Recently, I did a review over “Red Faction: Armageddon,” and one of my coworkers seemed disappointed that you couldn’t drive everything you found. I recently found out why.

“Red Faction: Guerrilla” was made before “Armageddon,” and I now know it as “Grand Theft Auto: Mars.”

The graphics are all right, a bit grainy at times, but that’s to be expected in massive sandbox style games, especially on a platform game. The controls are great, though you might have a bit of trouble driving, as some of the vehicles go very fast, and the ones that non-player characters drive don’t. Isn’t that special?

Condensing the world’s most popular sport into a small metallic disc is no easy feat — especially when you have an obligation to present the simulated magnificence of players like Wayne Rooney, Lionel Messi and Didier Drogba. (If you aren’t familiar with these names then stop reading, visit YouTube and come back later — I’ll wait.)

EA’s “FIFA” franchise has become the go-to game for many footballing fans (yes football, not “hand-egg” like that which is played in the U.S. Is it too late to issue a soccer snob alert?)

From the shoddy computer A.I. to its fury inducing, controller maiming, passing system — “FIFA” has not been without its major flaws in the past but this year’s edition looks to have answered many gamers’ year-to-year questions.

“Red Faction Armageddon” is the newest game in the “Red Faction” series, but a lot of people don’t think it does the series justice. I would have to agree on some parts.

Some of the older games were sandbox style, which is to say, you can go on a killing spree in the game and progress with the story: Basically, you can do anything you please.

This time, the game is much more linear. There’s no more free roaming action and, while you can explore the map you are on, you can’t backtrack.

The shooting aspect of the game isn’t too terribly bad for a third-person shooter. The story itself is pretty good as well.

The graphics are amazing, though sometimes the game engine itself can cause problems.

Sept. 23 a local hard rock band by the name of Lock-17 performed on the main stage at Club Raw. The band really knew how to use the theatrical aspect of putting on a good show. The crowd was neither big nor small, but much like every hard rock/metal concert the crowd was on the verge of moshing.

Lock 17 consists of Justin Combs on drums, Craven Harris on lead guitar, Rick Wescott on bass guitar, Rusty Wigham playing rhythm guitar, Erica Foster, electric violinist, and Dewayne Clifton on vocals.

Combs, Harris and Wescott have been playing together for three years. Clifton, the former lead singer of Waiting For Decay, joined the band in 2010 after moving to Oklahoma from California.

“After moving here, I really wanted to get back into the music scene,” Clifton said. “My manager started helping me look for a project. He told me of a band in Oklahoma City that was looking for a singer.

With recent changes to the layout and appearance of Facebook, the empire of creator Mark Zuckerberg has upset many users. That, however, does not prevent the company from rolling out new features to the website at the whim of their CEO.

One such feature open beta for developers is “Timeline.”

Timeline, according to Facebook’s blog, is trying to be a “digital scrapbook for your life,” and will replace your profile if you opt-in once it rolls out.

This feature may be frightening for some because it takes things that already exist online and orders them all in one place, in chronological order of when they happened. These things are all of the activities related to a user, every “Like,” every game, every app, every post, every picture added and every picture tagged in order.

In a world…where information can be hunted down in mere instants…one school set out to do the impossible. To record history, and preserve the past…before it slipped away…

In 1966, a little high school in Georgia called Rabun Gap – Nacoochee School created a program to record the stories, experiences and knowledge of the natives of Appalachia.

They called the program “Foxfire.”

This year, Foxfire released “The Foxfire 45th Anniversary Book,” a collection of stories and tales spanning the history of the project.

Published by Anchor Books, the volume holds true to the tone of previous Foxfire anthologies. There’s a little something for everyone.

A crowd of more than 100 stepped back in time Oct. 4 when quintet Imani Winds performed in the Bruce Owen Theater as part of the Cultural Arts Series.

The band combines five vastly different members of the wind family — the flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn and bassoon — for one melodious sound is unlike anything played on radio today.

Posters touted the Grammy-nominated band as music from “almost yesterday.”

That statement seems contradictory until you experience Imani Winds’ music firsthand.

The show business axiom “always leave them wanting more” was alive and well Oct. 1, as an ensemble of three young actors performed David Mamet’s “American Buffalo” in OCCC’s Bruce Owen Theater.

The stage setting and the seedy sound of Tom Waits blues/jazz music transported the audience to Don’s Resale Shop in 1970s Chicago.

Odds and ends were piled high, windows with peeling letters were dirty, and an old desk and counter reflected a junk shop business, while an antique kitchen table declared an almost homey atmosphere.

Shop owner Donny Dubrow grilled his gopher, Bobby, about why he left his post of watching a “mark.”

Seeing Maroon 5 live is something close to a religious experience. Their Summer US Tour brought them to Oklahoma City’s own Zoo Amphitheater on Sept. 22. Along with Maroon 5 were Matt Nathanson and Train.

Nathanson was forgettable at best. If one is looking to feel uncomfortable in a group setting, look no further. Good ole Matt has all the awkward commentary needed to fill an evening.

Following Nathanson, Train took the stage and reminded us why they were famous… a decade ago.

The evening walk to the Zoo Amphitheater was refreshing; 68 degrees, a brisk north wind and a touch of orange as the sun crested over the eastside rooftops of Oklahoma City. Accompanying me on the mile long walk were what seemed like tens of thousands of fellow Oklahomans, all making their way to the sunken oracle of the Oklahoma concert scene to see Train along with fellow headliners Maroon 5 perform one of their final stops on their Summer U.S. Tour.