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How The Flash taught me to be a man

Our world is filled with heroes. Men and women in capes with god-like powers protecting the innocent from the clutches of evil. Unfortunately for us, all those heroes happen to exist on the pages of comics or on the big screen. Far too often it feels like the real people we interact with are playing super-villains, egotistical maniacs terrorizing our life for reasons that we just can’t quite sympathize with. At least that was the case for me. Many of my early years were spent in anguish giving me a tragic backstory that would make even the likes of Batman feel bad for me.




Village Green Records Hosts its Back to School Show

The outdoor event featured six bands hailing from as far away as Bloomington. The playbill included Porch Kat, Wampus Milk Daddies, Killgulls, State of Them, Heaven Honey and Elk Manakin. The bands drew an ever-changing crowd throughout the entire 6-hour long set. Concert goers were free to sit at the tables outside, get up close and personal with the performers, and pick through albums inside the shop. 



On ‘Room 25’ Noname elevates her sound for a stellar debut studio album

 'Room 25' sees Noname and Co. successfully transitioning from mixtape to  album with flying colors. The root of what makes Noname such a  captivating figure in the rap scene right now is still intact; it’s just  been polished and elevated to the point where it’s worthy of being the  debut album from an artist as promising and intriguing as Noname. There  are still some aspects that could be improved upon, but 'Room 25' sounds  like a big step towards even greater things. 


How It's Played S2E1: Open World Problems

In this week's episode of How It's Played, we are discussing the epidemic of open-world games. This includes the many issues that plague these games and some of the major benefits of the genre.