Tag: Op-ed

Return To Silent Hill Ain’t It

I don’t know how to start this. So, let’s start off with this statement: I love Silent Hill. It’s one of my favorite video game properties of all time – and it’s among my fav survival horror franchises. The series has always dealt with the blend of psychological and supernatural elements. It’s how it stood […]

UFC 315 Main Event Gets Ugly

It’s only a day before MMA’s premier return to Canada, yet the tensions are already getting higher. Which isn’t necessarily surprising as when two UFC Welterweight fighters are in one room, then things are expected to be filled with testosterone fueled drama. The headliners for UFC’s 315, Belal Muhammad and Jack Della Maddalena, were at […]

FEMA Chief Fired

To those in the absolute know, the FEMA Chief has been fired by President Trump. This happened in a fairly quick manner, so what was the reason behind all of this. Is the organization gearing up for a transition in this new age? Cameron Hamilton, the acting administrator of FEMA, told lawmakers that he was […]

Oblivion Remastered Returns Hope for Bethesda

The gaming studios of Bethesda have been known in the past to be theultimate publisher of single-player games. Many of their earlier works havebeen praised for their content quality and worldbuilding, like the Falloutseries and The Elder Scrolls. Unfortunately, their name over the years hasdiminished in respect because of many recent decisions. The start of […]

Is Spotify Premium Worth it?

Streaming services have become the norm for most kinds of media in thismodern age. People now prefer to have a large category to pick from,rather than having individual copies to own for themselves. Music is nostranger to streaming, with Spotify being the most popular choice to listento music on the go or at home. While […]

Utah Mammoths?

Jazz, Bees, Grizzlies, Warriors – Utah have names that steer towards interesting. When you think about each of their names – they don’t correspond or make you think of the famed Salt Lake City. So, this next team name will make you perplexed when you start to hear it around sports circles. Smith Entertainment Group […]

We Have Bigger Problems Than Banning Transgender Athletes

We Have Bigger Problems Than Banning Transgender Athletes

Why is there such a focus on changing policy to ban transgender people from sports, bathrooms, and schools when we have so much more to worry about? We’re in a time as a country where we have to face house insecurity, worsening mental health crisis, mass shootings, a fragile economy and the ongoing impacts of […]

The Endangered Axolotl Might be Saved by New Discovery

The efforts that people make to save endangered species have always been huge undertakings, as losing an animal to extinction is tough to see. Sometimes, it almost seems like certain species are doomed to die off, which was the concerning theory for the longest time when it comes to the axolotl. Now, there is hope […]

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