OPINION: Diablo IV, a family game
Dominic Toretto from “Fast & Furious” would call this his favorite game

Blizzard Entertainment’s highly anticipated Diablo IV, the fifth full instalment in the series, launched globally on June 6. A former golden goose in the video game industry, Blizzard hopes to […]

UI Gaming Convention draws big crowds 
Photos from the successful day of gaming

Last Saturday, between the hours of 10 a.m. and midnight, roughly 400 people attended the Vandal Gaming Convention. This convention was a blast as it offered free classic arcade machines, […]

Elden Ring Review
The breakout RPG from FromSoftware has set a high bar for games the rest of 2022.

“Elden Ring”, FromSoftware’s newest role play game, has set a new bar for what video games should be. While we aren’t even halfway through 2022, I’m already calling FromSoftware’s newest release […]

E-Sports Club has a new place to call home
Spring offers the club many opportunities for competition and recruitment

The newly developed E-Sports Club has had their struggles with the pandemic but were still able to keep up recruitment and lucked out in finding a new place to call home.   While […]

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Put skills to work
Welcome actives makes way for video games on the big screen

The big screen is coming to the green with video games and a clip to welcome students to campus. Vandals can come spectate and play Nintendo classics on the Theophilus Tower Lawn free of charge and risk. At 5 – 7 p.m. on Saturday, the screen will open to those to show their skills and have fun.

OPINION: The evolution of women’s roles in gaming
Yes, there is sexism in video games, but as society advances so will video games

Is there sexism in gaming? Yes. But the last few years have seen a lot of progress.  Many games have started moving away from sexualizing female characters and using the “damsel in distress” trope. Some of the best games from last decade featured […]