For those who've been keeping up with "Hearthstone" (2014) expansions and adventures, it's become evident that developer and publisher Activision-Blizzard's solutions to initial problems with the game have made matters worse over the years. Many of the powerful cards in the ...
Live-action movie adaptations have become increasingly popular over the past decade, and it’s easy to see why when they are done right. Bringing animated and illustrated characters to literal life is a thrilling and nostalgic experience, and the best live-action updates further this magic by introducing ...
Throughout “My Internship in Canada” (2015), protagonist Souverain (Irdens Exantus) Skypes his friends and family back home in Haiti to report on how his internship for Steve Guibord, a French Canadian Member of Parliament, is going. To his friends and family, who have experienced a number of regime ...
Tufts University dance group Sarabande Dance Ensemble will be giving their main performance of the semester, “Sarabande Presents: Saratonin,” April 13-15. The performance will feature 14 dances, original choreography and impressive skills.Sarabande, which takes its name from a triple-time Spanish ...
What do you major in if you want to change the world? International relations? Peace and justice studies? I propose an alternative: art history. There are only 16 seniors graduating this spring with a degree in art history. What this tells me is that the subject has yet to shed its reputation as an ...
Content Warning: This article mentions suicide and sexual violence.“13 Reasons Why” (2017) premiered on March 31 as Netflix’s newest television series. The show, based on Jay Asher’s young adult novel of the same name, follows the causes and effects of a teenager’s suicide.Clay Jensen (Dylan ...
Why should you play "Shovel Knight" (2014)? Because it was made for the express purpose of delighting you, and goodness gracious does it deliver. No matter what age you are, "Shovel Knight" is an accessible yet challenging and charming 2D platformer full of magic and humor that will ...
Found in the corner of the Arts of Asia Wing at the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA), the exhibit "New Women for a New Age: Japanese Beauties, 1890s–1930s" went up in December 2016 and will remain on display until August 20. Past the collection of Chinese ceramics, flanked by the Japanese Buddhist ...
Yesterday morning, I sat in the backseat of a friend’s car in downtown Boston at a red light that never turned green. I don’t mean that as an exaggeration. The chorus of blaring horns stretching for a block behind us didn’t tip us off to the fact that the light was broken.We sat with the windows ...
Mona Kareem’s poetry reading on Saturday felt like a gathering of old friends. The homey atmosphere of the Center for the Humanities at Tufts, which hosted the event, as well as the elaborate spread of cheese, crackers and wine in the entryway and the small-but-attentive crowd created an intimate, ...
In the opening scene of “Timbuktu” (2014), a group of radical jihadist soldiers try to hunt a gazelle from their SUV. Using a mounted gun, they pursue it across the sparse desert landscape, with brief pops of gunfire interrupting the splotchy sound of their car bounding over the rocky soil. There ...
Third Day Gospel Choir, a massive gospel singing group of over 200 Tufts students, performed its first concert of the year, “Everything I Need,” on Friday. Directed by Music Lecturer David Coleman, "Everything I Need" consisted of ten masterfully arranged gospel songs, some classic and ...
American fashion designer Jeremy Scott, since first entering the fashion world with his eponymous line in 1997, has been redefining flamboyancy and glamour with his frequent use of floral prints, bold colors and sparkles in his designs. He has even been likened to Andy Warhol for the way he “likes ...
LCD Soundsystem holds a special place in any musicophile's heart. The band is the project of one James Murphy, a multi-instrumental, record-producing, label-managing, songwriting bundle of talent incarnate. His sound draws from a plethora of genres — disco, rock and punk, just to name a few — ...
Editor's note: This article contains spoilers for the HBO series “Big Little Lies.”The final episode of the HBO miniseries, “Big Little Lies” (2017) took viewers on an emotional roller coaster on April 2. The series has captivated its audience with artful shots and complex characters, but ...
This semester, the Daily has covered a myriad of events, from faculty-sponsored performances such as "Art Flashes" to student-organized exhibitions like "NASTY WOMEN x Tufts." These events not only showcase the talent of Tufts students, especially since Tufts acquired the School ...
ARIESThe new moon last week ushered in a new month, and it’s your time to thrive, Aries. Use any aggressiveness that might be stewing inside to square up to your self-doubt, and confront the bad habits that are holding you back from where you need to be. This is your season, Aries, and red is your ...
Why should you play "Rampage Knights" (2015)? Because it is arguably the most fun you’ll ever have playing a cooperative roguelike.Inspired by the shiny-eyed, cartoon nightmare that was "The Binding of Isaac" (2011) and the hack-and-slash mechanics of "Golden Axe" (1989), ...
Charles Simic will read his work at the Hirsh Reading Room in Tisch Library today, beginning at 3:30 p.m. The Serbian-American poet, translator, essayist and memoir writer will be reading select poems from his latest poetry collection, “The Lunatic" (2015). Throughout his career, Simic has ...
April Fools' Day — once infamous for cling-wrapped toilet seats, toothpaste-filled Oreos and the birth of the Weasley twins — has transformed into a wildly marketable holiday for companies, granting them a free pass to dupe consumers for 'fun' and, you know, money. Even if you didn’t ...
