BY NOAH FONTANESI STAFF WRITER Simon Stålenhag is a Swedish artist who is most known for his art books, such as The Electric State and Tales from the Loop. He often writes and draws about robots, specifically in a post-apocalyptic setting in Sweden and America.
BY LOGAN SCHLOSSER WEBMASTER Throughout the majority of our waking moments, we wish for companionship. Put into simpler terms, we wish for just a few good buddies. Maybe your choice of activity is going to that newest slasher film, or a midnight fishing trip where no one actually catches anything. No matter the activity, it… Continue Reading →
BY TUCKER FULTON STAFF WRITER NFS HEAT is a Need for Speed racing game that contains one hundred twenty-seven vehicles! NFS HEAT came out on November 8th, 2019. The average rating of this game is eight out of ten stars, which is pretty solid. This map contains eighteen districts. NFS HEAT is rated as the… Continue Reading →
BY TIERNEY DECAIRE STAFF WRITER The Isle of Cats is a game a lot like Tetris, where you are on an island and trying to collect fancy cats to put on your boat. Each round, there are four cats per player around the island, and you have to fit as many as you can around… Continue Reading →
BY TAHILIA CAPPS STAFF WRITER Charmander is a fire type pokemon and is the pre-evolution of Charmeleon. I just learned how to draw it so now it’s time to teach you how.
BY BRIA KOEPKE STAFF WRITER Finding the perfect spot to build your house in Minecraft can be difficult for some people. When deciding where to build, you have to make some tradeoffs. First, you have to consider if you want a lot of land for your base or to be near a lot of resources…. Continue Reading →
BY TIERNEY DECAIRE STAFF WRITER My family loves to play board games, so this week I decided to write a review on three games with varying complexity and games that match different types of people.
By SAMUEL ELLINGSON STAFF WRITER What makes a game good? Its price? Its mechanics? Components? Replayability? The vast majority of board game critics can agree: all of these factors and more! In order to make a stellar board game, you have to nail every aspect the players encounter. One board game that ticks all those… Continue Reading →
BY EDWARD STEURY STAFF WRITER AI-generated art is a strange and wonderful field, and although some are concerned about its impacts on art and the expression of creative freedom, I am here to somewhat naively sway that belief. To begin, I should perhaps explain the brief history of AI-generated art. The first real boom in… Continue Reading →
BY TAHLIA CAPPS STAFF WRITER Hello and welcome to the very first article of this new series! My name is Tahlia and boy, do I have something for YOU. You see, back when I first started Minecraft, around the update aquatic, griefing was my specialty. I accidentally sicked three withers on my sky base which… Continue Reading →
BY NOAH FONTANESI STAFF WRITER Plot armor is a pretty known trope and frequently used, but it seems to be only talked about in a negative sense. It comes up sometimes when talking about a story, but if it’s used poorly then we notice it. After all, why would such an obvious trope be liked?… Continue Reading →
BY SAMUEL ELLINGSON STAFF WRITER If you have been paying attention to social media for the past couple of months, you would know that the internet has recently become obsessed with a new game, Wordle. The objective is simple: figure out what the five letter word is in six guesses or less. As you play,… Continue Reading →
BY NOAH FONTANESI STAFF WRITER Disclaimer: This is not a spoiler free review. When it comes to Asian representation in the media, it can be quite mediocre or not even exist. That was probably the first thing that drew me to Dragon Pearl as well as the interesting mix of science fiction and mythology based… Continue Reading →
BY TAHLIA CAPPS STAFF WRITER As far as I know, a lot of students here play video games, mainly Minecraft. As I was reading a book that made me stay up until 1:30 in the morning, making me HEAVILY tired as I was writing this, I had an idea…I will share some Gaming Hacks from… Continue Reading →
BY ALICE FONTANESI STAFF WRITER Because I am currently drowning in worldbuilding for a story that took me over half a year to strangle, let’s talk about mythos. A mythos is a culture’s myths, and it’s a pretty common trope in fantasy to have all myths be true. This trope is usually used for urban… Continue Reading →
BY ANSHI PEDDAREDDIVARI STAFF WRITER Fernando A. Torres once said, “mirrors are useless for reflecting who you are.” Marissa Meyer, the author of a bestselling science fiction book Cinder, clearly uses this important message in her story and in the rest of her series, the Lunar Chronicles. Cinder is about a 15-year-old cyborg that has… Continue Reading →
BY SEAN WHITE STAFF WRITER Mobile games, whether you like them or not, are the most profitable way to create a game. Particularly nowadays, since the market has been flooded with so many low-quality, ad-filled games that the only way to find good ones is to download a lot of them. This has created a… Continue Reading →
BY ALICE FONTANESI STAFF WRITER You may have heard of this dude named Rick Riordan. You know, the author of this series called Percy Jackson and the Olympians. Well, we aren’t going to talk about him right now, so here are my thoughts on the Pandava Novels, or the Aru Shah series.
