“Dark Souls 2” has lived up to the hype, bringing another round of challenging gameplay and another labyrinthian story from From Software. With a first playthrough that took me over 50 hours (although I’ve heard of it being completed in as little as 21 hours), DS2 is an incredibly expansive game that improves upon some…
Album review: We Are Scientists – “TV en Francais”
Maxwell Schultz Connector Staff Since 2000, We Are Scientists have been releasing music. This past Monday, March 3rd, they released their fourth studio album. After “Brain Thrust Mastery,” “With Love and Squalor,” and “Barbara,” they have released a terrific album, titled “Tv En Français.” There has been a good amount of hype around this album;…
“Shadow People:” don’t close your eyes or fall asleep
Rob Badger Connector Contributor I rarely come across a horror movie that leaves me with sleep deprivation. I often times find myself putting my hands over my eyes or paying attention to my phone in those climactic moments, where the viewer is about to meet the monster, demon or entity. If the hand and phone…
The Oscars have a great sense of humor
Every year, I look forward to the annual presentation of the Oscars. They always manage to incorporate great humor in their broadcast, and this year was no different. I found myself in a constant uproar throughout the evening. While you may be surprised though, I’m not talking about the performance of Ellen Degeneres, even though…
Another year, still no Oscar for DiCaprio
Cole Fitzgerald Connector Contributor The Academy Awards were last week, and Leonardo DiCaprio had another bad time. That pesky Oscar still eludes him. Surely the Gods of the Academy are frowning upon him. Cast out and dejected for the umpteenth time, it seems like poor Leo will never get an Oscar. I guess he will…
In case you missed: “Papers Please”
David MacDonald Connector Staff Papers Please is a game that sounds like something that was designed by mad people, a paper pushing simulator. Many people will automatically associate it with that string of games that let you simulate the life of a truck driver or a lumberjack, but Papers Please takes a much different approach…
Ready for the Rumble
Lowell’s Western Education readies to perform at Boston’s Rock’n’Roll Rumble and release first full album It’s like the beginning of a dream: you find yourself in some strange situation between the believable and the unbelievable. Between what you think you can do and what you imagine you could do in daydreams. “I’m not saying I’m…
Harrington: of manuscripts and musicals
Nicholles Klevisha Connector Contributor “I didn’t know if I could write a book,” Laura Harrington said to an audience of young writers and university professors. Harrington has written across genres, produced plays, musicals, operas, and even the occasional radio drama. Winner of the 2008 Kleban for Most Promising Librettist in Musical and the 2009 MIT…
