Day: August 25, 2014

Sports

Men’s roller derby making comeback locally

Meagan Falcon

By Amber Quaid / Managing editor Corpus Christi has a new team, the Grave Diggers. This is a men’s roller derby team. You heard correctly, men’s roller derby. Roller derby started out as a co-ed sport but because of World War II’s call for men to go fight it left the women to continue the sport. This is how the widely accepted notion of roller derby being a women’s sport was created. The men’s side of roller derby continued but not as largely as the women’s. Then in 2007 the MRDA, or Men’s Roller Derby Association, was created. The MRDA has…

Entertainment, Opinions

Summer Movie season brings big hits, bad films

Meagan Falcon

‘Guardians,’ ‘X-Men,’ ‘Jump Street’ among the best By Jonathan Garcia / Reporter The summer of 2014 has brought some great movies and some not-so-great ones. Some moviegoers left the theaters with their minds blown, while others left wanting a refund or felt disappointed. However, six films stand out in the “top 3 best and worst summer movies of 2014” list. Top 3 Best Summer Movies of 2014 “Guardians of the Galaxy” — This movie was a huge gamble for Marvel because not many people knew exactly who the “Guardians of the Galaxy” were. And when a trailer was shown people were…

Entertainment, Opinions

‘Watch Dogs’ good despite many flaws

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Numerous bugs don’t deter from gameplay value By Victor Rhodes / Reporter Hack into the system in “Watch Dogs,” developed and published by video game company Ubisoft. “Watch Dogs” is an action adventure game that follows Aiden Pearce, a skilled hacker who can hack through “cTOS,” an operating system created after the “Northeast 2003 blackout.” The action takes place in Chicago and surrounding areas. Pearce is described as “The Fox” or vigilante, someone who uses their hacking power to either bring justice or cause mayhem for Chicago residents. The player’s main weapon of choice is Pearce’s smartphone. It can steal money,…

Community, Entertainment

‘And on the seventh day, we watched local films’

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CC7D Film Festival award winners announced Kaliegh Benck and Amber Quaid Foghorn After a grueling seven-day production schedule for 36 teams competing in this year’s Corpus Christi 7-Day Film Project, or CC7D, “A Life Lost” received the Grand Jury Award on Aug. 23 at the House of Rock. The awards presentation followed a screening of all the films at the Harbor Playhouse. CC7D’s mission is to celebrate artistic expression through the medium of film. The goal is to complete an eight-minute film within a seven-day time constraint while following four required themed elements: a prop, character, a line of dialogue…