Halloween Games With the Halloween season just behind us, I thought it best to look at a couple of games that have that ‘scary’ theme about them. Be warned: they couldn’t be more different! One of them deals directly with that most beloved (to some) of holidays and is quite whimsical and funny, as per…
Rabecca Rogers The Corsair Pensacola State College seeks high praise for their arts and theatre performances this semester. Hoping to fall nothing short of a standing ovation and honorable review, Don Snowden, the department head of music and theatre and Vivian Spencer, gallery director for the Anna Lamar Switzer Center for Visual Arts, have planned…
Batman: Arkham City By Warner Bros. Entertainment, Rocksteady Studios Genre: Free-roaming, third-person action-adventure Rating: Teen for Alcohol Reference, Blood, Mild Language, Suggestive Themes, Use of Tobacco, Violence Two years ago around this time, Batman: Arkham Asylum was released, and chronicled the Caped Crusader’s struggle against the Joker, Poison Ivy, Bane, Scarecrow and others on the…
iOS 5 On October 5, one of the world’s leading visionaries was unfortunately taken from us. Exactly one week later, the latest iteration of his creative vision was released to the public, proving what I said before that Steve Jobs’ legacy will go on for a long, long time. Formerly known only as iPhone OS,…
Warhammer 40,000 By Games Workshop, game adaptations developed by Relic Entertainment and published by THQ To be honest, I never really got into the tabletop/pen-and-paper RPG craze. With all due respect to those who play, of course: a whole lot of numbers, statistics and variables to manage doesn’t really seem like my idea of fun.…
Breakfast: Fuel for Thought by Torie Hutchinson The sunrise is a signal for most people to wake up for the new day. Grabbing a bite to eat after waking up has become a normal tradition. According to Better Health Magazine, “Breakfast is considered an important meal because it breaks the overnight fasting period, replenishes your…
Let Me In By Hammer Films Starring Cody Smit-McPhee and Chloe Grace Moretz Genre: Horror Rating: R for pervasive horror violence, gratuitous profanity spoken by teens, and a short scene of nudity I was only in the mood for a slasher flick. I didn’t expect to be moved as much as I was. This remake…
Temple Grandin By HBO Films Starring Claire Danes, Catherine O’Hara, Julia Ormond, David Strathairn Genre: Drama, biography I recently had the great pleasure of watching the biopic of the most prominent advocate of autism support I’ve ever seen, and a woman whom I admire greatly. Temple Grandin may look and sound a lot different from…
Psychonauts By Double Fine Productions Genre: Third-person adventure/platformer Rating: Teen for Cartoon Violence, Crude Humor, Language Although the game Psychonauts hit way after my youth, the impressionable period in which I loved anything and everything, I still feel very emotional in regards to it. Merely recalling it brings a tear to my eye, and perhaps…
SEGA Dreamcast Collection The SEGA Dreamcast. Ah, do I have fond memories of this system. Sporting a 128-bit CPU (as opposed to Nintendo 64’s 64-bit), this system introduced us to many innovations in the console market, including: Sonic in 3D with Sonic Adventure; the most impressive 2D fighter for years after its release, Marvel vs.…