Video games often feature dumb premises: plumbers must save a princess from a dragon/turtle monster? What's going on there?! But what happens when video games are based on great works of literature, music, film, and theater -- does great art make a great game? Read on for some of our favorites. 1. The Great Gatsby: Based on a... READ ON

Here's something interesting: Earlier this year, JimmyPage.com went live. That's right, it took until 2011 for, arguably, the most influential rock guitarist of all time to have his own Web site. Strange, right? Even stranger: While you might expect Led Zeppelin's guitarist's Web site to load with live, long-haired, rockin' photos of Page and his sunburst Les Paul or something, it actually loads up with a whole different kind of rock... Rock Castle. At least it did yesterday, the 4th of October when, on... READ ON

Nirvana's Nevermind album turned 20 this past weekend, which tends to make folks who consider Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band to be the groundbreaking album of all time feel extremely old. Besides some great music, Nevermind also boasted that other all-important feature that ensures an album's place in future coffee table books – a memorable album cover. The life and times of Spencer Elden, the aquatic naked baby on Nirvana's album, have been covered extensively amidst all the 20th anniversary... READ ON

In June of 1956, a 15-year-old named John Lennon started the band that was to eventually develop into "The Beatles." In August of 1962, Richard "Ringo Starr" Starkey officially joined the soon-to-be-famous rock group, joining John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison as the final official line-up of The Beatles. But in those intervening 7 years, 27 other guys played on stage as part of the band. Four men would go on to gain fame as The Beatles, while these 27 others would simply become footnotes... READ ON