Importance of deep gameplay: How a game stands the test of time
Jonah Schuhart, Contributing Writer While a well-written story or a beautiful soundtrack can make a game great, no creative element of a video game contributes to its lifespan and reputation like gameplay. Gameplay is complex when it stops holding the player’s hand by making the solution to every problem obvious. Anytime it is left up […]
What’s happening: Apr. 3 events calendar
See something Learning to Love the Bomb — VCU MFA Photo Film Candidacy Show Fri., Apr. 5 Work from Hannah Altman, Ashley Goodwin, Elizabeth McGrady and Sebastien Carpentier will be on display in “Learning to Love the Bomb,” the MFA in Photo and Film candidacy exhibition. It will remain on view until April 24. 6-9 […]
You are not defined by your time in university
Brianna Scott, Opinions Editor I’ll cut to the chase. In exactly 38 days, I walk across a stage in a room full of strangers and loved ones to receive my diploma. My career as an undergraduate will be over, and I’ll be thrust into the ether of chaos that comes with being 22 and having no […]
Brandon’s Angle: Matthew McConaughey gives the performance of a lifetime in the bizarre, but oddly brilliant ‘The Beach Bum’
Brandon Shillingford, Contributing Writer I’m not normally someone who believes films are made for certain people, but Harmony Korine’s newest neon daydream “The Beach Bum,” feels made for a certain type of person than any of his other films. Korine, more than most directors, is the kind of filmmaker to coast on an idea or […]
VCU programs perform in national rankings
Mary McLean, Contributing Writer VCU has 19 graduate programs ranked in the top 50 in the country, according to the latest rankings by U.S. News & World Report. Three of those programs rose in the rankings from last year. VCU’s graduate sculpture program placed at No. 1, above Yale University and the Maryland Institute College […]