Fear The Old Blood: Bloodborne Ten Years Later

Fear The Old Blood: Bloodborne Ten Years Later

George Zemenides ’28zemenidesgaf@lakeforest.eduStaff Writer “Bloodborne” emerged from the creative mind of Hidetaka Miyazaki and FromSoftware Inc. as a PlayStation 4 exclusive in 2015. It remains one of gaming history’s most unforgettable experiences: a masterpiece whose influence still courses through the veins of modern design.  To revisit it on its tenth anniversary is to return to Yharnam, a city that still feels as alive, mysterious and terrifying as it did a decade ago. At its core,…

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Movie Reviews

Movie Reviews

In a year filled with diverse films that tackled issues otherwise shunned, let’s look at some of the newest films to hit the Box Office. CAROL: This movie is an adaptation of the book The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith. A younger clerk in 1950s Manhattan meets an older woman. The older woman, Carol, finds the strength to leave her husband, but her husband realizes that some of Carol’s friendships are more intimate than…

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How Should We Understand American Sniper?

How Should We Understand American Sniper?

  American Sniper is another addition to a long line of films made by Clint Eastwood that paints a very concrete, black and white world. His good versus bad tale about Navy SEAL sharpshooter Chris Kyle is ahead of the box office for a third straight week, giving the film a total box office revenue of $249 million. The film has also racked up six Oscar nominations. A large portion of the film’s success is…

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