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‘Fallout 4’ an irradiated good time

Derek Rouse, Reporter | December 8, 2015

The core experience is like any other Fallout in the last few years. There are levels to gain, quests to complete, and mutants to kill. Enemies don’t hesitate to bombard you with grenades, or mow you down in a hail of gunfire. Fallout is as unforgiving as it always has been, and to add insult to injury, some enemies have gotten stronger since their last appearance.

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Mockingjay – Part 2: a decent end to a decent franchise

Isaac Owens, Broadcasting Manager | December 7, 2015

While it still has the production feel of a teen dystopian, this last movie loses all of the light of the previous films. With its brooding near two hour and twenty minute run time, the movie can at times be exhausting.

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Fratellis mount an endearing return

Mike Weisse, Reporter | December 7, 2015

The band strayed from their typical repertoire, bringing in a variety of new influences and sounds that give the songs a big boost. Still, there is enough of the familiar Fratellis sound so as to not alienate longtime listeners.

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Kid Cudi should stop making music

'Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven' chronicles Scott Mescudi's decline

Conor Battles, Editor-in-Chief, Arts & Entertainments Editor | December 7, 2015

'Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven' is a snapshot of an artist who wants desperately to be something he can never be, and it's made all the more disappointing because of just how talented Cudi can be with the right material.

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Classic Review: ‘The Social Network’ (2010)

Isaac Owens, Broadcasting Manager | December 7, 2015

With director David Fincher’s effortlessly cool filmography, his gritty dive into the foundations of Facebook, The Social Network, reigns supreme. Beginning with the dark crime thriller Se7en, Fincher...

‘Poison Season’ an enjoyable tenth outing

Destroyer crafts a dreamy, ethereal pop symphony

Conor Battles, Editor-in-Chief, Arts & Entertainments Editor | December 3, 2015

Poison Season is an album that benefits from showing its age.

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‘Spectre’ an enjoyable but empty romp

Riley Walberg, News Editor | December 2, 2015

'Spectre' has almost all of the traits of a classic 007 movie. It has a suave and composed Bond as the focus, well-realized, three-dimensional side characters, and thrilling action scenes throughout it. What 'Spectre' does not have is a compelling villain.

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‘Garden of Delete’ a spacey, atmospheric experiment

Conor Battles, Editor-in-Chief, Arts & Entertainments Editor | November 30, 2015

The richness of Lopatin's sonic palate is unlike just about anything else this year. Manic, lightspeed synth; crushing, distorted bass; and sample work that sounds totally detached from its source material all converge to make something utterly foreign.

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Adele mounts a solid return to form

Conor Battles, Editor-in-Chief, Arts & Entertainments Editor | November 28, 2015

The last four years saw Adele raise her son, contemplate quitting the music industry altogether, and suffer from a heavy bout of writer's block that left her fearing creative bankruptcy, and all these outside forces invigorate the tracks on 25 with a plethora of new ways to approach her craft.

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Spielberg channels Hollywood’s Golden Age with ‘Bridge of Spies’

Isaac Owens, Broadcasting Manager | November 25, 2015

Graced by a Coen Brothers' script and Steven Spielberg’s direction, Bridge of Spies is an engrossing piece of Oscar-bait cinema. In his fourth collaboration with two-time Oscar winning actor Tom Hanks,...

Logic’s incredibly consistent album

'The Incredible True Story' an enjoyable, cohesive sophomore LP

Cristian Flores, Online Chief | November 18, 2015

The album continues to try and bounce back and forth between the sci-fi story and the growing pains that Logic went through growing up sounding rather similar to Under Pressure which was the main focus of the last album.

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‘Undertale’: A game where nobody has to die

Jake Barbieri, Reporter | November 17, 2015

The main gimmick of 'Undertale' is that nobody actually has to die. During your turn, you have a chance to act, rather than fight.

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