Brendan Jacques Connector Staff “The Evil Within” is the type of game that the industry desperately needs right now. Every great horror video game franchise from the past ten years, from “Resident Evil” to “Silent Hill,” has lost sight of its roots with either too heavy a focus on action or a deluge of terrible…
A look back in history: ‘Hybrid Theory’
Benjamin St. Pierre Connector Staff On Oct. 24, 2001, one of the most influential and popular albums of all time was released. It has currently sold over 27 million copies worldwide, and is the best-selling album of the 21st century. What album is this, you ask? None other than “Hybrid Theory” by Linkin Park. Think…
Celtics season preview
Henry St. Pierre Connector Staff Brad Stevens’ first year as the Celtics’ head coach went as essentially everybody had expected out of a rookie coach. The Celtics finished with an abysmal 25-57 record last year, a season when nobody expected them to contend anyway. The record landed Boston one high draft pick, something the Green…
Indie Game Spotlight: ‘Gone Home’
Brendan Jacques Connector Staff For the longest time, movies have been trying to capitalize on the popularity of video games by adapting them to the big screen. This has almost always failed, either because those involved didn’t really care about what made the material popular or just couldn’t find anything interesting to do with…
Freshman perspective: UMass Lowell after seven weeks
Meghan Driscoll Connector Contributor Starting college is like trying a new food. Everyone can tell you different things about it, but you have to experience it for yourself. So, here I am, giving you my perspective of what it’s like to be a freshman this year at UMass Lowell. Moving in to my residence hall,…
‘Gone Girl’ review
Tyler Cote Connector Staff Based on the bestselling novel by Gillian Flynn, “Gone Girl” was released in theaters and it surpassed its high expectations. A combination of a riveting crime drama, psychological mind-bender and a psychopathic anecdote, the love story between Nick and Amy Dunne is one that is worth the over-buttered popcorn and three-dollar…
In case you missed it: ‘Year Zero’ at the MRT
Benjamin St. Pierre Connector Staff From Sept. 11 to Oct. 5, the Merrimack Repertory Theatre in Lowell was home to “Year Zero,” a play by Michael Golamco. Set in Long Beach, Calif. in 2003, the play chronicles a short time in the lives of four Asian youths, whose personalities are each a little different and…
‘You’re Dead!’ kills it
Henry St. Pierre Connector Staff Steven Ellison, known as Flying Lotus, is a Los Angeles-based experimental musician and producer, and is also a rapper under the stage name Captain Murphy, who appears on this album. It’s difficult to place a genre on “FlyLo” because his sounds transcend one specific label. He’s not just hip-hop, or…
