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Basement Medicine

This is a game to “Return.” to

This is a game to “Return.” to

Ciarra Annis April 24, 2019

There’s an adorable unsung hero in the messy aisles of free games that can be found in the Steam game marketplace. “Return.” published on Steam in August of 2018, is a platformer game that feels...

Paradise on a plate

Rebecca Flieder April 4, 2019

It’s a cold and blustery night, the kind of night that rattles window panes and, if you dare to brave it, will stick its prickly thumbs into your eye sockets just to see you suffer. These kinds of nights,...

The Apex of Battle Royales

Ciarra Annis April 4, 2019

The enemy team didn’t see me, and I could barely believe it. My teammates had just been wiped out after we assumed the Pathfinder we saw enter the building had been alone. I ran onto the roof of the...

Poetry and Moore

Poetry and Moore

Magnificent Schmidl April 4, 2019

On March 22, NVU- Johnson hosted for the second time poet, musician and activist Jessica Care Moore in the Stearns Performance Space. She came to read poetry, talk about her life and inspire people to...

Writer’s night a success

Writer’s night a success

Ciarra Annis April 4, 2019

About 40 white plastic seats were set up in the lobby of the Visual Arts Center lobby in preparation for the NVU Poetry/Fiction Reading on the night of April 29. All of them were filled with students,...

“The Act”: true crime, truly bizarre

“The Act”: true crime, truly bizarre

Mike King April 4, 2019

True crime dramatization is a hard genre to master, often playing out on the screen more like a low budget B movie than a feature quality production. Hulu’s new series “The Act” has managed to capture...

“Turn Blue” with the Black Keys

“Turn Blue” with the Black Keys

Patrick Bell April 4, 2019

The Black Keys album, “Turn Blue” was released in 2014 to positive reviews from most music critics and was listed as third on Rolling Stone’s top albums of 2014 list. It was nominated for best rock...

Left 4 Dead 2 still great after 10 years

Left 4 Dead 2 still great after 10 years

Ciarra Annis March 21, 2019

It will be 10 years this November since “Left 4 Dead 2” released online and there’s no better time to look back at the fond memories it has given its players and see how the game holds up. “Left...

Dysfunction works for “Umbrella Academy”

Dysfunction works for “Umbrella Academy”

Mike King and March 21, 2019

“Umbrella Academy” is a Netflix series based on the comic book by Gerard Way, the front man of alternative rock band My Chemical Romance. With the rise of comic book-inspired television anyone who...

Courtney Barnett: perfectly imperfect

Courtney Barnett: perfectly imperfect

Patrick Bell March 21, 2019

“Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit” by Courtney Barnett appeared on the indie-alternative scene in 2015 and has become a must-listen for fans of her music. It was received well from...

Macbeth and the three witches on the Dibden Stage

Bloody, bold, and resolute

Ciarra Annis February 21, 2019

One of Shakespeare’s best known plays took the stage at Dibden Center for the Arts Feb. 14-17... “Macbeth” was directed by Laura Roald, who previously directed “Nine” also at Dibden. This “Macbeth”...

"My Brain on Botany" (2011)

Binta M. Colley comes to Dibden

Magnificent Schmidl February 21, 2019

If you take a walk by Dibden any time in the near future, be sure to check out the new art exhibit in the Julian Scott Memorial Gallery in Dibden Hall by Binta M. Colley entitled, “It’s All in the...

Still channeling Led Zeppelin

Still channeling Led Zeppelin

Patrick Bell February 21, 2019

Greta Van Fleet’s new album “Anthem of the Peaceful Army” is the band’s first full-length album. It has earned new fans with this release, but a lot of controversy as well. Hailing from a small...

Dumplin’ disappoints

Dumplin’ disappoints

Magnificent Schmidl February 21, 2019

Well, it’s happened again. Movie trailers have led us to believe that Netflix made a great movie about strong women, body positivity, empowerment and acceptance of all kinds of people, when in reality,...

Pocket Camp: almost perfect

Pocket Camp: almost perfect

Rebecca Flieder February 8, 2019

Animal Crossing was my first love. Wild World was released in 2005, but I first picked up a Nintendo DS somewhere around 2008. I was nine years old. After almost four years of playing and over 500 hours...

Father John Misty

Spotify wraps up the year

Patrick Bell December 14, 2018

So the other day, I was running out of my apartment late for a class, had some weird brown crud on my chin, and I had totally forgotten to do some homework assignment for that day. I had my headphones...

Fourth chapter in The Story So Far

Fourth chapter in The Story So Far

Thomas Streeter December 6, 2018

The Story So Far released its fourth album on Sept. 21 of this year through Pure Noise Records. The Walnut Creek, California pop punk band is comprised of lead vocalist Parker Cannon, bassist Kelen Capener,...

“Deltarune”: journey to the dark world

“Deltarune”: journey to the dark world

Ciarra Annis December 6, 2018

Fans of indie video games got a surprise on Halloween as developer Toby Fox released the first chapter of "Deltarune," a successor to his first game "Undertale." The release came only with a series of...

This photo is far scarier than Nightmare Vermont's actual event

Scary? Not so much

Kylie Brown November 9, 2018

The only thing scary about Nightmare Vermont was how scary it wasn’t. Nightmare Vermont is an all-volunteer, charity Halloween event that’s been running since 2004. The event took place at the grandstand...

Look out! It’s Spider-Man!

Tom O’Leary November 9, 2018

Over the course of the past decade, the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) has become a cultural phenomenon across the globe. Since "Iron Man" premiered in 2008, Marvel Studios has dominated the movie industry,...

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