This Week's Front Page
Two guys who steal their Wi-Fi from coffee shops are about to destroy your GPA, and you're going to thank them for it. As the new independent game studio 2D Boy, Kyle Gabler and Ron Carmel, formerly of Electronic Arts, have lovingly crafted World of Goo into one of this generation's most innovative, accessible and entertaining games. (0) comments
Who is Matisyahu? An Ashkenazi Hebrew and Yiddish pronunciation of the biblical name Matthew? A conservative Hasidic Jew from the streets of West Chester, Pennsylvania? Or a reggae-performing dancehall champion and beatbox king? Matisyahu need not be defined as any one of these things, when he is certainly all three and more. (0) comments
To coincide with this week's arrival of the highly anticipated and much-hyped video game Mirror's Edge, EA and EA Digital Illusions CE (DICE) have also released a digital album featuring the game's theme song by Lisa Miskovsky, as well as five different remixes by noted dance and electronica artists Benny Benassi, Junkie XL, Paul Van Dyk, Teddybears and Armand Van Helden. (0) comments
The winter months and the end of the year are looming. With them, sprawling dramas, emotionally empowered cinematography and tear-inducing performances will soon inundate the box office, wooing audiences, critics and, most importantly, the Academy. A Best Picture nomination is viewed as the highest achievement for directors, a lofty goal reserved only for the cinematic elite. (0) comments
Last Friday I got the chance to sit down with Matt Berninger, lead singer of The National, after the band's fully "get up and dance" concert in the Central Quad. Clad in all black, wearing sunglasses, drinking whiskey on stage and smoking a Marlboro, he seemed like the ultimate rock star - until I talked to him and found out he was a totally normal guy. (0) comments