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Video Games

Should Video Games Be Considered Art?

Should Video Games Be Considered Art?

By Marshall Falkner July 9, 2018

If you’ve read here for a while, you’ll know that I write a lot about video games. It’s something I have loved since I was young and have come to appreciate so much more in my teenage years. I’m...

Games Worth Playing: "Wizard of Legend"

Games Worth Playing: “Wizard of Legend”

By Marshall Falkner June 27, 2018

Welcome to the Museum of Lanova — you’ve come to see the new Chaos Trials exhibit. You look at all of the stations, learning how to be a better wizard in the process. At one end is a large crowd of...

E3 2018 Recap

E3 2018 Recap

By Marshall Falkner June 25, 2018

Well, it’s that time of year again. The Electronic Entertainment Expo or E3 is here. We’ve come a long way from the first E3 in 1995, all of it for the better. It’s always exciting to see the new...

Games Worth Playing: "The Long Dark"

Games Worth Playing: “The Long Dark”

By Marshall Falkner April 13, 2018

The snow crunches against your feet, the winter wind chills you to the bone. A wolf howls in the distance. Forage for food, keep warm and find out what happened to this Great Bear and the rest of the...

Games Worth Playing: "BioShock Infinite"

Games Worth Playing: “BioShock Infinite”

By Marshall Falkner March 29, 2018

1912 Coast of Maine: Booker Dewitt sits in the back of a small rowboat headed somewhere unknown to him. The two people rowing Booker to his destination are talking amongst themselves, oddly never addressing...

Transistor cover art

Games Worth Playing: “Transistor”

By Marshall Falkner March 6, 2018

A woman with bright red hair stands over a dead man. A great sword-like weapon, the Transistor, lays buried in his chest. A voice rings out from the glowing teal blade. “Hey Red. We’re not going to...

Calling all  Gamers: U's Varsity Overwatch Team to Hold Tryouts

Calling all Gamers: U’s Varsity Overwatch Team to Hold Tryouts

By Justin Adams August 29, 2017

The University of Utah’s Varsity Esports program will be holding tryouts for its inaugural Overwatch team on Sep. 1 and 2. "Between 50 and 60 students are already registered to compete for the eight...

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Salt Lake City No Longer a Beta City

By Haley Oliphant, Editor-in-Chief August 9, 2017

Who has two thumbs and contributes to an almost $100 billion industry? Gamers. Sixty-three percent of U.S. households are home to at least one gamer, logging in at least three or more hours of screen time...