Monthly Archives: October 2013

Game Review: Cookie Clicker

Cookie Clicker is a free, simple, and addicting online game that allows players to make cookies with every mouse click. Through a series of upgrades and continuous clicking, the game challenges players to make as many cookies as they can. It may not sound like much, but Cookie Clicker provides a strangely engrossing experience that can last for hours at a time. The objective is to make as many cookies as possible.

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Comic Corner: Spider-Men

Spider-Men is a five issue crossover event from 2012 between the world of the traditional Marvel universe and Marvel’s Ultimate universe. As the title suggests, the series focuses on the two universes’ Spider-Men: Peter Parker and Miles Morales respectively. In this story, Peter is the Spider-Man most fans (and even non-fans) know and love, set in the continuity established by the One More Day reboot wherein Parker is an adult, his secret identity is still mostly secret, and he is no longer married to Mary Jane. Morales, on the other hand, is the teenage Spider-Man of the Ultimate universe, the Marvel universe launched in 2000 designed to retell and adapt the stories and characters of the more traditional Marvel continuity. The Ultimate universe often features younger, updated versions of existing characters and attempts to update continuities that made sense when they were created in the 1960s and 1970s but are deemed not as plausible for a modern audience. The Ultimate universe generally exists outside of regular Marvel continuity. This series marks the first instance of a meeting between the Ultimate and traditional Marvel worlds.

The Stars Above Mines: Observing the moon

Few stellar bodies are as heavily featured in society as the Moon. Sure Mars and Venus have had their day in the sun in science fiction, but no one offers to kiss under a full Venus or pull Mars closer for the love of their life. Beyond being a symbol of love and passion, the Moon has represented its share of human symbols. The changing phases have been conscripted to represent the cycle of life and death, they have been used by farmers for millenniums to chart months, and countless children’s tales involve dancing on a slightly less than full moon. Humanity has an obsession with our closest celestial neighbor and for good reason. The tides keep the top few layers of the ocean in motion and the closeness of our natural satellite has allowed for an easy target for our fledgling space programs.

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Music Review – Give Up: a Decade in Review

It stands to reason that if an album is deemed to be good in one decade, that it can move up to excellent if it makes it to the next and retains its original character. “Give Up” by the depressingly short-lived indie electronica group The Postal Service is up for a decade review after it hit its tenth birthday this past summer. In a time before dubstep, the album was charming and quirky, it played with the listener like a puppy just learning to play catch. Every song it brought up was new and original and slightly different from the last. While it may not have been exactly mainstream, the album was perfect in 2003. So the question is, does the album hold up in the decidedly more pensive and pessimistic era of 2013? Upon relisten, each song is still factory fresh.

Lady Orediggers stay hot despite cold weather

The No. 8 Colorado School of Mines women’s soccer team continued their excellent season Friday night at home against New Mexico Highlands. Winning by a score of 3-0, the Lady Orediggers dismantled their opponent in frigid 30 degree weather. Mines (8-0-1, 5-0-0 RMAC) continued their record 23-game unbeaten streak and recorded their seventh shutout this season, out of nine games.

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