Nerd's Eye View
2013
Rewarming ‘Heat’, two decades after its release
Author: Will Westwater The fervor over "Grand Theft Auto Five" (GTAV) has calmed down and gamers are finally getting sleep. Most of GTAV is set in...
2014
Sometimes, you just need a hero
Author: Will Westwater Last spring semester I received a D on an economics exam. My grades were hurting overall and I was having a tough time...
Arts & Entertainment
‘Settlers of Catan’ strengthens bonds then and now
Author: Will Westwater My high school classmates' senior years did not go as planned. Call it dumb luck or terrible mistakes, but many of my closest...
2013
‘Gravity’ takes NASA out of space and onto the screen
Author: Will Westwater "At 372 miles above the Earth there is nothing to carry sound, no air pressure, no oxygen. Life in space is impossible." Space...
Arts & Entertainment
Harder levels equals more fun
Author: Will Westwater "We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not...
2015
DisneyBounding brings Disney magic to the everyday
Author: Frida Gurewitz There's something about Disney that I’ve never been able to outgrow. Maybe it's the singing inanimate objects, maybe it's the magical lands or...
2013
A holiday buyer’s guide for a college budget
Author: Will Westwater The holidays are fast approaching and, as with all holiday releases, the older games get cheaper. Some of these games are better than...
Arts & Entertainment
“P.T.” fails to live up to franchise
Author: Will Westwater Little was known about the next installment of the terrifying "Silent Hill" franchise until a playable trailer, simply named "P.T.," appeared on the...
2015
Supergirl soars onto the small screen
Author: Frida Gurewitz It’s a bird, it's a plane, it's … not Superman. Sorry if I disappointed you. But it is his cousin Kara Zor-El, more...
2014
Ain’t no rest for the gamer
Author: Will Westwater When I travel home I always bring a plethora of video game systems with me. Security at LAX becomes a hassle when I...
Arts & Entertainment
Fans prepare for ‘Age of Ultron’
Author: Will Westwater “The Avengers 2: Age of Ultron” trailer went live Wednesday night, and since then I have watched it well over 20 times....
2016
Attack of the red and black onesies
Author: Frida Gurewitz I’m not sure why it is, but people sure love their goofy ultra-violent psychopaths in red and black onesies. Ok, this statement needs...
