Sky is the limit in “Skyrim”

It’s cold and windy in the GameStop parking lot; I’m standing there surrounded by half-frozen gamers and filled with excitement. It is 15 minutes before midnight on 11/11/11, one of the most important days in gaming history: the release of Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. If you’ve played any other Elder Scrolls game, or any other [...]

Unique open world zombie experience has arrived

Zombie media, for lack of better term, is pretty awesome; and Techland’s new first-person horror survival game Dead Island is what a zombie lover like me has wanted for a very long time. When you hear zombie game, you’re probably thinking about either Valve’s Left 4 Dead series, or maybe the Resident Evil series. Both [...]

3-D movies a thing of the past and present

3-D technology seems to be nothing more than a fad that will eventually fade out, like it has in the past. I’ve really only seen two 3-D movies: “UP!” and “Jackass 3-D”. To be honest, they weren’t all that great. The idea and concept of 3-D film is mind blowing, new and interesting. 3-D essentially [...]

Aubree Van Keulen (right) checks out the HoboTech audio station with Ben Lamb (left). The audio station is part of the new addition to the bookstore

New headphones bring fresh beat to music

Headphones are almost necessary for campus life; there is nothing like having some music playing when you’re trekking across the tundra to get to chemistry lab on time. Luckily, the new addition to the bookstore, Hobo Tech, has new headphones to help us all stay sane. As the dust settled on the new bookstore renovation, [...]

Tech guru recaps summer video consoles

There has been good and bad in the video game world this summer. The good includes Nintendo’s announcement of a new gaming system and Sony’s price slash of the PlayStation 3. The bad, however, is Electronic Arts ruining one of the most promising games I’ve seen in a long time. The PlayStation 3 is now [...]

Brazilian DJ brings new beats

John SchimdtReporter From South America to Sioux Falls to all around the world electronic music is spreading like wildfire thanks to its fluid style and great dancing beats. Leo Silva, an electronic music disc jockey, loves to make music that people love dancing to. Silva has been a disc jockey for 3 years, performing at [...]