Category: Spotlights

Midwest

[Photo Series] Bones of the Earth

Taken recently along the Wyoming/Colorado border. Photos by Ben Mercator

Jul 19, 2014 Read →

Social Culture

[Photo Series] Texas: All Pink Everything

All Pink Everything : San Marcos, Texas Karla Vinueza is currently living in San Marcos, Texas and attending Texas State University. Her photo project, TEXAS, is her way of capturing the essence of the Southern state in all its glory. TEXAS will be featuring the following cities: Houston, San Marcos, Austin, and Dallas. With constantly […]

Jul 18, 2014 Read →

Social Culture

[Photo Series] Traveling Bug: Reykjavik

The beautiful and mysterious country of Iceland has long been on our list of destinations to visit around the world. From ice hotels, the northern lights, to the world famous Blue Lagoon hot springs, feast your eyes on our favorite photos we’ve found of Reykjavik.  

Jul 8, 2014 Read →

Social Culture

[GAMER REVIEW] Child of Light is A Work of Art

I have never really been into 2-D RPGs with Final Fantasy’s turn-based fighting, but when I saw Child of Light I knew I wanted to play this game. The style looks like a fantasy watercolor painting, and all of the characters speak in rhymes. The main character, Aurora, floats around the screen pushing boxes, flipping […]

Jun 19, 2014 Read →

Social Culture

[Tech] Big Week for Gamers as E3 Returns to LA | June 2014

E3  wrapped up last week in LA, announcing the hottest new video games coming from Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo & their third party developers. Sony announced 25 ‘Free to Play’ games for the next 12 months, a Ratchet and Clank movie, Playstation TV (their mini console that can play PSVita & PS network games, along with […]

Jun 17, 2014 Read →

Social Culture

[Gamer Review] Mario Kart 8 Finally Catches Up To HD Graphics on Wii U

The best selling Mario Kart franchise is back again with a new installment, and it sure looks good rendered in 720p at a smooth 60 frames per second! Only just released last month, Mario Kart 8, which is available exclusively on Wii U, sold more than 1.2 million copies worldwide within the first opening weekend […]

Jun 14, 2014 Read →

Festival Coverage

[Review] Kinetic Fire & Flow Arts Festival – Connect With Your Fire

While preparing for a 17 hour road trip across the states to a rural area outside of Richmond, Ohio, a feeling of excitement begins to set in. The excitement continues to grow with each fleeting moment and every passing mile. Kinetic Fire is unlike any other music festival. Hell, it’s not even considered a “music […]

May 30, 2014 Read →

Interviews

A Peek Inside the Mind of Local Artist: Larry Clack

Larry Clack is an incredibly talented artist from Garland, Texas with a passion for inking colorfully eccentric renditions of the world as he sees it. Over the years, Clack has molded together his signature style that has a way of sublimely catching your eye; a style that reflects a sense of complexity through a spontaneous combination of graffiti and […]

May 13, 2014 Read →

East Coast

[Artist Interview] Thaddaeus Timothy Jr | Bowties for a Cause

Thaddaeus Timothy is a rare kind of gentleman that you’ll hopefully meet more than once in your lifetime. He has all of the qualities one would be admired of, as he is quirky, fun-loving, hard-working and compassionate. It’s often rare that chance encounters with a person of this caliber would be found in just any […]

May 1, 2014 Read →

Indie

[Artist Interview] Dustin Davidson of August Burns Red Talks Tour Life, New Side Project and More

As the metal scene’s fanbase continues to grow exponentially, it’s easy to give some of the credit to hardcore band staples like August Burns Red. With a rigorous tour schedule that has taken them around the world for over a decade, and a Facebook page clocking in over 1 million fans, it comes as no […]

Apr 23, 2014 Read →