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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...

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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: Us 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...