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… Continue Reading →
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… 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,… Continue Reading →
BY IRIS KOTFIS STAFF WRITER Finally, fall is upon us. The leaves are changing colors, and the air is becoming crisp. It is the perfect time to spend outside before the harsh Minnesota winters. Do you want some fun fall… 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… 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… Continue Reading →
BY ALAINA INOUYE AND BRIA KOEPKE COMMUNICATIONS EDITOR AND STAFF WRITER Many people wonder what the best farm animal is and, with a ranking of 6 popular farm animals, we can give you the answer. For number one, we have… 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… 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,… Continue Reading →
BY ALETHEA LO STAFF WRITER Have you ever wanted to draw the perfect heart? This is the article for you. There are many ways to draw a heart, but not a perfect heart. You do not want to draw your… 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… 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… 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… 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… 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… 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… 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… 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… 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… Continue Reading →
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… 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… 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… 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… 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.
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… Continue Reading →
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… Continue Reading →
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… 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… 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… Continue Reading →
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… 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… 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… 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… 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… Continue Reading →
BY ETHAN SEMLER STAFF WRITER Remember those shoes that had wheels in them from awhile back? What were they called again? Wheelys? Wheel shoes? Zoomers? The answer is heelys!
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… Continue Reading →
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… Continue Reading →
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… Continue Reading →