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Life in the Wasteland

Many gamers know the award-winning Fallout series, which are tales of epic adventures in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. However, few recognized Fallout as a spiritual successor to another game called Wasteland, published back in 1989.

What “American Sniper” Reveals About Us

U.S. coalition forces killed at least 1,201 children In Iraq between 2003 and 2011. And that brings me to American Sniper, whose real-life “hero,” Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, was a child killer.

“Whiplash” Film Review

With Whiplash, director Damien Chazelle has created a tense, thrilling film that explores how far one is willing to go to achieve success in a competitive, merciless market.

Plum on the Run

You miss a lot of things while on co-op. Working 9-5 every day has its perks, namely a paycheck, but a lot of the goings on around campus tend to close down before getting back from work.

Microsoft announces a new browser: Project Spartan

Microsoft announced a new browser that will be replacing Internet Explorer in Windows 10 last week, code named Project Spartan. In addition to a new rendering engine, Spartan will have three new features.

Margherita’s: a celebration of homemade culture

A very snowy welcome back to everyone, both to campus for the “spring” semester and to Cuisine Corner. Hopefully you’ve come looking for a decent restaurant in Hoboken in which to kick off the semester, so I reached back to another restaurant I somehow had not visited since Freshman year: Margherita’s.

Heroes of the Storm beta impressions

Over the holiday season, I finally received a (long overdue, in my opinion) invitation to beta test Heroes of the Storm (HotS) – an upcoming Massive Online Battle Arena (MOBA) game by Blizzard Entertainment.

American Sniper: a shot to the soul

Editor’s note: this review contains some spoilers.

Whenever a film’s context is war, especially between the United States and the Middle East, there is inevitable controversy.