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 that book!

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 fantasy, but it can work for any genre, depending on the worldbuilding. But justifying how and why all myths are real is going to be a bit of a challenge. You’re going to have a bunch of sun gods running around, so is the sun a huge group project or something else? And researching and cultural appropriation might also get in the way.

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.

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 different variations.

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 Sins.

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. 

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.

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.