about Hell House, the religious twist on a haunted house that featured tableaus of sinning teens and other bad characters meeting horrifying fates. “It’s really an exposé on the blessings and consequences of our choices,” explains Pastor Keenan Roberts, who…
You wouldn’t know it by watching the news or reading the paper, but America’s banks are on the largest crime spree the country has ever known. Let’s go to the highlight reel, shall we? In July, Wells Fargo paid a $175 million settlement after the feds caught its brokers systematically…
This month I’ll mark my third anniversary of reviewing medical marijuana dispensaries for Westword as the country’s first MMJ critic. In that time, I’ve written about more than 150 dispensaries, smoked at least 546 grams of cannabis and tested out nearly two ounces of assorted hash, kief and oil. Not…
As of last week, there were 266 licensed dispensaries in Colorado, with the possibility for almost double that number by the time the state Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division finishes licensing. But there’s no real telling when that will be…
Broncos receiver Demaryius Thomas came up with a Halloween costume sure to amuse NFL fans: He dressed as a replacement referee, complete with giant glasses to convey how unlikely it is that he’d make the right call; see a large version of the photo below. But will Thomas, whose performance…
In March, when news broke about layoffs at Abound Solar, a Colorado business with government support, the chief financial officer told us he was aware his company could be used as a political football in the presidential race. In June, Abound went bankrupt and has recently been the source of…
Denver blog posts are well-timed. Colorado Peak Politics touts figures showing that more Republicans than Democrats have voted thus far as evidence of an enthusiasm gap. Denver Egotist knows there’s plenty to rap about in Denver, and so does D.I.A. No, the other D.I.A. Denver Frank on how to make…
The 2012-13 Nuggets season has finally arrived. After pushing the Lakers to seven games in the first round of the NBA Playoffs last year and obtaining All-Star guard Andre Iguodala via trade this summer, fans are excited as they’ve ever been for the boys in blue and yellow — and…
Last week, Secretary of State Scott Gessler announced the results from his second round of checks to remove illegal voters from the state’s rolls. His office says 300 alleged non-citizens are registered to vote throughout the state in addition to the 141 flagged in September. Since these names were sent…
Denver’s Civil Service Commission has been under fire for not letting fired cops stay fired from the likes of Mayor Michael Hancock, who called for reform after the reinstatement of two officers sacked over the 2009 billy-clubbing incident at the Denver Diner. Is the criticism having an effect? One clue:…
Sam Levin’s interview with former FEMA director turned talk-radio host Michael Brown went viral hours after Hurricane Sandy made landfall on the East Coast — and Brown’s suggestion that President Obama may have held a news conference about the storm too early riled up plenty of readers. Like this one,…
