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E3 2010: Hands on: “Golden Sun: Dark Dawn”
Let's be honest. For those of us (myself included) who remember and love the first "Golden Sun," it has been a long year to wait since it's unveiling at last year's E3. All we had was the E3 video from last year to whet our appetites for this powerhouse role-playing game (RPG) on the Game […]
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E3 2010: Hands on: The Nintendo 3DS
The announcement of the new Nintendo 3DS may be the most exciting development in handheld gaming since the time when I begged my parents for a Game Boy Color -- and that isn't just the awesome getting-to-see-it-early-at-E3 talking. Let's look back at my handheld history. I hated the original Game Boy Advance design, and while […]
Kyle Gass wants to make love to you, as soon as possible
You may know Kyle Gass as the guitar virtuoso next to Jack Black in the greatest rock band of all time: Tenacious D. But he also lends his acoustic shredding powers to Trainwreck, his new jamboree side-project which released their first studio album, 'The Wreckoning," last fall and just wrapped up a tour. Gass sat […]
Why Pokmon is still cool (and I'm still not)
There are some things that our generation will forever be associated with. Many are quick to label us as the iPod generation, the boy-bands-destroying-music generation or just the lazy, instant access to everything generation.But I'd raise them the true yellow fever of a Pikachu any day.If you were to ask my grade school teachers the […]
There's no business like snow business
Mt. Everest sits as the tallest peak in the world, reaching a height of 29,029 feet. Mt. Kilimanjaro in Africa sits at a mighty 19,341 feet. And UR, sitting in lovely Rochester, N.Y. (the 12th snowiest city in the United States), at a mere 520 feet above sea level, has one thing in common with […]
English folk hits Rochester armory
If there is one thing Frank Turner knows, it's the road. Starting his touring life at the ripe old age of 16, Turner was in and out of England's punk and hardcore scene for years. In 2003, his latest band called it quits, and Turner hit the road by himself. In true troubadour style, Turner […]
Entire ?Saw? franchise is nothing more than a dull blade
There is a reason that most movies don't make it to super trilogies. Namely, there isn't much to add. Once a movie has established itself, there is only so much that can happen in a sequel (or a trilogy) that can stay true to the loved parts of the first film and not alienate those […]
Gaslight Anthem is on the rise
If last night's show was any indication, The Gaslight Anthem is heading places. While the New Jersey quartet has only been a band for a few years, their fan base and popularity has exploded, taking them from no-name status to one of the most well-known names on the current indie scene. So big in fact, […]
The Sweet Embrace of Science
I'm not sure how the idea first came to be. Maybe it was the constant bombardment from all my friends who were taking science classes. Maybe it was them always comparing the 'work" that I had to do as an English major to their much superior and more time-consuming science class loads.Or maybe all the […]
The CT proudly presents the first-annual ?Willies?
With the last issue of the Campus Times this year comes a brand new end-of-the-year tradition. The Emmys, the Academy Awards, Spike's Video Game Awards, the Oscars and even the Golden Globes have nothing on the glamour and glory that await this year's recipients of the Campus Times first annual production of the 2009 'Willies."The […]
