Nerd's Eye View
2014
Titanfall: Sometimes bigger is beta
Author: Will Westwater Only the beta of "Titanfall," not the full game, is available right now. The opinions expressed in this article are reflective of my...
2014
Embrace adventure in daily life
Author: Will Westwater "Believe in the fiction." Professor John Bouchard says this at least 20 times every class period of his Acting II course. When my...
2014
Get twitchy with it in revolutionary collective gaming experience
Author: Will Westwater What if 80,000 people played a video game, and they all shared one controller? Recently a user on Twitch.com, a website where users...
Arts & Entertainment
‘Halo: TMCC’ dismays fans with bugs
Author: Will Westwater I'm not mad, I'm just disappointed. "Halo: The Master Chief Collection (TMCC)" was one of the games I anticipated most this holiday season,...
Arts & Entertainment
A new look at a classic hero
Author: Will Westwater Very minor spoilers ahead; that said, everybody should see this movie. "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" is the next installment in Marvel Studio's...
Arts & Entertainment
“Resident Evil 4” a timeless classic
Author: Will Westwater Economics majors would agree that the true price of something is what you are willing to give up for it. Gamers know the...
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
Gaming moving forward to go backward
Author: Will Westwater “Xbox on,” I say as I walk into my room. My little box of joy illuminates its warm and bright X logo. I...
Culture
Like a vacation, DLC content enhances gaming experience
Author: Will Westwater If my life was a video game—and sometimes I think it really is—different vacations would be the add-on packs to my main game....
