Disclaimer: This article contains major spoilers for Portal and Portal 2. For many gamers, the story is one of—if not the most important—aspects of the experience that a video game provides. Most big budget titles nowadays tell their stories through the use of linear, cinematic storylines broken up into cutscenes […]
Arts & Culture
What Do Dogs Dream About?
Anyone who has a dog has probably seen them sleeping. In fact, most dogs nap for about 50% of the day, and they lie around awake but doing nothing for another 30% of their time. Usually they sleep motionless and do not make any noise other than heavy breathing and […]
Polygons, Products, and Pi
Math lovers widely celebrate March 14 as Pi Day. Written as 3/14, the date matches the first three digits of pi—the constant ratio between a circle’s circumference and its diameter. One can go even further on that day, celebrating by the minute (3/14, 1:59) or the second (3/14, 1:59:26) to […]
Whisper: or the Still Small Voice
This month’s poem strays from standard poetry because it actually consists of the lyrics to a song. I wrote this song on February 6th, the one-year anniversary of the earthquakes in Turkey. As my old hometown, Malatya, was one of the cities near the earthquake origin, many people and places […]
Open Mic: Le Bateleur (Part 2) by Darby Nugent
At the junction of the bridge and the walkway, the Bateleur collided roughly with the captain of the Prison Guard, jarring them both. The captain uttered a curse and growled for him to watch out as the Bateleur stammered his apology. “Fool!” exclaimed the captain, and hurried on. The Bateleur […]