Throughout this year, many of us have turned to playing games to entertain ourselves while at home. Many popular video games this year have been used as an escape from reality, and a much-needed one. Whether missing socialization, or simply looking for something to do, many people have turned to gaming to interest them this…
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Food Trends of 2020
People have been so incredibly bored with all of the free time they were forced into by COVID and so people began to make food. There were so many different types of popular food this year. Hello Fresh has become increasingly popular during this year. It is a box of fresh ingredients with instructions to…
Game Review: Final Fantasy VII Remake Worth Your Stay-At-Home Time – Guest Review from Rachel Schaffner
What makes FFVII Remake a great Remake? And is it a game to play? For starters, Final Fantasy VII Remake is exclusively for PlayStation 4 players for one year before it’s supposed release to PC players. So unfortunately to people who only have a Nintendo Switch or Xbox, they are unable to play the Remake,…
Game Review: Is A Remake of Persona 5 Worth Your Shelter-In-Place Time?
Persona 5 is the sixth installment to the JRPG series named persona. It was released in September of 2016 to Japan and released worldwide on April 4th of 2017 for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4. Persona 5 follows your protagonist (canonically named Akira Kurusu for the manga and Ren Amamiya for the anime adaptation),…
Natalya’s Anime Reviews: Weathering With You
The gloomiest weather would seem like rain. It’s wet, cold, and unwelcoming. A setting like that brings despair in many films. Weathering With You utilizes the rain not only to drive the story, but to bring a tense atmosphere that the audience can only notice once the sun comes out. Weathering With You follows an…
Peyton Tried it: Lays Potato chips wedding cookie
When you think of your favorite cookie I doubt Potato chips come to mind, but should it? When brought to me today in class I thought that it was just a normal wedding style cookie. Until the maker of the cookies told me that the secret ingredient was the classic Lays potato chips. Which would…
Let’s Remember – Pop Culture Flashbacks: Kidd Video Review
When you were a kid, you might have been passing the time, staying out of trouble, or just getting through boredom by watching Spongebob or WonderPets or Courage the Cowardly Dog. For me, I was out of time a bit, keeping my kid media diet retro to the 60s and 70s up through the…
1917: A Fresh, Fervent Depiction of the Human Condition During ‘The Great War’
Even if you don’t like war movies, 1917 is a cinematographic masterpiece. You’ll appreciate the humanistic approach that the film spends much of its 2 hour run-time, sharing with the audience. The vivid cherry trees, beige uniforms, and the clink of the bullets fleeing the chamber of the Lee Enfield create a film that…
The 2010’s In Gaming – guest article by Fabian Vazquez Ramos – IN GAME PURCHASES INCLUDED
With the 2010s coming to a close, we have had many dramatic changes to the gaming industry. We have all the fun moments: The Fortnite and Minecraft war, horrible games from reputable companies, and the worst of them all, microtransactions, amongst other moments that will either plague the gaming industry, or prop it up. …
Songs From the 2010s – When Tik Tok Was a Song by Ke$ha
Over this whole decade, starting from 2010 and ending in 2019, the songs that we have listened to have changed drastically from flashy, energetic pop to reserved, depressing songs you listen to by yourself with your airpods and LED lights on the blue setting. In 2010, the number one song for the year was TikTok…