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video game
CT Recommends: ‘Tick Tock: A Tale for Two’
The game “Tick Tock: A Tale for Two” combines my two worst gaming nightmares with a value gratis of realizing how intellectually incompetent I am. Read More
take care of yourself
Not Vanilla: What is self-care?
As college students, we are bombarded with a lot of messaging — about managing our mental health, eating right, and not stressing too much. Through this type of messaging, I was introduced to the concept of “self-care.” I initially thought self-care was just about buying bath bombs and sweet-smelling soaps from Lush. But in my […]
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CT Recommends: Penguin’s Isle
Raising cats and dogs is just too mainstream, which is why you should instead build your own penguin habitat. Remember those simulation games you used to play when you were younger, like “Tamagotchi” and “Nintendogs?” “Penguin’s Isle” is exactly one of those incremental phone games where you don’t have to put too much effort in […]
scary story
CT Recommends: ‘Click-clack the Rattlebag’
My favorite thing about Halloween is the mood and atmosphere. I like it so much, that I try to stretch it out for a whole month, like people do with Christmas. I used to prolong the holiday by watching only horror movies during October, but I don’t have time for that anymore. This month, I’ve […]
lizard
CT Recommends: “Rango”
In 2011, Pixar was in the middle of a golden age, and with Dreamworks contenders like “How to Train Your Dragon” and “Kung Fu Panda,” even if you hadn’t fully tapped into the uncritical joy that comes from being a young moviegoer, you were mostly guaranteed fun with any new big names in animation. But, […]
dogs
Not Vanilla: Jenna Marbles
Alright, reader. It’s time. It’s time for me to admit my maybe outdated slight obsession with Jenna Marbles. Maybe you’re wondering if I’ve time traveled from 2007 (I mean, she is 2007 hot), but no, reader. I’ve been watching Jenna Marbles for the better part of the last ten years. She is a venerated figure […]
Indie
Emperor X is absurdly authentic
Kick back with a tall boy and jam along with the most esoteric Canadian former physics teacher to grace the 21st century lo-fi indie folk punk scene. Read More
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Closing this graphic novel made me sad to the ‘Bone’
The books are just as funny, sweeping, and touching as when I was a lad. Read More
Norm MacDonald
CT Recommends: Norm Macdonald
Norm Macdonald once said, “I always told everybody the perfect joke would be one where the setup and punchline were identical.” You might know Macdonald from his time on “SNL” from 1993 to 1998, including his three years as “Weekend Update” host. You might recognize his voice as that of Death on “Family Guy” or […]
stand-up comedy
CT Recommends: Ismo
Most people are familiar with that old cliché: “It’s not the joke, it’s the way (s)he tells it.” Like most clichés, there is truth to it, a truth admirably embodied by the extraordinary Finnish stand-up comedian, Ismo. Despite his status as the first Finnish comedian to ever perform on American television in a memorable appearance […]
