From clashing swords with the mighty undead hosts in the floating necropolis of Naxxramus to slaying dragons in the caves of Blackrock Mountain, Blizzard Entertainment’s expansions and adventures for the collectible card game "Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft" have been decidedly hit-or-miss ...
"I’ll say this for you, Katniss, you don't disappoint," says Haymitch (Woody Harrelson) to Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) near the end of the “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay -- Part 2,” released on Nov. 20. Unfortunately, the same could not be said about the final installment in the immensely popular ...
What if Germany and Japan had won the second World War? Based on the portrayal of just such an alternate universe, Amazon’s new show, “The Man in the High Castle" shows how an Axis victory would have wrought superficial change to the land between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.The show, which ...
Authors have been fascinated with the end of the world since the beginning of the world, and recently there's been a veritable epidemic of dystopian and post-apocalyptic fiction. The world has ended by way of zombies, epidemics, nuclear accidents, corporate takeovers and anything that even vaguely ...
When the curtain parts, men and women dressed in clothing from the late-eighties walk around quietly, staring at Claude Monet’s paintings while a piano plays slowly in the background. Monet, played by senior Ed Rosini, begins a monologue as the viewers gather around a single painting. He talks about ...
Two years of constant scandal had greatly damaged Justin Bieber's reputation and, in an industry where entire careers are built upon the ability of an artist to maintain goodwill with the public, it appeared that Bieber had long exhausted whatever favor he might have once enjoyed. After all, the ...
Someone asked me this week if NYSD was just Rebecca and me talking about our personal lives and whether that is considered an "advice" column. To this, my response was…obviously. Yes, Rebecca and I do primarily talk about ourselves, but what better way to get advice? A large part of advice ...
Senior English major Sommer Nectarhoff has published 14 novels, of roughly 200 pages each, since May 2014. This impressive body of work speaks to an unwavering dedication to his craft (Nectarhoff often writes for 12 hours a day when not in school), but unlike many aspiring writers, Nectarhoff discovered ...
As we slowly but surely approach the relief that is Thanksgiving break, it's time for those of us who plan on feasting, to pick and choose the dishes in which to indulge. It's impossible to eat everything -- though you may want to -- so you might have to be selective. To help with this difficult ...
The first thing that struck me about my college campus in Beijing was the mix of concrete and lush gardens, which somehow looked out-of-place in the urban atmosphere. The flatness, too, was unfamiliar -- no hikes up the hill to class. Students on motorbikes zoomed through the winding streets. Some ...
Alessia Cara, a 19-year-old singer-songwriter from Canada, started her music career at 13 by posting acoustic covers on YouTube. By 18, she signed with EP Entertainment and Def Jam Recordings. Her first EP, "Four Pink Walls," released on Aug. 26, presented a fresh mix of soulful R&B tracks ...
For three days this week, Boston/Cambridge-based booking collective Illegally Blind will showcase some of the finest bands that the area has to offer. Called Boston En Masse, the mini music festival aims to bring the music community together to enjoy a variety of genres and acquaint concertgoers with ...
Growing up as an Indian-American child who loved television, I rarely saw anyone who looked like me on the small screen. At the time, I never thought of it as an issue, and relating to the mostly African-American or Caucasian characters in the shows I watched was not an extremely difficult ...
Sketch comedy is making a comeback. Though this brand of comedy first became popular in the '80s and '90s, it has, in recent years, reasserted itself as a mainstay of the living room and, now, of the mobile screen. “Portlandia” (2011 - preset), “Key & Peele” (2012 - 2015) and ...
Claire Boucher, a.k.a. Grimes, is a singer and producer from Vancouver. She’s become a darling of indie music listeners, especially after the release of her third album, “Visions” (2012) -- her strongest to date. “Visions” was met with acclaim from critics and fans alike; it’s a strange, ...
One of hip-hop’s most iconic and beloved groups, A Tribe Called Quest (ATCQ), has been relatively quiet since it split up in 1998 after the release of its fifth and final album, “The Love Movement” (1998). New York-born Q-Tip, Phife Dawg, Jarobi White and Ali Shaheed Muhammad formed the now-legendary ...
Actor and comedian Aziz Ansari, known primarily for his role as Tom Haverford in "Parks and Recreation" (2009-2015) and for his standup comedy career, reaches a broad audience with his humor and unique, enjoyable nature. Now, Ansari has his own Netflix television series, which premiered ...
Simply put, “Parks and Recreation” (2009 - 2015) is the best television show available on Netflix right now. Nicknamed "Parks and Rec" by its adoring fans, this sitcom centers on the local parks department of the fictional Pawneee, Indiana. Amy Poehler stars as Leslie Knope, deputy ...
When the news about "By The Sea," released Nov. 13, first arrived, it seemed clear that the movie wouldn’t be a sequel to “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” (2005). Angelina Jolie Pitt’s previous attempts at directing suggested that this movie would be more ambitious and less mainstream ...
During the semester, it’s easy to get caught up in life on campus; there’s always something going on, so Tufts students tend to stay on campus, which keeps the dreaded fear of missing out (FOMO, as they say) at bay. But trapping oneself in the Tufts bubble can result in a general disconnect from ...
