issue 06 / volume 41

Steven's Man-Cave: An entire
mead of orcs to mess with

» ‘Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor’ PS4 review

) Steven Cayer
Senior Columnist

 

iddle-Earth has always

had a special place in
my heart. From The Hobbit
to The Lord of the Rings, I’ve
loved it all. Middle-Earth:
Shadow of Mordor gives us an
entirely original story that
takes place between the two.

In the game, you play as

Tauriel, a ranger from Gondor

Gate of Mordor. Sauron and
his right-hand man, the Black
Hand, decimate everybody.
Tauriel is then revived by a
wraith that is somehow con-

: nected to him, giving him new
: and exciting powers. He goes
: ona path of revenge, hunting
: down the Black Hand for kill-
: ing him, his wife, and his son.

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: to help Tauriel figure out who
: this wraith is that saved him.

Along this path, he meets

Gollum, who’s trying to find the :
ring that Bilbo took. He decides :
: killed you, he'll say something
: like: “Hey, I thought I just
: killed you!” This system could
: easily be a game-changer.

The gameplay is definitely

: the highlight of this title. It

: expertly combines the combat
: from the Batman games with

: the exploration and maneu-

: verability from the Assassin’s

: Creed games. It also has an

: original gameplay mechanic
tasked with guarding the Black Nemvie System Thine
: where you can interrogate

: random orcs to find an orc

: captain and learn what his
: strengths and weaknesses

: are, then go to the area and

: take him out. Whenever you

: die, the orc who killed you

: gets a promotion, ifthere’s an
: open space in the hierarchy.

The best part about this is

how much personality there

is in every orc. For example,
if you track down an orc who

If] had to say something

: bad about this game, it’s that

: there aren’t too many story

: missions. However, there are

: awide variety of side quests

: that actually never get boring.

This game lived up to my

: high expectations. If you're
: a fan of the world and lore

: of Middle-Earth, why not

: pick up the greatest Lord of
: the Rings game and mess

: with the orc hierarchy?

arts // 7

 

 

Comic Corner: Bow to the King

» ‘Stephen King’s N. review

Brittney MacDonald
Staff Writer

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Ss as Halloween is
coming up on us fast,

I thought it would be
appropriate to take a look
at a few graphic novels from
the horror genre. First up is

: Stephen King’s N. adapted by
: Marc Guggenheim.

: Guggenheim is best known :
: based ona short story that’s

: more of a psychological/

: suspense thriller, it’s hard to

: say anything about the plot

: without giving it away. The

: story centres on a mysterious

: Stonehenge-like monument in
: the middle of a field in rural

: Maine. It features a collection
: of eight stones—usually.

in the Vancouver area as being
an executive producer on the
locally filmed television show
: Arrow, and his translation

of Stephen King’s revered

: short story into a graphic

: novel format is near perfect.
: Headlined with a ground-

: breaking artistic style, this

: novel will have you hiding

: under your blanket counting
: down the hours till sunrise.

Since the graphic novel is

insanity; N.
: great horrors you'd expect of a
: good Stephen King story.

 

Bad Judge, or bad show?

» Poor pilot shows little promise

Lauren Paulsen,
Senior Columnist

Rebecca Wright (played by
Kate Walsh) is not what one
would consider honourable.
She is portrayed as a wild and
reckless woman who doesn’t
always follow the law and
spends her nights partying and

tough woman who doesn’t care
what people think about her,
but instead she comes across
as a complete mess. Somehow

: over the people around her.

Feeling a sense of guilt over

: putting a young boy’s parents
: behind bars, Wright comes to

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the aid of Robby Shoemaker

(Theodore Barnes) whenever he :
: needs help. Often though, she
ad Judge’s Honourable Judge :

just gets him into more trouble,

: such as when she tells him to
: punch out the bully at his foster :
: home, which results in him

: getting transferred to a home
: for violent children.

Somehow by the end of

the show, Wright has fixed all
drinking. She’s supposed to bea :

of the problems she created,

: like asking the doctor she is
: sleeping with to write a note for :
: Shoemaker saying that he is not :
: violent.
though, she still manages to win :

Bad Judge is just plain bad.

: It’s a slapstick comedy that

: tries too hard. Every sentence
: is supposed to bea joke. A lot
: of what happens just doesn’t

: seem probable, including the

fact that despite ditching work

: multiple times, Wright never
: gets in trouble with her boss.
: The characters are shallow and

two-dimensional, and there’s

: no depth to the show itself. Just
: like Wright, it’s a mess.

No matter how many

: times they show Wright in her
: underwear, this show is not

: going to make another season.
: I'd be surprised if anyone even

sticks around to watch the
second episode. People have

: better things to do than watch a
: rotten comedy.

: People become obsessed

: with counting the stones

: and arrange their very lives

: to mimic the symmetry of

: the stone circle. But the real
: problems arise when one stone :
: goes missing.

Suicide, possession, and

As I mentioned before

the art by Alex Maleev is

: amazing and refreshing. His

: style is so sketchy yet realistic.
: Itreminded mea lot of the

: animated film A Scanner

: Darkly. It made the entire

thing a page turner, and by the

: end I was practically salivating
: for more.

. is filled with all the :
: thing, but N. certainly made

: mea convert. This is a definite
: recommendation for all the

: spooksters.

Horror’s not usually my

YouTube Music Video
Classics: AKB48 — Kol
Suru Fortune Cookie

Jerrison Oracion
Senior Columnist

L* year, a lot of people in Japan danced to the
choreography in the music video for AKB48’s hit single,
“Koi Suru Fortune Cookie.” The song is from the group’s
recent album, The Next Footsteps, and was one of the most-
viewed music videos on YouTube in the past year.

In the video, the group performs in front of the theatre
of one of the group’s sister groups, HKT48, for some of their
fans. The group teaches the dance to a variety of people
including students, wrestlers, office workers, an orchestra,

and more.

The song has a 1970’s disco sound in it, which is one of
the reasons why this song and music video are great.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFf4AgBNRiE