Esports in Schools

Marvin Cruz, Staff Writer

September 17, 2018

Filed under School, Showcase, Sports

Esports is a growing competition between players participate either alone or in a team against others for sometimes large prize pools and it is beginning to spread into schools and colleges. NFHS is no exception with a new club being made for Esports at the high school competitive level. The Esports ...

Destiny Year Three Launches with New Expansion

Austin McIntosh, Staff Writer

September 23, 2016

Filed under Features, Showcase

Year three of Destiny launched on Tuesday, September 20 with a brand new expansion called Rise of Iron. This expansion pack features a collection of new and exciting weapons, armor, and other materials. Rise of Iron also gives guardians an increased level cap of 400 to achieve by the means of story missions,...

Time Bending Teen Stars in New Episodic Adventure

Diana Rodgers, Web Editor

March 8, 2016

Filed under Features, Showcase

Disclaimer note: The following article was meant to leave out as many spoilers as possible, but there will still be some.   Taking a break from their normal fighter and first person shooter style of game, DONTNOD ENTERTAINMENT took the gaming community by storm with the dark and twisted adv...

Do Video Games Promote Violence?

Raicheal Havins, News Editor

February 23, 2016

Filed under Editorial/Opinion, Showcase

Do video games make people violent? Do guns shoot people? Do spoons cause weight gain? No. People are constantly looking for a tangible source to blame for violent behavior, but there is no correlation between violent video games and violent or criminal behavior. Why are video games to blame? Loud noises...

Nintendo’s Back in the Game

November 4, 2014

Filed under Movies, TV, & Games, Showcase

Anyone with experience in gaming has seen games packed with fighting and violence. They make up a huge part of the market, with Super Street Fighter 4 and Mortal Kombat X (Ten) being the two  new games every hardcore fan will lean towards. However, there is another huge reason these fighting games are...

The Feminist Corner #1: What #GamerGate is Really About

Rayne Crivelli and Hannah Manikowski

October 31, 2014

Filed under Audio, Showcase

In the first installment in the Feminist Corner, Hannah and Rayne discuss GamerGate and women's involvement in video games and gaming culture. (Note: this was recorded before Felicia Day became involved with the discussion, but here is a TIME article explaining the harassment she received upon joining the conversation.) Listen ...