The winter 2023 term is nearing its end, with students preparing for final tests and projects; this has not stopped SOU’s Epic Events from putting on social events for students to come and attend to have a fun social gathering…

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The winter 2023 term is nearing its end, with students preparing for final tests and projects; this has not stopped SOU’s Epic Events from putting on social events for students to come and attend to have a fun social gathering…
Has there ever been a game in a video game series that, despite several entries, had the best installment being the first one? Well, that was me with the Xenoblade Chronicles series at the start of the year. Xenoblade Chronicles…
Image Credit Nintendo Have you ever experienced some media, whether it be a film, a show, or a game, and just thought to yourself, “dang, that was a masterpiece?” For example, back in the fall of 2020, I played through…
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Image credit The Verge Back in November 2001, Micorosft released their first console, the Xbox, and alongside it was a little game called Halo. Twenty years and a billion dollars, later Halo is now a gaming juggernaut, but ever since…
With in person classes and events fastly approaching, many students are wondering: what is there to do at SOU? This past week, The Siskyou interviewed Ashley Rad on Esports at SOU as the program has many exciting events coming up. …
It’s been over eight years since Animal Crossing New Leaf was released to 3DS, so it’s been a long dry spell for admirers of this game. But the wait has been worth it. Since the release of the Nintendo Switch,…
The popularity of esports, or competitive video gaming, has been growing since the early 2000’s. Around 2010, game developers started actively designing toward a professional esports subculture. The National Association of Collegiate Esports (NACE) formed in 2016, and since then,…
A remake of the 1994 game UFO: Enemy Unknown/X-COM: UFO Defense , X-COM: Enemy Unknown took critics and fans by storm, receiving over 20 awards at E3 2012. With a smart mix of action and strategy, it restarted the heartbeat…