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The Observer

Case Western Reserve University's independent student news source

The Observer

Case Western Reserve University's independent student news source

The Observer

Digital vs. Physical: The Changing Face of Technology

Owen Bell, Games and Tech Reporter October 19, 2012

Over the last few years, we have been digitizing everything we consume. Our books are eBooks, our music is saved as mp3s, and our movies and TV shows are streamed straight from Netflix. We have made this...

Tech Op-Ed: Remember Where Your Technology Comes From

Owen Bell, Games and Tech Reporter October 13, 2012

America loves technology. Just a few weeks ago, the iPhone 5 sold a record breaking 5 million units within three days of being released. Now that is over, everyone is starting to wonder about Windows 8,...

Facebook Hits 1 Billion Users

Owen Bell, Games and Tech Reporter October 13, 2012

So, here we are. Facebook has one billion active users. Not 800 million people and 200 million accounts just to boost Farmville scores, but one billion actual people now using Facebook. What does that...

NBA 2K13 Review

Michael DiMauro, Chief Copy Editor October 5, 2012

So if you had a basketball game that is consistently one of the biggest sports games every year, would you take your foot off the gas? Well NBA 2K13, executively produced by Jay-Z, certainly hasn’t. Jay-Z...

The 99 superheroes come to Cleveland

The 99 superheroes come to Cleveland

Adam Luhta, Assistant A&E Editor April 27, 2012

On Wednesday, May 2, the Northeast Ohio Consortium for Middle East Studies (NOCMES) will host two events featuring Doctor Naif Al-Mutawa, creator of Islamic superheroes, The 99, as part of their New Perspectives...

It’s almost time for…Free comic book day

It’s almost time for…Free comic book day

Adam Luhta, Assistant A&E Editor April 27, 2012

You’ve seen the movie. Now read the book. This summer is positioned to be the biggest one yet for Hollywood superhero blockbusters. Audiences around the world can’t seem to get enough of these modern...

Gaming Extra: Games to skip your internship for

Gaming Extra: Games to skip your internship for

Sheehan Hannan, A&E Editor April 27, 2012

With a series of particularly excruciating and equally useless tests and papers, the finals season has finally descended. After building up all that stress, any self-respecting Case Western Reserve University...

Gaming Extra: Masterpieces of mediocrity: I Am Alive

Gaming Extra: Masterpieces of mediocrity: I Am Alive

Sheehan Hannan, A&E Editor April 20, 2012

Earlier this year, Microsoft attempted to replicate the success of their Xbox Live Summer of Arcade through their Block Party promotion. It ran with their embarrassingly horrible Consumer Electronics Show...

Gaming Extra: The boredom solution: Blacklight: Retribution

Sheehan Hannan, Assistant A&E Editor April 13, 2012

When any self-respecting gamer hears the words “free to play” from a development studio they’ve never heard of, there is a distinct tendency to run the other way as fast as possible. In the gaming...

Gaming Extra: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 57 & other fallacies

Gaming Extra: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 57 & other fallacies

Sheehan Hannan, Assistant A&E Editor April 6, 2012

Long-running series are an unavoidable byproduct of the gaming world. Companies stumble upon a successful franchise, and inevitably flesh it out until it’s both wildly popular and rather overdone. Series...

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