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Ghost of Tsushima Review – A Perfect Blend of Stealth and Action REVIEWED ON PlayStation 4        PUBLISHER Sony Interactive Entertainment          DEVELOPER Sucker Punch Productions      RELEASE July 17, 2020 Many games seem to get the feel and brutality of war wrong, especially when that war is based in another country. However, in Sucker Punch Productions 2020 […]

“Battlefield: 2042” has had a rocky ride since its release in November 2021. The game was immediately slammed for its multiple bugs, divisive creative decisions, and an annoying cast of characters (which is a weird mention for a Battlefield game). DICE and Ripple Effect Studios (Formally DICE LA) soon took a step back from the […]

Marketing, in general, is everywhere nowadays. It has become an eyesore in every form of media, ranging from obnoxious ads to sly product placement designed to psychically manipulate your every move. Despite this constant barrage, at least Night School Studio is making their campaign for Oxenfree II: Lost Signals fun. Over the past year, video […]

  There are a plethora of candidates to choose for silver screen “classics”. Because of what they offer the film industry at large, they become reflective of strong and controversial moments of the human condition, as well as the spectacle that only movies can make. One that I oft not see discussed is Arthur Penn’s […]

Alex Garland’s latest film Men (2022) has quickly engendered polar opposite reactions from much of its audience. The controversy is not just about the film’s utilization of graphic body horror, but also, largely, its thematic content. Some audience members have appreciated the explicit feminism of the film, which directly acknowledges the unequal treatment of women […]

As a single light continues to flicker on and off in the basement of the theatre building, the cast begins their rehearsal of the Laramie Project. In between scenes, some actors are agonizing themselves over forgotten lines while others are more relaxed, whispering into each other’s ears while stifling laughter. The rapid-fire pace of scene […]

Green Bay, Wis. Artist Sabrina Jordan, known under the artistic alias, Bean Baye, is gearing up to release her first collection of NFTs in the summer. Baye has been working on the summer collection for the last few months, which will feature the zodiac signs portrayed as diverse, naked women. The collection will contain multiple […]

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — NFTs, non-fungible tokens, are a type of cryptocurrency that is booming among celebrities and crypto investors, but what are they? NFTs are essentially digital ownership certificates, according to Director Shirley McPhaul of Crypto Curious, Puerto Rico Block Trade Association. The ownership could be for a jpg, an mp3, an mp4 […]

Milwaukee artistic interventions were created inside the Milwaukee County Courthouse, the Milwaukee Public Library’s (MPL) Mitchell Street Branch and an exterior wall of Woodland Pattern bookstore on East Locust Street. The 35-years-old transdisciplinary artist Erick “CK” Ledesma Borrero, from Levittown, Puerto Rico, which is in the municipality of Toa Baja, collaborated these artistic interventions. Ledesma’s […]

To be or not to be. That is the question for Puerto Rico in regards to the looming debate of statehood. Should Puerto Rico become a state? Is it its own country?  Puerto Rico is not a state nor a country. However, it is United States territory, leaving many citizens with dual identities. Are they […]

A crime ridden town where people stopped visiting their families was transformed by community activists into the houses of colors.  

Milwaukee is about 2,118 miles away from Puerto Rico. The heart of the Caribbean; Isla de Encanto. When thinking about it, a former Rust Belt city in the Midwest does not seem to have a lot in common with the tropical paradise. But migrants from Puerto Rico made sure to bring one important aspect to […]