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RETRO GAME CONSOLES
Matt Allen, Reporter • May 28, 2023
Just remember 2006 is retro
A wallpaper screen for ARK: Survival Evolved featuring many different dinosaurs and human characters.
ARK: SURVIVAL EVOLVED BRINGS A LOT TO THE WORLD OF GAMING
The game published by Studio Wildcard has brought in a lot of positivity, and it’s easy to see why.
Finley Wiseman, Reporter • May 18, 2023

ARK: Survival Evolved is a video game that was released in full to the public in 2017. It was in early access for two years before being completed...

Cal With Green saber
STAR WARS JEDI FALLEN ORDER
Time to swing the light up baseball bat
Matt Allen, Reporter • May 4, 2023

Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order is a single player, third person action exploration game (that’s a mouthful). In Fallen Order you play as Ian...

Map of the Inverse castle
CASTLEVANIA: SYMPHONY OF THE NIGHT
Where are we going? No one knows.
Matt Allen, Reporter • April 25, 2023

Castlevania is a game series dating back to 1986, with Symphony of the Night (SOTN) being the most popular game in the series. Castlevania games...

HOGWARTS LEGACY
HOGWARTS LEGACY
WB games best selling game, and actively getting canceled
Matt Allen, Reporter • April 3, 2023

Hogwarts Legacy is a Triple-A title delving into the wizarding world of Harry Potter. The game takes place in the 1800’s, before the events...

Caricature of Ghost busters logo
GHOSTBUSTERS: THE VIDEO GAME
Who You Gonna Call?
Matt Allen, Reporter • March 3, 2023

Ghostbusters is an extremely popular movie, but how does the 2009 video game perform? Well, let's start with the good parts of the game. Bustin’...

MARVELS SPIDER-MAN
MARVEL'S SPIDER-MAN
Spider-Man, Spider-Man, does whatever you controller can
Matt Allen, Reporter • February 28, 2023

Marvel’s Spider-Man was released in 2018 by Insomniac Games and Sony Studios. The game captured the essence of the comics, and ultimately...

WAR THUNDER PLAYERS WONT STOP LEAKING CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS
WAR THUNDER PLAYERS WON'T STOP LEAKING CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS
I swear this isn't satire
Matt Allen, Reporter • February 14, 2023

War Thunder is a free-to-play war game involving flying planes/helicopters and driving tanks, with sixteen characters on either side fighting...

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GRAND THEFT AUTO: SAN ANDREAS
"All you had to do was follow the d*mn train CJ"
Matt Allen, Reporter • February 2, 2023

2004's Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is one of most popular games in the series. What exactly makes this game so popular? Mayhem When...

Stone Golem
DRAGON'S DOGMA
Regarded as one of the best worst games
Matt Allen, Reporter • December 13, 2022

Dragon’s Dogma is a cult classic released by Capcom in 2012. Capcom is well known for its other extremely popular game series such as Resident...

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BOUND BY FLAME
An attempt has been made
Matt Allen, Reporter • December 9, 2022

Bound by Flame was released in 2014; the game received mediocre reviews and became fairly obscure due to its low rating. However, despite its...

Dante says Jackpot
DEVIL MAY CRY
The birth of a new genre
Matt Allen, Reporter • December 2, 2022

Devil May Cry was a revolutionary game for its time. Released in 2001, it was originally designed to be a Resident Evil game, but it drifted...

STAFFER PLAYLIST: MY 10 SONG PLAYLIST
STAFFER PLAYLIST: MY "10 SONG" PLAYLIST
Elizabeth Franzon March 3, 2023

Listen Here! #1 Not Allowed- TV Girl #2 Lovers Rock- TV Girl #3 Cherry Wine- grentperez #4 Brooklyn Baby- Lana Del Rey #5...

Blue Care bear figurine inside green toy dinosaur.
ADVISOR PLAYLIST: ANGER IS A GIFT
Kelly Bathje, Advisor • December 21, 2022

Listen Here! Ms. Bathje's recommendations! #1 Freedom - Rage Against the Machine #2 Violet - Hole #3 Dear God - XTC #4...

Picture of a playlist with a photo of a frog with very large eyes titled All the Frogs are Depressed
STAFFER PLAYLIST: ALL THE FROGS ARE DEPRESSED
Harper Jontow and Phoebe Knellhorne December 16, 2022

Listen here! Harper's Playlist #1 I/Me/Myself- Will Wood #2 Idle Town- Conan Gray #3 Keep the Blues Away- Caamp #4 Rivers and...

