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• DIRTY CASUAL: New ‘Smash Bros.' games will hopefully help Nintendo prosper

  

  Nintendo's "Super Smash Bros." series is up there as one of the best for casual and hardcore players alike. Pulling a version out at parties is a guaranteed way to break the ice (or cause friendships to shatter, depending on how serious you are). It...

• GAMEBYTES: Games as a concept, not merely a niche

  

  We're in the midst of a strange philosophical war these days that I think is pretty much confusing everyone. And, no, I'm not talking about the seemingly impassible American political divide, but something more dumb than that: mass appeal vs. niche.

• Brantley Gilbert to perform at Tuscaloosa Amphitheater Friday

  

  Country star Brantley Gilbert will perform at 7 Friday night in the Tuscaloosa Amphitheater with opening acts Thomas Rhett and Eric Paslay. If you want to go, better check in ASAP; as of press time, only a few dozen tickets remained, even after...

• Alabama theatre department presents 'Urinetown: The Musical'

  

  The University of Alabama's Department of Theatre and Dance gives audiences a look at a city controlled by pay-per-use toilets this week.

• Black Warrior Film Festival screening 'Hooper,' 82 other Southern films

  

  In a frigid January 1978, the climactic scenes of the movie "Hooper," starring Academy Award-winning actress Sally Field and nationally acclaimed actor Burt Reynolds, was being shot right here in Tuscaloosa.

• Sipsey Arts Alliance to host a spring art show, promote local artists

  

  Artists throughout West Alabama have teamed up to present the city of Fayette with a day enriched with crafts, portraits, mosaics and other forms of art.

• Nashville Film Festival featuring world debuts

  

  Up for a road trip to see some great movies? From Thursday through April 26, take a trip to Nashville to see the best of what regional, national and international film has to offer at the 2014 Nashville Film Festival, headquartered at the Regal...

• University of Alabama's Sonic Frontiers hosts Dawn of Midi

  

  Tuscaloosa's experimental music series Sonic Frontiers will close out its third season at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in Bryant-Jordan Hall with a performance from New York-based acoustic jazz trio Dawn of Midi.

• DIRTY CASUAL: Time-wasting games become readily available with smartphones

  

  Puzzle games are, by their very nature, perfect for quick time-wasters. Even before I had a smartphone I was a huge fan of number puzzles like Sudoku and matching games like Mahjong solitaire. With a smartphone? Lines and waiting on habitually late...

• GAMEBYTES: Non-gamers don't care about pixels

  

  I have often noted that a big reason why I am good at what I do is because I was a "movie guy" for longer than I've been a "video games guy." It's not so simple as just that, of course, but when I flipped to games I applied the method of critique...

• MEET THE BAND: Chase Evan

  

  Born and raised in Northport, Chase Evan likes to keep his mus-ic close to home. On his website, www.chaseevan.com, he notes that it was at a concert by another singer when he first felt moved to be a musician, even though he grew up in a musical...

• TUSK CALENDAR: 4/11

  

  Want a fun night out? There's no shortage of nightlife in the area...