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Blackwake Game Review

Blackwake Game Review

In 2013, a small group of video game developers started a side-project as a hobby. The idea: a casual pirate game centered around teamwork and strategy, incorporating first person shooter mechanics. Thanks...

Movie Review: Beauty and the Beast— Revamping A Classic Tale

Movie Review: Beauty and the Beast— Revamping A Classic Tale

Jimmy Figliola and Jasmine McGee
March 19, 2017

Adapted from the 1991 Disney animation of the same name, Beauty and The Beast follows the story of a cocky prince who is turned into a beast, he subsequently falls in love with a Villager name Belle and...

Movie Review: Moonlight

Movie Review: Moonlight

Spencer Bao, Reporter
March 13, 2017

“Moonlight," a small film produced from A24, surprised many people when they won the Oscar for Best Picture. Directed by Barry Jenkins, “Moonlight” tells the story of a young black child who discovers...

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Movie Review: “Lion”

Shahtaj Ali, Editor
March 6, 2017

“Lion” is a movie whose themes of loss, love, and family are universal even though its settings may not be. Based on a real story, and spanning two decades, the film tells the story of Saroo (Sunny...

Dark Souls 3 Ashes of Ariandel DLC Review

Dark Souls 3 Ashes of Ariandel DLC Review

Cooper Rosenberg, Reporter
February 21, 2017

Ashes of Ariandel is the first downloadable content expansion for Dark Souls 3. It features 16 new weapons and shields, five new sets of armor, four new spells, a new ring and two new bosses, all wrapped...

Movie Review: Rings

Movie Review: Rings

Saira Rodriquez and Grant Benick
February 21, 2017

On February 3 the horror movie Rings was released. The movie is an updated version of The Ring which was released in 2002. Rings is about Julia and Holt, a couple that fell apart as Holt went off to college...

My Salinger Year by Joanna Rakoff is a refreshing, yet easy read.

Book Review: My Salinger Year

Claudia Santa Anna, Senior Editor
February 12, 2017

“My Salinger Year”  is a book that begs to be read not because of how it’s written, but because of it’s story. A memoir of the author’s days after graduate school, the book brilliantly mixes...

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Game Review: Stardew Valley

Jason La Kier, Reporter
February 12, 2017

Stardew Valley is a role playing video game released February 26, 2016 by indie game developer ConcernedApe. The game allows players to start a farm, fight monsters, go fishing, and become friends with...

Television Review: Sense8

Television Review: Sense8

Wingel Caburian and Chase Hanson
February 6, 2017

On June 5 2015, Netflix released an original series called “Sense8” which centers around eight people from eight different countries who are linked mentally and emotionally.   In the first...

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“Night of the Living Dead” Review

Shahtaj Ali and Kristina Gulczewski
January 31, 2017

It was a chilly autumn evening in rural Pennsylvania. Scattered leaves covered the ground. The setting sun imparted a crimson and violet hue upon the rows of tombstones as Barbara (Kat Amato) and her brother...

Television Review: The OA

Television Review: The OA

Wingel Caburian and Chase Hanson
January 22, 2017

It’s no surprise that Netflix original series are becoming increasingly popular. From hit series like “Orange is the New Black” and “Narcos,” another hit show is bound to happen. Before the end...

Singer songwriter Solange Knowles’s third studio album was released in late September.

Music Review: Solange Knowles’ “A Seat at the Table”

Cami Santa Anna, Reporter
January 18, 2017

Singer songwriter Solange Knowles’s third studio album placed number one on Billboard top 200 in October, upon it’s late September 2016 release.  A Seat at the Table,  released by her own record...

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