May 13, 2022
FallOut
There are plenty of games that come out nowadays that are optimistic and promising. When they hit the limelight, however, they turn out to be falsely advertised, and you end up buying a patchwork game with a big-franchise name attached to it. The game I am referring to is Fallout 76. In this game, you start underground in Vault 76. You awaken to find all the other vault dwellers gone, and you must then go out into the open land of Appalachia. Nukes have devastated the world, and you were chosen from the brightest before the country fell to help rebuild America. You leave the vault only with a few items provided to ready you for the outside world and your trusty Pip-Boy, the device that lets you use items to replenish your health, hunger, and thirst, or arm yourself with weapons if in danger. You are the future, and you must get out into it so you can restore your surroundings to a land of peace and happiness rather than war and fear.
Why was this game so well-known? Not for its gameplay loop but for what the game went through upon its initial release and where it stands now. The director and executive producer, Todd Howard, promised ten times the detail and ten times times the size of Fallout 4, so the hype for the game was understandably high. When launch day came, many gamers were surprised that the company quickly followed up with a 45-gigabyte patch, but even after that, gameplay was rough. Calling the game “buggy” was an understatement, and Bethesda (the company that makes the Fallout games) was slow to fix things and make them playable. There were videos that were three hours long just featuring all the bugs upon release. People somehow got into a developer-exclusive room, where everything in the game was housed. The one thing that got Bethesda’s attention more than anything else was people exploiting the things inside for their own benefit—they used developer cheats to gain infinite XP, infinite ammo, and infinite cash—so the company just started banning people from the game that had the best loot, regardless of them being legitimate or glitched.Despite all this, Bethesda would then learn that they had ruined the game to start, but over the years since its initial release, they have been doing events in-game, giving free stuff, tweaking things to be more playable and better than when it was first released. Playing it now compared to back in 2020, there is a stark difference in stuff to do and all it has to offer. The game took a turn for the better with updates with free stuff, quality-of-life improvements, and new cosmetics for those who love variety.
—Will Kosmal, Gaming Editor
Overheard at National Geographic is an educational podcast all about the many projects going on at National Geographic, the company behind the eponymous nature-themed magazine and TV channel. Each episode is different from the last, moving from climate change to ancient caves to lost slave ships and more. Join narrators Amy Briggs and Peter Gwin as they explore our world alongside scientists, explorers, and photographers. Each episode is a little adventure for your ears. If you love to learn about lots of unfamiliar (and interesting) topics, I highly recommend the show. Despite being based in science, this podcast tells many fundamentally human stories which you are sure to love.
Trigger Warning: Contains depictions of racism, sexism, transphobia, rape, spousal abuse, and other related themes that may be disturbing to readers.
This animated film depicts the revolution of the animals on Manor Farm, to be named Animal Farm, which falls to dictatorship. An adaptation of the George Orwell book of the same name, this is a unique animated movie because it was made during Disney’s Silver Age in the ‘50s and is as colorful as films like Cinderella and Peter Pan, yet much darker in themes and imagery. For proof animated films aren’t just for kids—*cough*Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences*cough*—you can’t ignore this one.
The long-awaited Top Gun sequel was set to be released last fall, though it quickly changed course due to COVID-related safety measures. This Memorial Day weekend, fans of the original 1986 blockbuster will have a chance to see an older Maverick (Tom Cruise) back in the pilot seat. Maverick, a Navy test pilot with over thirty years of service, is called back by the Top Gun program, a school where the best fighter-jet pilots go to hone their skill. Maverick is tasked to train a new group of graduates for a never-before-seen, specialized mission. According to the official synopsis, Maverick’s journey will require he confront ghosts of his past and face his biggest fears. It looks like Top Gun: Maverick will be an action-packed, good time—and one that may be best seen on the big screen.
From the director of Moulin Rouge! comes the quasi-musical biopic Elvis. The movie explores over two decades in the life of the legendary King of Rock ‘n’ Roll. Moviegoers can expect glimpses into Elvis Presley’s (Austin Butler) childhood and a full-on ride to his superstardom rise. Critical to the biopic is the singer’s complex relationship with his manager, Colonel Tom Parker (Tom Hanks), through which Elvis’s career will be tracked. Renditions of the artist’s life have been done before, but director Baz Luhrmann hints this one will be deeper. He told Entertainment Weekly, “The great storytellers like Shakespeare, they didn’t really do biographies. They took a life, and they [used] the life as a canvas to explore a larger idea.” Elvis sounds like a promising choice for a dose of musical drama.
The release of Thor: Love and Thunder marks Thor (Chris Hemsworth) as the only MCU hero to receive a fourth standalone installment. The movie picks up in the aftermath of Avengers: Endgame. Thor’s on a journey to find peace but is soon interrupted by Gorr the God Butcher (Christian Bale), a vengeful galactic villain seeking the extinction of all gods. Thor needs to stop Gorr before it’s too late. He employs the help of King Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson), Korg (Taika Waititi), and Jane Foster (Natalie Portman) and, together, they embark on a long quest to protect the cosmos. Some fun things to look forward to: Taika Waititi directing and Natalie Portman finally wielding Thor’s magical hammer!
Did you know that all Marinette 
UWGB EDI Consultant and Professor Tracy Fernandez Rysavy, along with EDI intern and Marinette campus 
Professor West was fresh out of grad school when he stumbled through his first lecture as an exhibit curator for a small college museum in New Mexico. Unfortunately, he had some stage fright, relying on his notes to get him through a foggy memory and talking faster to make up for lost time. This resulted in a 
Seth Rogen is a Canadian actor, comedian, and filmmaker. Originally a stand-up comedian in Vancouver, he moved to Los Angeles where he would start his acting career. He can be found in lots of comedies and movies that are just fun to watch. Some of the few that he starred in are This is the End, Pineapple Express, and The Interview.
It was last semester, October of 2021. My geology class entered the bus en masse with all of our rain gear and lunch boxes. We were going to multiple places, beautiful places deep in nature, to study rocks and land formations. The first destination was Dave’s Falls. I had been here several times, but it was rather gorgeous at that time of the year. My class and I needed to take notes on the rocks of the area, making guesses on what type of rocks we saw and noticing the fractures and crevices to attain an idea on how they had formed. I could not help but notice the girl whom I had a crush on. She was a cultured nature-freak I had in a couple of my classes during that semester, but I missed my chances and will probably never see her again. The place was divine.