STAFFER PLAYLIST: IF THE WORLD TESTS ME ONE MORE TIME...I WILL COMMIT
STAFFER PLAYLIST: IF THE WORLD TESTS ME ONE MORE TIME...I WILL COMMIT
Ellyana Tripp, reporter/web manager • December 12, 2022

Listen here: #1 B.Y.O.B. - System of a Down #2 Toxicity - System of a Down #3 Animal I Have Become - Three Days Grace #4 Thnks...

A picture of a spotify playlist, with a closeup of a cat as the playlist cover.
STAFFER PLAYLIST: THE DEATH OF SORROW
Finley Wiseman, Reporter • December 3, 2022

Listen Here! #1 Aura - Cuco #2 Jump - Kris Kross #3 Beautiful is Boring - BONES UK #4 A Little Piece of Heaven - Avenged Sevenfold #5...

Spotify playlist
STAFFER PLAYLIST: MUSIC IS POWERFUL :)
Teia Nash, Reporter • November 18, 2022

Listen here! #1 Spit It Out - Slipknot #2 Let Her Dance - The Bobby Fuller Four #3 ZOMBIFIED - Falling In Reverse #4...

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STAFFER PLAYLIST: PMONEY JAMS
Nora Peragine, P.R. Manager • November 16, 2022

Listen Here: Right where you left me- Taylor Swift vvvv (check the profile pic on the seniors insta) All Too Well (10...

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STAFFER PLAYLIST: BINK BONK
Aubrey Cruson, Reporter • November 15, 2022

Listen here! #1 Talking to Myself - GB&J #2 Fire Escape - Beach Bunny #3 Telescope - Cavetown #4 Scarborough Fair - Daisy...

Andrews Playlist
STAFFER PLAYLIST: IT'S STILL OCTOBER IN MY MIND
Andrew Buchholz, Reporter • November 11, 2022

Listen Here! Andrew's Favorites! #1 Pumpkin -The Regrettes #2 Send Me a Peach -Justin Rubenstein #3 Hey -Pixies #4 Presumably...

A womans hand with long red nails pushing a red button
TWO SECONDS
The Button
Harper Jontow, Editor • April 21, 2023

It’s going off again. Every hour it starts up again, but when I go to check there’s nothing there. At first it scared me. After the fifth...

A womans hand with long red nails pushing a red button
DON'T LOOK TOO FAR
The Button
Harper Jontow, Editor • March 31, 2023

Everything in my life led me to that exact moment.  I remember it like it happened only moments ago. I knew that I should leave. Staying...

A womans hand with long red nails pushing a red button
PRETTY WHEN YOU CRY
The Button
Harper Jontow, Editor • March 17, 2023

How far can I go before you break? How long will you last when I test your every nerve? I don’t know, but I intend to find out.  “Look,...

Books with arms reach for panicking man
PART 4: PERIPHERY
Through the Pages
Harper Jontow, Editor • January 20, 2023

The world fades in and out. I can still hear your voice, but it’s distant. When did you get so far away? I don’t know if there’s anything...

Two dumpsters next to each other with hearts in between.
TRASHY LOVE LETTERS: EDITION 4
Love has never been so smelly
Andrew Buchholz, Reporter • January 13, 2023

April 6, 2022 It is seven o’clock in the morning and the sun begins to rise, bringing light to a small and empty parking lot. Those who...

Two dumpsters next to each other with hearts in between.
TRASHY LOVE LETTERS: EDITION 3
Love has never been so smelly
Andrew Buchholz, Reporter • December 19, 2022

January 31, 2022 It’s snowing, ever so quickly tiny white snowflakes flurry to the ground at an astounding rate. What was once a still...

Books with arms reach for panicking man
PART 3: PRESCIENCE
Through the Pages
Harper Jontow, Editor • December 9, 2022

Dear Stranger, Most people rarely know what’s going on inside a person. I think it’s different for us. It doesn’t make much sense,...

Two dumpsters next to each other with hearts in between.
TRASHY LOVE LETTERS: EDITION 2
Love has never been so smelly.
Andrew Buchholz, Reporter • December 2, 2022

January 25th, 2022 The clock has just hit midnight exactly. It is dead silent outside and all creatures big and small lay asleep. Two dumpsters...

Books with arms reach for panicking man
PART 2: POSSIBILITIES
Through the Pages
Harper Jontow, Editor • November 18, 2022

Dear Stranger, Since it worked so well last time, I thought I could leave you another letter. My friends say that my note to you probably...