BY ALICE FONTANESI STAFF WRITER Disclaimer: Spoilers to Ghost Eyes Season 1 Horror is quite broad of a genre, and the simplest definition of horror is media that is meant to strike fear in you. But not everything that is suspenseful and fearful is horror, and there are many other genres of horror that are… Continue Reading →
BY ALICE FONTANESI STAFF WRITER Because the spooky season has ended, here’s your daily dose of demonology. We all know how Lucifer fell from grace, but he wasn’t the only one who got thrown out of heaven. The Seven Princes of Hell are seven demons, including Lucifer, who rule hell and represent the Seven Deadly… Continue Reading →
BY SYDNEY WESCHCKE STAFF WRITER Spoiler warning for Venom: Let There Be Carnage. NO Spoilers for No Way Home The newest Spiderman movie, starring Tom Holland, was exclusively released in theaters on December 17th. This movie stars Zendaya as MJ and Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange. No Way Home is a continuation of the Tom… Continue Reading →
BY ALICE FONTANESI STAFF WRITER Disclaimer: Spoilers to My Deepest Secret Seasons 2 and 3. Most traditional heroes have fallen out of style now, and I’m pretty sure just about all of us have created really edgy characters at some point. Most of our heroes are flawed and troubled in many ways, and the traditionally… Continue Reading →
BY ALICE FONTANESI STAFF WRITER Hello, I am back and I shall write about writing for the rest of the year as per usual. So don’t expect anything else from me except for the occasional review.
BY ALICE FONTANESI STAFF WRITER Character design is what completes a character by representing them through a physical form. It’s important because it can make a character memorable and easy to recognize. So hopefully, I can tell you all the basics of a good character design.
BY ALICE FONTANESI STAFF WRITER I know, I promised myself I’d never write a review again, but barely anyone has talked about this, which needs to change. Okay, so why does Disney always start a few projects, but when one of them gets popular, they immediately drop everything else like it didn’t exist? Because, did… Continue Reading →
BY LOGAN SCHLOSSER WEBMASTER Hello to all of you reading this! I truly welcome you all back to my game review series after the summer hiatus! It truly does feel nice to be back in the swing of things and writing again. To kick things off, my name is Logan Schlosser, and I am the… Continue Reading →
BY ALICE FONTANESI STAFF WRITER Do you ever wonder why a ship so good and pure in your eyes never becomes canon? Does it always irritate you that whenever there’s a show with two characters who are obviously meant for each other never kiss? Well, I have the answer for you!
BY ALICE FONTANESI STAFF WRITER If you’ve ever written stories, then chances are that you made one of your characters a Mary Sue (or Gary Stew for masculine characters). As most people know it, a Mary Sue is a perfect character with no flaws, everyone likes them, and the world basically revolves around them. What… Continue Reading →
BY CREIGHTON LEWIS STAFF WRITER Like many artistic pursuits, there’s no real right or wrong way to write a song. Each artist is different, and only telling you the way that I do it could be in the completely opposite order of what works best for you. Depending on whether you have a way with… Continue Reading →
BY ALICE FONTANESI STAFF WRITER Disclaimer: All of the information regarding Toilet-bound Hanako-kun comes from the first seven volumes of the manga, so if you are an anime-only watcher you have been warned for spoilers.
BY ALICE FONTANESI STAFF WRITER From live-action movies to shojo anime, adaptations are one of the riskiest things a person can do. Despite what everyone says about adaptations, why do most of them suck?
BY LOGAN SCHLOSSER STAFF WRITER Hello to all of you lovely people at home! Today is a very special installment of this series, as I am writing this a lot more tired than usual. So I apologize in advance to you all, also my editors, like they have to fix all of my sleep-deprived grammar…. Continue Reading →
BY ALICE FONTANESI STAFF WRITER For some reason, when I was starting my first book I put in one of the most obvious plot twists in all of my years of reducing myself to half a brain cell over a fictional story. That is half the reason why I recycled that story because everything is… Continue Reading →
BY ALICE FONTANESI STAFF WRITER This is probably one of the things that irritates me the most: when the antagonist is the villain because they are evil. Like seriously, I can understand when someone does something just for fun, but what kind of motivation is that?!
BY ALICE FONTANESI STAFF WRITER TERRIBLE WRITING TIPS Just like with everything, there are bad writing tips that exist… for some reason. Welcome to another session of me writing about writing at two in the morning. Here are a few bad tips for writing I’ve heard of.
