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Kaspar Mihlbachler

Bio: Kaspar Mihlbachler is a writer who is pursuing a B.F.A. in Creative Writing at Eckerd College. He has always had a passion for sci-fi and fantasy growing up in both film and literary works, hopes to pursue this passion by becoming a full fledged writer and is excited to work with NYCTastemakers.
Health and Wellness

Should College Students Really Prioritize Work Over Sleep?

Nowadays there are so many horror stories of college students having to stay up late to study for a test or finish a project or even staying up all night to finish work related to their studies. But exactly how detrimental is this? How much sleep are students missing out ...

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Music

Streaming Services Need a Way to Differentiate Authentic From AI

It’s been clear that with the sudden takeover of artificial intelligence in the modern day, some precautions and limits need to be put in place, especially with the music industry. More specifically there needs to be some way to keep it under control without having AI content growing out of ...

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Movies

Fantastic 4 Does Fantastically at the Box Office

Marvel has needed a win as of recently, as it’s been clear that the MCU hasn’t been exactly stellar in recent years and it was important that Matt Shakman’s “The Fantastic Four: First Steps,” did well to kick off what’s known as phase six of the MCU. The success of ...

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Video Games

Roblox and Video Game Development: A Largely Innovative Form of Indie

Currently, indie video games are incredibly prolific with their popularity being able to rival that of mainstream games with some examples being “Balatro,” “Undertale,” “LIMBO” and so on. Many of these types of games are very prolific, however there’s one type of indie game that’s incredibly interesting and that’s “Roblox,” ...

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Music

The Creativity of the Video Game Parody Era

Music parodies are a music genre that some may often like. They take an already existing song and make a fun twist on the lyrics in a creative method to create something new. Weird Al Yankovic is the biggest example of this as a lot of his works are parodies ...

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Politics

Voting Isn’t About Who the Best Candidate Is Anymore

Voting is an essential part of our government system. It is designed to ensure that a leader who has the best interests of the people in mind is in power and to keep those who aren’t up to the task out of office. At least that was the original intent, ...

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Business and Finance

Tesla Sales Take a Plunge: Tesla Shares Down by 6%

Tesla has reportedly taken a huge hit, with Tesla reportedly producing 410,224 vehicles during the quarter and delivering 384,122 vehicles. However, with this in mind, it seems their revenue has seen a noticeable 12% drop from their $25.5 billion revenue from the second quarter of last year to $22.5 billion ...

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Food

Chocolate or Vanilla: Which Do People Prefer?

Flavors are one of the most essential aspects of foods, snacks and desserts. They are what give differences and diversity to our pallets. Without flavor types, food would be exponentially bland. However, with different flavors comes differing opinions and many often clash on which they prefer with the two most ...

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Movies

Do Modern Audiences Lack Media Literacy?

It feels like a daily occurrence now where I can come across someone online talking about how modern audiences lack media literacy and that media literacy is dead. They often complain on how modern audiences fail to critically analyze films, take away what it’s attempting to outright say or straight ...

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Science and Technology

Why Terraforming Mars Is a Pipedream

One idea people seem to be pushing is the idea of moving to Mars and even terraforming the planet to be habitable for humans. While the idea sounds pleasant, it’s so unrealistic it’s flat out impossible.  The biggest reason for terraforming Mars being an impossibility is magnetic fields or more ...

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Health and Wellness

Is Virtual Reality the Future of Exercise?

With the modern technological age, new innovations are being pumped out with no end in sight and virtual reality is one such innovation. Virtual reality, or VR for short, is a widely used form of gaming, with it being able to provide many methods for entertainment and immersion previously impossible. ...

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TV

Why the Sentiment That Animation Is a Medium for Kids Doesn’t Hold Up

The age-old stigma that animation is a genre specifically meant for children is one that is timeless just as much as it is wrong. People often feel that animation is specifically a genre that is meant to be watched by children. While there has been a notable decrease in the ...

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