Review: Splatoon 3: a ‘splat-tacular’ sequel
“Splatoon 3” at its heart is a third person shooter that, instead of the industry standard use of heavy munitions, is more reminiscent of backyard water gun fights and color wars.
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“Splatoon 3” at its heart is a third person shooter that, instead of the industry standard use of heavy munitions, is more reminiscent of backyard water gun fights and color wars.
As students began to move in last week, Shippensburg University held “Big Red’s Block Party” to welcome new and returning students for a fun opportunity to meet and connect with fellow students.
Many students use video games to relax after a long day, myself included. Games like “Animal Crossing” aim to create a calming experience for the player while games like “Merge Mansion” use a simple, repetitive premise and loose storyline to keep players entertained. Publisher Whitethorn Games combines these game concepts to foster a cozy and chill aesthetic with their 2021 puzzle game "Princess Farmer."
Hazelight Studios’ award-winning game “It Takes Two” is an exciting look at love and relationships through new and engaging cooperative play mechanics. The game was released in 2021 and won several awards and nominations at the 2021 Game Awards, including game of the year.
Spring semesters are always exciting. For some students, it is their last semester at Shippensburg, while others feel a renewed confidence after completing the previous fall semester. This confidence is not unearned as many of us dealt with numerous hardships stemming from the pandemic.
Live, die, repeat, live, die, repeat - this can be the endless loop you can feel playing games in the rogue-like genre. However, “Loop Hero” exploits that repetitive cycle as its entire gameplay.
“Animal Crossing” was one of the highest-selling games in the last few years, and its new update seeks to draw in old and new players alike.
I have played many deck building video games, from “Slay the Spire” to “Pokemon TCG” on the GameBoy color, but “Inscryption” by Daniel Mullins Games is a new and creepy take on the genre.
It has been exciting to see adventure shooter games progress since the Xbox360 and PS3. Storylines have gotten richer, characters more dynamic and graphics more realistic. However, the new “Far Cry 6” lacks ambition and stays true to its roots, for better or worse.
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band literally brought the music back to the Luhrs Performing Arts Center on Saturday, Oct. 9.
Slime Rancher is an indie farming game developed by Monomi Park and released early in January 2016. Players assume the roll of Beatrix LeBeau, a rancher who moves to the planet known as the “Far Far Range.” The player is allowed to farm and explore the open world at their own pace. The game's main objective is to collect “plorts,” a farmable resource compiled from the game's main cattle: “slimes” a gelatinous creatures that come in many shapes and sizes. The player sells the plorts and gains money for better gear to further explore the world.
Cell phones are fantastic tools; they give us access to limitless knowledge, keep us in touch with loved ones and most of all, they give us endless amounts of social media and news to consume. The one problem is these little bricks of endless entertainment can cause extreme stress.
As we begin our second week of classes, I can’t help but admit it feels weird returning to the normal we once treated as nothing special. Seeing large crowds on campus and entire classrooms filled to the maximum, can make people anxious.
The Kauffman Gallery in Huber Arts Center features student art in a new exhibition. It focuses on overcoming distance learning, learning a new medium and adapting to using only the available programs.
The H. Ric Luhrs Performing Arts Center will be hosting several in-person performances in the coming months as it begins to re-open its doors.
Horror walks such a thin line between causing genuine fear and being downright comedic and some movies such as “Evil Dead” are both funny while at times scary and unnerving. “The Banana Splits Movie” from 2019 unapologetically is neither scary nor funny.
The SHAPE gallery is hosting a new exhibit to coincide with Mental Health Month in Shippensburg. The latest showcase, “Ele-Mental Expressions,” opened April 23 with Mayor Kathy Coy declaring that May be known as mental illness awareness month in Shippensburg.
The Shippensburg Arts Programming and Education (SHAPE) gallery recently reopened following a March 20 flood.
Beginning as a graphic novel in the early 2000s, “Scott Pilgrim vs the World” gained a vast following, eventually leading to the 2010 movie of the same name, and with it a game.