A Basic History of Mobile Game Ads

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 market that favors the producer more than the consumer. One of the side effects of this is the large amounts of ads that are being spread to maximize playerbase, which means that people will look at the ads in the game being advertised, so more money for devs. We are going to try and look at how mobile game ads went from the masterpieces that rivaled Apex Legends animations, to whatever you call this.

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Spider-Man and Venom

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 Holland Spiderman movies – part of phase four of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, taking place after Avengers: Endgame. There were rumors about another possible appearance: Tom Hardy as Eddie Brock, or Venom. From the post-credit scene in Venom: Let There Be Carnage, there was a hint of a connection between the two movies. In the scene, Venom attempts to show Eddie what he has experienced, but they end up transporting to be in the same world as Spiderman. This is right as the news is talking about Spiderman’s identity as Peter Parker. 

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How To Write Nuanced/Realistic Characters

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 heroic hero is not as popular. But creating actually realistic characters that we can relate to is much harder than it seems these days.

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A Brief History and Invention of the Expo Marker

LOGAN SCHLOSSER

WEBMASTER

Now, to the people who read my articles on a semi-regular basis, you might see the title of this article and get spooked. I mean, the game-review guy writing about Expo markers? However, I feel that it is important to diversify yourself in your writing. It is also nice to have a change of pace once in a while. However, even after this brief explanation, you might be wondering why one would be writing about Expo markers. The answer to this is that I simply wanted to write about the most boring topic possible, but who knows, this article might turn out to be pretty fun! Anyways, without further ado, let’s get into it!

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Tips to Write a Song

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 words, know how to encode double meanings and have the patience to come back to something, change it, hate it, and love different parts of it  every single day will determine whether you have the ability to write a song. The more critical you are on yourself and the more time and resources you have, the better. 

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