On Friday, December 7th at 9 pm, Northeastern Illinois University’s (NEIU) English department will be holding a benefit presented by its own English Honors Society, as well as the Werd Nerds, a renegade group of English majors. Festivities will be held at The Horseshoe, 4115 N. Lincoln Ave. With […]

  If there’s anything we can learn from Halo, it’s that being a die-hard fan can be taxing with all the pressure felt to stick with a series no matter how bad things get. Halo: Reach was an example of this dilemma. This was a game that irked players to […]

  HBO’s Saving Face, directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy is an emotional and poignant story. The film’s impact is even greater due to the fact that it’s a story so close to home for people from Pakistan. With the added connotation and significance of an Academy Award victory – the first […]

  What would it be like, to make $500 million in 24 hours? The video game developer, Treyarch, and parent company, Activision, will never have to wonder; because that is the record they set during the launch of Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 on November 13, 2012. With the […]

  Rating – 41/2 stars With the price of games constantly on the rise and more often than not requiring more downloadable content (DLC), to get any amount of real entertainment value, players are turning to their XBOX360’s and PS3’s. The only downside is that the chance of finding a game […]

     UP Comedy Club gears up to celebrate its one-year anniversary this November as the newest addition to the Second City improvisational theater family. Sporting a sexy new venue with two-level seating for 285 people just next door to the main Second City theater, UP Comedy Club hosts stand-up, […]

  NCAA Football 2K13has its ups and downs for this year’s sports fans. The game theme is “The Road    to Heisman” but it doesn’t make the cut compared to last year. The game gives out legacy stories. The Dynasty is the same as last year, but it’s different when recruiting […]

  If a picture is worth 1000 words, then Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU) Senior Studio Art major Karolina E. Brodowicz has created a volume with her senior show entitled Portrait Mode. Her show will last from Nov. 19-Nov. 30, 2012. The work will be displayed on the 2nd floor of […]

  Rating – 5 Stars   Daniel Craig’s eyes are ridiculously blue. While this was already a thoroughly accepted truth, the title sequence of Skyfall will certainly change the minds of any stubborn naysayers as to the surreal blueness contained within those eyes. Skyfallis the third film in the “new […]

  Rating – 5 stars One of Disney’s most infamous quotes, “A dream is a wish your heart makes,” has truly been expressed with gamers everywhere who are falling in love with Wreck it Ralph. Wreck it Ralph has a simple premise: Ralph, the anti-hero of an arcade game, gets tired […]