Nerd's Eye View

Profit-driven games far from consoling

Author: Will Westwater The new Play Station console hit the shelves Friday, and fans are lining up, ready to shell out money for the latest piece...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Warner Brothers doesn’t Lego of Youth

Author: Will Westwater Lego, one of the most popular toys in the world, now has a movie with an equally ambiguous title, "The Lego Movie." Warner...

Marvel Phase Three ushers in new era

Author: Will Westwater Big news, true believers! This week Marvel Studios unveiled Phase Three, their slate of films set to be released over the next ...

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...

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...

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...

‘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,...

New games brighten grim landscape

Author: Will Westwater The last home console generation was the first to be in HD and the new technology allowed for more realistic designs. This renovation...