Student spaces keep getting taken over without warning and making it hard for students to engage with them. It’s a recurring problem across campus.
Author: Avery Watson
Charles “Charlie” Kirk (31) was shot and killed at Utah Valley University, while speaking at an event for Turning Point USA, the organization he founded. This article summarizes what we know to date and has background context on Kirk’s beliefs and life.
Hideous Abomination is a fun game with some really strong mechanics and some extremely weird art. Slight content warning for discussions of body horror.
What’s actually contained in the Supreme Court’s recent ruling about ICE and racial profiling (it’s actually worse than just profiling)
As part of its AI age roll-out, users are reporting that YouTube is turning on “restricted mode” without notifying them, and some people just don’t even have the option to turn it off.
Let’s not hyperfocus on Charlie Kirk’s death. This article attempts to summarize a wide variety of other major stories that have been underreported due to the focus on him.
In August, My Chemical Romance performed “‘Long Live’ the Black Parade” at Soldier Field. The entire concert was a carefully coordinated protest against the current political administration meant to engage the audience emotionally, and it succeeded.
Canvas (2021) is mechanically well designed, has some beautiful art, and is nominally about players creating art… but is what you’re actually doing art? (NOTE: this is not an argument for or against modern art – that’s not the debate here.)
Each year, there’s a lit fest in the South Loop. I visited it this year. There were a lot of good moments, but each one came with an annoying (but substantial) issue. Also, let’s see more local authors!
AeiZona Tea – yes, the iced tea company – made a game about fighting inflation. The game itself is somewhat derivative, but most memorable for its sheer pettiness.