Book Review: The Power of Six

By Annie Wen Staff Writer The Power of Six, the sequel of Pittacus Lore’s bestselling book I Am Number Four, has been a big hit to fans of Lore’s new series ever since it came out last August. Photo by Trevor Stiff. They look like us. They act like us. They live among us, going through their daily lives. But they are not human. They are aliens, and they have come to save the human race. The Lorien Legacies is an unfinished series of six books. It currently has two published books with a third book to be published next year. The first book in the series is I Am Number Four. It was published…

Pie Five gets the high five

Kimberly Del Angel Staff Writer What is round, cheesy and ready in five minutes? Call it the Subway of pizzas; Pie Five has revolutionized the pie. In an ambient soothing environment, the smell of pepperoni and sausage engulfs the restaurant while casual music plays overhead. Hidden on the corner MacArthur Boulevard and Irving Lane, this eatery is surrounded by small shops in a miniature plaza in a relaxed location. When you enter Pie Five, your attention is immediately drawn to the metallic walls and casual environment. When I had first looked up the place I expected to come into a nicer location with cushioned tables and waiters (maybe I was envisioning Fireside Pies). If you…

Modern Warfare 3 is the best yet

By Chase Porter Staff Writer Today November 8th, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 went on sale everywhere and from the start of the first level I could tell that this game was special. For those of you who don’t know about the Call of Duty franchise, Modern Warfare is a branch of the developers many different games and also their best selling branch. Modern Warfare 3, which completes the trilogy of the Modern Warfares is, from what I have seen so far, the best game in the three game series. It has everything the recreational gamer wants including an exciting story mode, an entertaining cooperative mode, and an unbelievably addicting online multilayer mode. The…

Battlefield 3 passes expectations

By Chase Porter Staff Writer With smoke rising from nearby explosions and enemy fire bouncing all around you, Battlefield 3 is sure to get your heart pounding. As first person shooter games go, Battlefield 3 is almost as good as it gets. Released on Oc.t 25, this game is already looking like one of the best games of the year, not only because of its incredible landscapes and effects but also its almost unlimited possibilities for upgrading your player in multiplayer. As far as the single player campaign goes, it is great for first person shooter fans who love the intensity the gun battles bring to the table. The only problem with the game is…

Girl Wonder is anything but wonderful

Kimberly Del Angel Staff Writer Before you read my review, it is essential to know I am a sappy romanticist; it’s all I read, and I gobble it up like a big piece of cherry pie every time. In Girl Wonder by Alexa Martin, you follow the story of Charlotte Locke, a typical girl with an unfortunate learning disorder. Like many students Locke strives to raise her GPA with every chance she gets, sadly her move from Tallahassee to Seattle literally gates her from the GATE (Gifted And Talented Education) program in her new school due to her disability. When she fails to be inducted into the most prestigious program offered at her school, Locke…

Scream 4 offers revamped killer, recycled thrills

Erin Blatney Staff Writer The Ghostface killer is back with a vengeance in Wes Craven’s newest installment to the Scream franchise, Scream 4. With tons of edge-of-your-seat scenes and blood galore, it is the perfect slasher film for today’s generation. Craven, the man behind the three other Scream movies, takes Scream 4 back to where it all started: the small town of Woodsboro, 10 years after the original killer began his spree. Main character Sidney Prescott, played by Neve Campbell, returns to her hometown on a book tour and her presence sets off a string of murders around the town by the notorious Ghostface. No time is wasted when it comes to gore, and barely…

Jumping in to Portal 2

Chase Porter Staff Writer Portal 2 has opened my eyes. For years, first person shooters have dominated the gaming world and now, finally there’s a shooter game that is still is loads of fun without shooting up virtual bad guys. Portal 2 is fun, visually appealing and well crafted. It rarely has a slip within the game play and plot. The attention to detail is extraordinary and you will have a blast playing this game for hours. “Personally, I don’t think the game would be as fun if you haven’t played the first game but you can still have a lot of fun playing through the puzzles and jumping through portals without knowing what’s going…

Arthur falls short of original

Chris Cummins Staff Writer Arthur, a remake of the 1981 comedy of the same name, follows the exploits of a drunken billionaire and trust fund baby, Arthur Bach, played with gusto by Russell Brand, and his nanny, Hobson (Helen Mirren), as the former navigates the high life of New York in a drunken haze, and as the latter cleans up what’s left of his parties. This arrangement seems to have worked out quite well, as a spinning headline of tabloid adventures can attest to, until Arthur is summoned to a visit with his cold and domineering mother Vivienne (Geraldine James), a female titan of industry, who threatens to cut him off from his considerable fortune,…

Review: The Bridge of San Luis Rey

Chris Cummins Staff Writer Writing is concerned with questions. Everything that follows from a pen, literary or otherwise, is written with the purpose of answering some query, of finding steady ground. Sometimes, an answer is forthcoming, and the writer is able to find resolution to a question, and find the world a less unsteady place because of it. However, just as frequently, he finds no answer, and it is in this unfortunate shape of existence that the bulk of Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel, The Bridge of San Luis Rey, takes place and gives us an answer to the unanswerable through the simple, understated shrug of its shoulders. At first glance, there doesn’t seem…

The Strokes make all the right moves with Angles

After not releasing any new music for nearly five years, fans of The Strokes were elated to hear that the New York-based group was recording its fourth studio album. That was back in 2009, and finally in March, The Strokes dropped Angles, an album that sees the band forgetting the past and moving in to the future. The Strokes, made up of Julian Casablancas, Nick Valensi, Albert Hammond Jr., Nikolai Fraiture and Fabrizio Moretti, got its big break in 2001 with the release of its first album, Is This It. Its success started off slow, garnering more attention in Europe before America joined the bandwagon. Two more albums and one extensive break later, consisting of…