Miitomo is the first mobile app made by Japanese game developer, Nintendo, and is already a worldwide hit. After launching on March 31 worldwide, it skyrocketed to the No. 1 free app on Apple's iTunes store and No. 2 on the top free Android apps behind Facebook Messenger. Miitomo is a social media app that allows you to find out things about ... [Read More…]

Why is it that many toss anime off to the side, calling it "childish" or say "it's just a cartoon", when many anime shows deal with heavy issues, such as mental illness and suicide? These shows portray these topics in a realistic sense, not like many shows in america that toss it off to the side as if it's nothing? "Neon Genesis Evangelion" ... [Read More…]

Why should we care about other cultures? Simple, we live in a diverse world. We can't run away from culture. ACU alone has over 50 nations represented on campus. Undergraduates are required to take either six hours of a foreign language or cultural awareness classes. This is a smart course to take advantage of, yet is put off or a language is ... [Read More…]

  Suzie is having a hard time sleeping. Her brain keeps running through what she has to do the next day, making her worry if she's gotten all of her homework done. Suzie drags herself to class and makes herself pay attention, but she zones out by accident. After Chapel, she's in the library studying and catching up on homework. She doesn't ... [Read More…]

Waking up at the crack of dawn, transforming into a fictional character, the excitement in the car ride to a convention and seeing others dressed as characters is something I enjoy. Going to conventions is fun, but what makes the experience is cosplaying. I've been cosplaying for almost three years. I've cosplayed characters from video games, ... [Read More…]

After March 5, news outlets were saying that the Republican race was becoming a Trump vs Cruz race. At the time, there were still two other Republican candidates. After his loss in Florida on March 15, Marco Rubio officially dropped out of the race, leaving three candidates, Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and John Kasich. Right now, it's still anyone's ... [Read More…]

In the 2015 North American League of Legends Challenger Series, we saw the first ever female pro gamer make it to the finals of the LCS. But because of the harassment she's faced, she questions if she'll stay playing in the LCS or move on. Her team went on to win the LCS 2015 Challenger Series. She did go on to start playing the 2016 season of ... [Read More…]