Games have always been a huge part of the entertainment industry, but what makes them entertaining? Game makers expend significant effort making design decisions people often don’t think about when they’re playing each game. Each week, columnist Evan Charfauros will examine the pros and cons of different game mechanics as seen in the modern gaming […]
Category Archives: Arts
MFA student presents exhibit with human interface, life-like technology
A Life Alert commercial inspired the name of Paul Carlo Esposito’s latest exhibition. Esposito said his exhibition alerts audience members of their connection to all living things. The design media arts graduate student will feature some of his most recent artworks, including sculptures and videos, in his “Life Alert” exhibition, which opened Tuesday and will […]
Daily Bruin contributor predicts 2018 Academy Awards winners
2017 films turned cinema conventions on their heads. In one best picture nominee, sadistic white, self-proclaimed liberals play the villains. In another front-runner, the love interest takes the shape of a humanoid amphibian creature. Jordan Peele’s directorial debut “Get Out” and Guillermo del Toro’s whimsical romance “The Shape of Water” are just two of the […]
Stress Less: Though not necessarily fun, running brings mental and physical benefits
Alissa Evans’ experience with stress stems primarily from her inability to definitively choose a major, a recently received D that taints her otherwise mediocre GPA and her complete and utter confusion regarding the abstract concept commonly referred to as her “future.” In the midst of a midcollege crisis, the Daily Bruin columnist decided to try […]
Graduate students will make debut in opera composition at workshop
“This post was updated Feb. 28 at 2:40 p.m.” Nicky Sohn wrote an opera last year while traveling across three different countries and attending two music festivals. “We had a crazy deadline,” Sohn said. “During this time, opera was all there was for me.” Sohn and Michel Klein, both doctoral candidates in composition, will present […]
Video: Tamales and social justice
Bruins share their reactions to a plant-based tamale workshop held in UCLA’s Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden. The workshop involved informative discussion and inspired conversation about the social justice issues affecting farmers and employees in the food industry.
Reel Representation: #OscarsSoWhite campaign must include all underrepresented racial groups
This post was updated Feb. 27 at 4:32 p.m. It’s awards season, which means it’s also the season of naive think pieces questioning whether the era of #OscarsSoWhite has passed. The answer is, of course not. The Oscars were first criticized for their slate of all-white acting nominees in 2015. And over the last four […]