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Arkham Horror Review

Arkham Horror: Call of Cthulhu is the classic adventure board game based on the literary works of H.P. Lovecraft, a horror/science fiction author of the 1920s. The basis of the game revolves around a randomly selected “Ancient One” that is stirring in its slumber. The players, acting as investigators, must utilize their knowledge of the mythos to close portals opening to neighboring dimensions and banish the Ancient One from Earth. The game is cooperative and requires strategic planning from all players.

During one round of Arkham Horror, Robby Benzer was playing as Bob Jenkins, the salesman. He was staying on the General Store location selling weapons and various other items to his fellow players. Unbeknownst to Robby, the game does take place in the 1920s, during Prohibition. He was caught selling alcohol to fellow players and instantly whisked off to his own holding cell in the local prison. All the while claiming “I swear, I didn’t know it was Prohibition!”

Review by Timothy Frese

Review by Timothy Frese

Talisman Review

Mary: I want to write the review since you’re already writing one. 

Taylor: But it was my idea! 

Mary: But I’m the winner! 

Taylor: I wasn’t there this last time! So your win doesn’t count. 

Mary: But I have the Crown of Command and can roll a 4, 5, or 6 and kill you! 

Talisman:

A game so geeky awesome, people fight over who gets to write a review for it.

Review by Mary Alsobrooks

Minecraft Review

In recent years, the explosion of high quality video games has filled the market with a veritable plethora of gaming options. The first person shooter genre has been predominant in the industry: chiefly the Halo series, the Call of Duty series, and also Battlefield. It has been difficult to find a video game that doesn’t involve some type of blood and gore--alien or otherwise, or some type of high-speed death race hold’em up, murder assassination. Minecraft solves this problem. Minecraft is a sandbox game created by Markus Persson also known as Notch.

Upon entering Minecraft you are swept into a randomly generated three-dimensional environment. You may be placed on a snowy mountaintop or in a cactus filled desert. You then proceed to gather resources, using trees, dirt and stone all to your advantage because you must survive your first night. For the night holds terrors beyond your wildest imagination…. Expect to find zombies, skeletons and spiders the sizes of small ponies. Despite these creatures, you must find a way to stay alive.

In Minecraft, you are not expected to survive by superior physical prowess or some type of advanced alien technology. You must survive by your imagination. Though this may sound strange, it is completely true. In Minecraft, you are bound only by your imagination and blocks.      

Review and Graphic by Zak Wohschlegel

Layne's Two Second Video Game Review

Comic by Layne Shirley

Video Game Review

Review by Timothy Frese