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Promotional poster for Moana 2 with image provided by Disney.

'Moana 2' was mediocre

Moana 2 lived up to my expectations of being incredibly disappointing. It was just another cash grab among the many sequels and live-action movies Disney has been putting out for about 10 years now. Overall it had beautiful animation, but everything else about it was rushed and sloppy.


Elphaba and Glinda in the movie Wicked with photo provided by Wicked's promotional material.

‘Wicked’ was a wickedly good time

As we follow the yellow brick road through memory lane, the Broadway musical to movie adaptation Wicked proves with its amazing cast chemistry and live performances to be just as popular as we all hoped it to be.


Word of Good 2 chapter 1 title screen. In-game screen capture taken by Annika Sharlow.

World of Goo 2 is a pretty goo-d sequel

World of Goo 2 is a visually stunning game with a creative concept that almost lives up to the legacy of its predecessor, only hindered by its less poignant story and slightly frustrating gameplay.



Eras Tour Logo provided by Disney.

It’s been a long time coming: The Eras Tour experience

After a year and a half of touring, Taylor Swift has taken The Eras Tour to Indianapolis, making an unforgettable weekend for the entire city. As fans overtook Lucas Oil Stadium with sequins and friendship bracelets, Taylor Swift and her crew performed an outstanding three-and-a-half-hour show that spans throughout the 18 years of her discography, one era at a time.


Movie poster for Arcane with photo provided by Netflix Arcane promotional material.

'Arcane’s' second season ends the series with a bang

Arcane Season 2 provides a captivating story with intriguing characters, building off of the fantastic first season. While not every story beat is a winner, the series still holds strong with fantastic performances, art, and music.



Lunar album cover provided by Spotify.

'Lunar' is the perfect portrayal of grief

“Lunar” by In Distance is an incredible album portraying the artist’s experience of grieving someone. He conveys this with the album's progression, the album’s rhetoric and lyrics, and the incredible emotional response the album provokes. Overall, Indy took a serious topic and portrayed it in all the right ways.


In our restless dreams…we go back, to that town, 'Silent Hill 2'

Bloober Team’s remake of iconic Silent Hill 2 is near a masterpiece. It might not achieve the same status as the original, but the game builds upon the foundations of what Team Silent originally designed over two decades ago, giving players, new and old, a fresh lens through which to experience the sorrowfully psychological story of James Sunderland. Any fan of the franchise should look to this game as the potential that the franchise isn’t dead—that hope may yet still reside within the town of Silent Hill.



Taken from Bandcamp

Hippo Campus’ fourth album is flooding with heart

Hippo Campus flaunts a new, mature sound with Flood with one of their best tracklists yet. From down-to-earth admissions of faults, to hopeful inspiration, each song has something to say, leading to one of the band’s best releases.


GUTS (Spilled) is a perfectly spilled deluxe

GUTS (Spilled) is a fantastic expansion of a fantastic album. The range of different emotions this album is able to produce leads to me coming back to it no matter the mood I’m in. It is one of the few pieces of media I consider to be nearly flawless.


The polarizing world of the Apollo Justice trilogy

The Apollo trilogy has some character and story issues, but it mostly succeeds at the story it tries to tell, while looking and sounding beautiful. This trilogy is one I recommend more to already existing Ace Attorney fans, rather than newcomers to the series; however, these are all fantastic games that are worth playing.