BY LOGAN SCHLOSSER STAFF WRITER Hello to all of you wonderful people sitting in your homes! Welcome back to another installment of “Logan reviews games, haha get it he’s still funny.” Anyways, it’s certainly been a few weeks since I’ve written anything. So I hope you all have been doing well over my hiatus! To… Continue Reading →
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… Continue Reading →
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… Continue Reading →
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,… Continue Reading →
BY ALICE FONTAENESI STAFF WRITER Hi, you’ve read the title and know what’s going to happen. I just want to say before I start that depending on the art program you use you might not be able to use some tips. I use ibisPaint X on android for digital art and most of the tips… Continue Reading →
BY LOGAN SCHLOSSER STAFF WRITER Hello you wonderful people! Welcome to another rendition of me reviewing things in my room at 12AM. Today we will be looking at a game that I have spent 80.8 hours on. Those hours were spent over the course of only one year. Anyways this game is what I have… Continue Reading →
BY LOGAN SCHLOSSER STAFF WRITER Howdy to all of you wonderful people! I am once again your host Logan, and welcome to another great game review. Well, great is an opinion I guess. You get to judge if you perceive this article as great or not! Anyways, today I will be talking about a game… Continue Reading →
BY LAASYA AKI STAFF WRITER Among Us, Minecraft, Fortnite, Roblox – you’ve probably played at least one of these games during the pandemic. Most of us have tried passing time through various methods. One of these methods is gaming, which is an easily accessible way to pass time. It also gives us a way to… Continue Reading →
BY LOGAN SCHLOSSER STAFF WRITER Hello once again to all of you lovely people at home! Welcome to another installment of ‘I review games, and you read about them’. The games I pick are usually ones that can be played by almost everyone. Be that hardware-wise or the actual content rating of the game. So… Continue Reading →
BY LOGAN SCHLOSSER STAFF WRITER Hello to all of you wonderful ladies and gentlemen! Welcome to the next installment of I Review Games While Sleep Deprived, or affectionately known as IRGWSD. So today I will be taking the time to review some of the halloween events going on in popular video games. These can be… Continue Reading →
BY YOUSEF GHARIB STAFF WRITER It sounds like the unbeatable final level of an action-packed video game. Unfortunately, it’s all too real for Xbox 360 owners — a circle of flashing LED lights around the power button that indicates a massive hardware failure.
BY ALICE FONTANESI STAFF WRITER WARNING: THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS TO THE PROMISED NEVERLAND ANIME. PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK! Did this pandemic delay so many things you were looking forward to? Have you been waiting forever for season five of My Hero Academia to come out? Were you expecting the Demon Slayer movie to… Continue Reading →
BY LOGAN SCHLOSSER STAFF WRITER Hello to all of you lovely people! Welcome back to this series of newspaper articles where I review a game that’s probably been out for a long time, and I just am not up to date on. Alright, with introductions out of the way, time to reveal this week’s game… Continue Reading →
BY IAN JIN AND VENKATA KARAVADI STAFF WRITERS Tips and Tricks for being an impostor. By Ian Jin Being the impostor is undoubtedly one of the most fun parts of Among Us, but there are some tips and tricks to being impostor that will help you stay alive and kill the Crewmates. Tip 1. When… Continue Reading →
BY VENKATA KARAVADI STAFF WRITER A month or two ago, the games Rocket league, Fortnite, Minecraft, Etc. were really popular. But a month ago, there was this game called “Among Us”. Many popular Youtubers were trying out this game, and they loved it. There are three maps , and it’s a game where there are… Continue Reading →
BY ROWAN RAVERTY STAFF WRITER Has this distance learning gotten too boring for you? Need some action in your life? Want to leave your house and travel? Getting tired of those FRIENDS reruns and need something new to watch? Well, have I got a show for you! Miraculous Ladybug is a 3D animated show about… Continue Reading →
BY IAN JIN AND KAIA KARPE STAFF WRITERS THIS WILL CONTAIN SOME SPOILERS ON THE UNWANTEDS *YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED* The Unwanteds is a book about a dystopian society called Quill in which at the age of twelve all people are sorted into one of these three categories: Wanted, Unwanted and Necessary. The strong and… Continue Reading →
BY LOGAN SCHLOSSER STAFF WRITER Today I have the pleasure of talking to you about my favorite game to waste time. The game that I am talking about here is Downwell. I can describe this game as a rapid-paced experience; and this a game can last anywhere from one minute to thirty. The description I… Continue Reading →
BY SAM WURDEMANNEDITOR-IN-CHIEF IN TRAINING When you’re not up for it, music as a concept can be a pretty daunting task. It’s formed as math and works like a science. Every brain processes it in a different way. It takes all sorts of forms for all sorts of people. There are some professionals who spend… Continue Reading →
BY LAUREN PAULSONEDITOR-IN-CHIEF **Warning: this review contains spoilers!** With a hurried and anticipatory air, Jo March hurries out of an apartment and off to the Weekly Volcano Press, a different and surprising beginning to the seventh movie with the same title, Little Women. Instead of being greeted by the smiling faces of all the March… Continue Reading →
BY BELLA TRINKO STAFF WRITER Have you ever been watching a movie and thought “As if!” or “Why doesn’t that happen to me?”? Or, have you ever been watching one romantic comedy, only to watch another the next day and realize it had the exact same plot?! Us too! So, we compiled a list of… Continue Reading →
BY LYNNE INOUYE STAFF WRITER Scythe, by Neal Shusterman, is a riveting work with interesting twists and complex characters that make you question—what really draws the line between right and wrong? The book grabs your attention, and, from the start, spins a fascinating tale about two young people forced into a role they never wanted…. Continue Reading →
BY MAYA CRANDALL COMMUNICATIONS EDITOR IN-TRAINING I am not sure Where I am, But I’m Falling, Falling, Falling. As a crisp autumn leaf makes its descent, So am I. Never to be able to reach What it has been holding On to for its entire life. Ever. Again. But I will become anew. I will… Continue Reading →