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Movie Review: Her

Preston Thomas January 31, 2014

People seem to develop oddly emotional relationships with their electronics. I can’t count the number of times I’ve seen someone angrily whack a TV with bad reception, desperately beg a bluescreening...

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Courtesy of Stephen King’s website.

Review: Doctor Sleep by Stephen King

Preston Thomas January 28, 2014

Even the most voracious reader would find the task of reading the complete works of Stephen King daunting at best. The native New England author, who published his first novel in 1973, isn’t helping...

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Google Glass to be used in Dr. Emily Kinsky’s New Media Class

WT’s New Media class tests Google Glass

Preston Thomas January 21, 2014

  A small, sleek device sits on a person’s head as they walk down the street, like a pair of glasses without any lenses and a small square chunk of glass hovering just over one eye. The person...

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Flyer for the fake student body elections.

New Media simulates election scandals

Preston Thomas November 12, 2013

Dr. Sarah Vartabedian’s New Media class has, over the course of the semester, been working on a project utilizing social media. The class, split into seven groups, has been tasked with creating fictional...

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Entertainment Story. Art by Chris Brockman.

Remember, remember the 5th of Nov.

Preston Thomas November 5, 2013

“Remember, remember, the fifth of November, the gunpowder, treason and plot,” said V, the eponymous character of the 1980’s graphic novel V for Vendetta by Alan Moore, “I see no reason why...

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Local News Story. Art by Chris Brockman.

Q&A with the admins of WT Secrets page

Preston Thomas November 5, 2013

Shortly following the demise of the WT Confessions Facebook page, a new challenger has appeared. While following a similar format, where WTAMU students anonymously submit juicy tidbits to go up on...

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Plus INT Logo (Square Version). Art by Chris Brockman.

26 – Meta Meta Meta

Preston Thomas October 31, 2013

This Halloween the Plus INT crew talks about spooky games, N64 remakes, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and more! SPOILERS for Assassin's Creed, Dangan Ronpa, Persona 2, Person 4 Arena, Madoka Magic and the...

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Howard Philips Lovecraft, author of horror novels.

Lovecraft continues to entice readers

Preston Thomas October 29, 2013

“The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and...

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Plus INT Logo (Square Version). Art by Chris Brockman.

25 – Mind Equals Blown

Preston Thomas October 24, 2013

Plus INT is back! Joining Preston and Gabe this week is guest host Shannon McKeown. The trio talks about the end of the Wii U and whether copyright violations on YouTube are going too far. Then, the...

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Plus INT Logo (Square Version). Art by Chris Brockman.

24 – Fun for the Whole Family

Preston Thomas October 10, 2013

SPOILERS for Attack on Titan and Warhammer 40k! In this week's episode of Plus INT the guys get their fanboy on over Warhammer, discuss the success of GTA V and the not-so-successful release of Beyond:...

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Planetary Annihilation launches Beta

Preston Thomas October 8, 2013

In August 2012, Uber Entertainment launched a Kickstarter campaign as part of an initial wave of video games attempting to gain funding using the service. Their goal was a relatively modest $900,000....

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Entertainment Story. Art by Chris Brockman.

Buff Entertainment Brief

Preston Thomas October 1, 2013

WT students across campus have been reacting and adapting to the seventh version of Apple’s iOS, released Sept. 18. The update comes with a number of tweaks and polishes to Apple’s previous services,...

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