The Ratchelor

BY XUYING LEE

STAFF WRITER

Overview

The Ratchelor is an online game parody of The Bachelor, in which there are rounds where you meet with an array of different contestants who are rats. In the game, you get to choose a character who you will play from four different rats. After, you will choose seven rats out of twenty-one to be the contestants. Each of the rats has a little picture and small bio, so you can get a sense of their personality. The game is drawn in a cute artistic squiggly style and is very pleasing to the eye. There are four rounds total. In each round, you get a scene where you can talk to the contestants. Afterwards, there is an elimination until you get to the end. Once you’ve chosen the final mouse, you get a sweet epilogue for each of the rats that didn’t make it. It is free on Google and was made by Algorat, which also has other Rat-related games.

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March 17, 2021

Spelunky 2: A Review

BY LOGAN SCHLOSSER

STAFF WRITER

Hello to all of you lovely people at home! Welcome back to your regularly scheduled programming. I know I basically spent my entire last article talking about hedge funds and all of that jazz, but we are back to the usual. And boy, I got a pretty cool article for you prepared today! My excitement for this article comes from the fact that I’ve actually been playing this game’s predecessor for the past decade. So when the new installment of the series was released, I was hyped! It does indeed own up to its past title; it has everything that you could possibly hope for: from the time you died to a thing you couldn’t control, to more times that you die to unforeseen consequences. Now, without further ado, the game I will be talking about is… Spelunky 2!

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March 17, 2021

Bungou Stray Dogs: A Review

BY ALICE FONTANESI

STAFF WRITER

WARNING: THIS CONTAINS SPOILERS TO THE BUNGO STRAY DOGS ANIME

Hi, and yes, I am doing another anime review because that’s all I know how to do. This time, I’m going to talk about Bungou Stray Dogs. With the fourth season coming in 2022, there’s much to enjoy about the current three seasons and one movie that’s available. Or you could read the manga, but today we’re talking about mostly the anime adaptation.The manga was written by Kafka Asagiri and illustrated by Sango Harukawa. It was officially serialized in Kadokawa Shoten’s seinen manga magazine, Young Ace, in 2012 and adapted by Bones.

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March 17, 2021

Reventure: A Review

BY LOGAN SCHLOSSER

STAFF WRITER

Hello to all of you lovely people once again! As you can see, we are back to our regularly scheduled programming. Now I can finally get back to writing sleep-deprived game reviews. Anyways, once again, today I have a wonderful game I can’t wait to share with you all! Now, I may not be able to write about as much for this game. This is because it is so much better to simply go in blind. This game is simply one of my favorite games just because of the humor that seems to never get boring. The game that has won this very special spot in my heart is the game Reventure. With that out of the way, let’s get into it!

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March 3, 2021

MSA Competitive One Acts: The Great Pandemonium

BY LOGAN SCHLOSSER

STAFF WRITER

Hello to all of you wonderful people at home! Now I know this is not normally a thing I would talk about, but I thought it would be a fun way to spice up my articles. Today we will be talking about one of MSA’s newest additions to its theatre department: The Competitive One Acts, COA for shortening purposes. Now that I have thoroughly thrown you all a curveball, let’s get right into it!

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March 3, 2021

Tips To Improve Your Narrative Writing

BY ALICE FONTANESI

STAFF WRITER

If quarantine hasn’t reduced you to half a brain cell then writing a story is a good way to keep yourself busy. Here are a few tips to improve your plot, writing processes, and characters. But I want to say before I start that these tips might not apply to you because all of this is based on what I have learned over the years. I am not a professional writer, but I don’t consider myself an amatuer. Try and survive this word vomit I have created. Also, no none of this will help your vocabulary or grammar because I suck at that also.

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March 3, 2021