Living Social = Wal-Mart? According to some local arts organizations, yes. The deal company, whose new HQ just opened on F Street NW, is getting into the creative playtime business, and arts presenters are hatin’ it. [Washington Post]

Woolly’s Civilization: All You Can Eat “beat[s] us senseless with Big Allegory.” [DCist]

Meanwhile, Peter Marks calls Synetic’s Genesis Reboot “an earnest effort that never quite catches fire.” [Washington Post]