Shipping Wars

By on January 24, 2012 in Entertainment, Reviews

When I first heard of the knockoff series Shipping Wars, I was skeptical. The fact that these people had the nerve to steal the title and idea of one of my favorite shows, Storage Wars, was basically a deadly sin. But when A&E decided to start showing the story behind interesting hobbies and careers with [...]

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Throwback: The Zutons

By on January 21, 2012 in Blogs, Entertainment, Throwback

The Zutons have been given the title of “the band that wants to be the Corals.” If you first listen to the Corals and then listen to the Zutons, you might agree with that statement. The Corals had huge commercial success in the early 2000’s; their 2003 album Magic and Medicine topped the UK album [...]

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The Coin-Op: Five things Fallout: New Vegas teaches about surviving 2012

By on January 18, 2012 in Blogs, The Coin-Op

I found it necessary, when I realized that 2012 was fast approaching, to purchase Bethesda’s Fallout: New Vegas and play through it on its ‘Hardcore’ setting so I might prepare myself for the coming apocalypse. It’s pretty much been proven by science, or something, that the world will meet its demise sometime in December and [...]

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Raiders defeat Cougar basketball again

By on January 16, 2012 in Boys' Basketball, Sports

Friday night the boys’ varsity basketball played SM South for the second time this season. Unfortunately, the result was the same. The final score was 32–43. The Cougars played a decent game defensively but offensively they had troubles. “On offense, we just played too robotically instead of playing like we are capable of,” senior Blake [...]

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Throwback: Led Zeppelin

By on January 13, 2012 in Blogs, Entertainment, Throwback

On Jan. 12, 1969, Led Zeppelin released their debut album in America. The British band didn’t release the album in their home country until March of the same year. There was a ridiculous amount of super groups coming out of Britain at the time, and America had plenty of huge rock groups to boot. The [...]

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The Coin-Op: Gaming celebrities

By on January 13, 2012 in Blogs, The Coin-Op

Name dropping has never really gotten gamers anywhere. Do you know anyone who has honestly never heard of Martin Scorsese? Or what about anyone who’s never heard of Stephen King?  But, what about Peter Molyneux? Or Cliff Bleszinski? Will Wright?  Bing Gordon? Dave Jaffe, Richard Garriott, Hideo Kojima, Sid Meier, Suda 51, Tim Schafer, Jonathan [...]

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Boys’ basketball falls by 20

By on January 13, 2012 in Boys' Basketball, Sports

Tuesday night the boys’ varsity squad battled Lawrence High but came up short with a final score of 24-44. The Cougars hung with Lawrence through the first half, and senior Blake Evans drained a three-pointer at the buzzer to give the Cougars a 9-8 lead at the end of the first quarter. After halftime the [...]

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Throwback: Greetings From Asbury Park

By on January 10, 2012 in Blogs, Entertainment, Throwback

Thirty-nine years ago on Jan. 5, Bruce Springsteen released his first studio album, Greetings From Asbury Park. It was the start of one of America’s greatest bands. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band have been an album making machine ever since and, over time, became famous for their stadium-exploding live performances. With over 120 [...]

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