Rating – 4 stars   Anyone with an interest in game design, including Northeastern Illinois University’s (NEIU) very own John Gronli and Sean Katamay, knows all about role-playing game (RPG) makers, one of the most basic of game design programs. In fact, Gronli and Katamay used the program to create […]

  Rating – 5 stars   Award season brings around plenty of films that have “desperate for an Oscar” stamped across their foreheads. Ben Affleck, who directed and stars in his newest film, Argo, gracefully avoids falling into this trap. Based on a true story, Argo takes thrilling drama and combines […]

  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 […]

  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 […]

  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 […]

  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 […]

     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, […]

  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 […]

  Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU) boasts its diversity as a means of attracting potential students, and with events such as Garba Night, it may have a good reason to.   NEIU’s Indian Students Association (ISA) held its first Garba night, filled with traditional Indian food, music and dancing. Students from […]

   My name is Antoinette Senjanovich. I am the president of the French Club at NEIU as well as a French Studies and secondary education major. Our current adviser is Mary-Ellen McGoey, who is also the associate professor of French for our Department of World Languages and Cultures.   Our […]