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‘Playstation Home’ doesn’t seem to offer anything exciting

By DAN STONE | February 5, 2009

After three years of development, Sony released the lack-luster "PlayStation Home" late last year. So far, "Home" feels like even less of a game than "Second Life." "Home" was introduced as the next revolution in online gaming. It's supposed to be a "hub"...

Big Rapp Daddy’s could be NIU’s new hot lunch spot

By JEN HANCE | February 5, 2009

Big Rapp Daddy's - Grade: A Almost right behind the back doors of DuSable Hall is the newly opened, family-owned eatery, Big Rapp Daddy's, 817 W. Lincoln Highway. In the same spot where University Subs used to be, the convenient location and student-friendly...

Old Nickelodeon shows nostalgic for children of the ’90s

By DEREK WALKER | February 5, 2009

Like any child of the '90s, I watched a lot of Nickelodeon. Linda Ellerbee was like a mother to me, while Mike O'Malley was like a father and Marc Summers was the crazy, obsessive-compulsive uncle. Together, we were family, and together, we matured. Eventually,...

Hanson’s ‘Lay Me Down’ brings up AIDS awareness

By BRIDGET ORKFRITZ | February 4, 2009

"Lay Me Down" - Hanson Over the past year and a half, Hanson has been doing charity work to help make people aware of the devastation AIDS and poverty are causing in Africa. Their work has included a partnership with organizations such as TOMS Shoes,...

Sexual content can be found offensive in video games regardless of orientation

By DAN STONE | February 4, 2009

It doesn't matter if sexual content in a video game is in a heterosexual or homosexual context, concerned parents shouldn't buy their children a video game if it has strong sexual content. In December, The Timothy Plan published a guide for parents about...

New season of ‘Heroes’ looks promising

By HEATHER SKRIP | February 4, 2009

The latest season of "Heroes" premiered Monday beginning the fourth volume and story arc entitled "Fugitives." The new edition features the main characters from past seasons, except with a few changes. Hiro still does not have his powers and Sylar is...

Video game guide offers prejudiced information

By DAN STONE | February 3, 2009

It doesn't matter if sexual content in a video game is in a heterosexual or homosexual context, concerned parents shouldn't buy their children a video game if it has strong sexual content. In December, The Timothy Plan published a guide for parents about...

Soundtrack expresses Ill. residents’ sentiments toward politics

By JEN HANCE | February 3, 2009

Carole King - "It's Too Late" Bye, Bye Blago Week The main reason why it's so boring to watch political hearings and broadcasts on CNN is simply because there is no music playing in the background. The awkward silences and brief pauses seem to last an...

The best of … Super Bowl commercials

By DAVID MATZ | February 3, 2009

Oh, the Super Bowl. A yearly end-all battle of pride and glory to see who shall be crowned the best of the best. It's a time for a nation to come together and celebrate an epic game with chips and salsa, cheering for your team to beat the spread and of...

“Rabbit Hole” worth getting out of your rabbit hole to see

By LINDSEY KASTNING | February 3, 2009

"Rabbit Hole" - 8/10 "Rabbit Hole," a production put on by NIU's School of Theatre and Dance, is a slice of theater at its finest. Written by 2007 Pulitzer Prize winning playwright David Lindsay-Abaire, the play was a great production from the start which...

Seperation of same-sex relations in video game analyses is discrimination

By DAN STONE | February 2, 2009

It doesn't matter if sexual content in a video game is in a heterosexual or homosexual context, concerned parents shouldn't buy their children a video game if it has strong sexual content. In December, The Timothy Plan published a guide for parents about...

‘The Uninvited’ fails to impress

By HEATHER SKRIP | February 2, 2009

"I love you, I have a condom." Wait, these are the opening words for the new horror film, "The Uninvited," and not some teen chick flick? After a first line like that, this "scary" movie has a lot to make up for. "The Uninvited" stars some not-so-famous...