issue 29 // volume 42

The juiciest computer

board game ever made

> ‘100% Orange Juice’ game review

Lauren Paulsen
Senior Columnist

 

We do you get when
you throw together

cat girls, a thief, other
dimensions, dice, cards, stars,
battles, and pudding? 100%
Orange Juice, that’s what.

This interesting computer
board game is surprisingly
quite addicting. Developed
by Orange Juice, it takes all
of the characters from their
other games, throws in a few
new ones, and gives you some
wacky personalities to play
as. These include a Santa with
bunny ears, a strange little
creature that steals things and
runs away, an airship pilot,
and a pudding-loving dog girl.
Each character has unique stats
and traits within the game.

Using a deck of cards and
dice, players make their way
around a board with three other
players and try to achieve their
goals before their opponents
do. These goals can either be
to collect a certain amount
of stars, or to defeat a certain
amount of other characters.
Each goal completed will level
you up until you reach level
six, winning the game. You can
land on a variety of different
squares that can teleport you,
send you into battle, give you
stars, or take them away.

No game is ever the same,
and the outcome can be utterly

unpredictable. Weighed heavily
by chance (though some strategy
is involved), it doesn’t matter
how well or how horribly you
are doing through most of the
game. Things can turn around
in an instant, and the underdog
can suddenly come up on top,
or the player doing really well
can suddenly fall from grace.
This certainly can cause sessions
of rage when you lose game
after game, but it also keeps
you coming back for more.
Losing isn’t all bad. You
always get stars, no matter which
place you come in. You can use
these stars to buy things in
the shop, such as more cards,
different characters to play, and
various other things to enhance
the game. When you play
multiplayer, you'll always gain
experience, even when you come
in last. This experience levels you
up so that you can access even
cooler items from the shop.
The story isn’t all that grand
in the campaign mode. There
are four characters’ scenarios to

 

play through, though they are all
basically the same: Mariepoppo,
a strange creature who looks
like a little girl with animal

ears, keeps stealing items from
different characters, and they
all chase after her to try and get
their stuff back. Even though
the plot is silly and repetitive,
it’s still fun to try and beat

all of the campaign levels.

But where 100% Orange
Juice really shines is its
multiplayer aspect. You can
set up lobbies and play with
strangers or friends. Absolutely
screwing them over is highly
amusing. Of course, they can
do the same to you, but even
that can be entertaining.

100% Orange Juice is sucha
unique and entertaining game
that it can keep you playing
for hours. Once you've started
playing it, you'll be hooked,
and then you'll want all of
your friends to get it too. Go
look it up on Steam. If you
notice it going on sale, get it.
You won't be disappointed.

Image via xgames.pro

arts // no. 9

 

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Comic Corner: breathing new life into the undead

> ‘Wormwood, Gentleman Corpse: Volume 1’ review

Brittney MacDonald
Life & Style Editor

 

a strip club bouncer named Phoebe
Phoenix, Wormwood attempts to solve
a slew of vicious murders apparently

OOOOS

I not very often that you can combine
the words “zombie” and “comedy”
in the same sentence, but Wormwood,
Gentleman Corpse offers just such an
occasion. Too often I find that a series that
attempts to merge the genres of comedy
and horror must either resign itself to
being campy, or fail miserably at fitting
into both categories simultaneously. |
was more than pleased to find that’s just
not the case with this graphic novel.
Forged from the pen of Ben
Templesmith, the artist behind horror
classic 30 Days of Night, Wormwood
follows the un-life of its eponymous
character, a parasitic worm that
inhabits a corpse. Together with his
robot bodyguard Mr. Pendulum and

caused by something paranormal.

Filled with gore, nudity, and dark
humor, the overall narrative of this
volume had concluded by the last page,
but it was filled with enough mystery to
make me eager for the second book.

What I found most surprising is that,
despite the fact Templesmith is known
for his amazing artistic talents, the only
place this graphic novel fell short was in
the art. That isn’t to say that the art is not
incredible—it is—but the impact of it is
lessened by the repeated use of various
artistic filters such as random lens flares
and sporadically-placed diffused glows.
Asa whole, it makes the novel appear less
organic, and stiffens the flow of the panels.

That minor criticism is the one con
against a large list of pros. I would definitely
recommend this title to most readers.

 

Art by Ben Templsmith