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(09/20/19 3:47pm)
Students from the Ball State University theatre programs will debut "Marcus; or The Secret of Sweet" at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 20 in University Theatre. The production will run a total of seven 7:30 p.m. shows: Sept. 20, 21, 24, 25, 26, 27, and 28. In addition, on Sept. 22, there is a 2:30 p.m. matinee show.
[ngg src="galleries" ids="26" exclusions="167,169,170,174,175,189,275,278,281" display="basic_imagebrowser" display_view="default-view.php" template="default"]Editor's Note (Oct. 2, 2019): Janae Robinson and Ogunde Snelling are identified as sophomore acting majors.
To read the written story and hear from the cast themselves check out The Daily News article by Grace McCormick.
(09/06/19 4:00pm)
by Kyle Crawford
Students from the Ball State University theatre programs run through a rehearsal of their upcoming show, "The Wolves," Sept. 4 at Strother Studio Theatre.
[ngg src="galleries" ids="25" display="basic_thumbnail" thumbnail_crop="0"]Editor's Note (Oct. 2, 2019): Emma Grow is identified as a freshman acting major.
"The Wolves" is a 2016 play written by Sarah DeLappe. Jennifer Blackmer, a theatre professor at Ball State University, is directing the production at Strother Studio Theatre.
The opening show of “The Wolves” will start at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 6 in Strother Studio Theatre. The show will continue to run through next week with more 7:30 p.m. showtimes Sept. 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14. In addition, on Sept. 8 there is a 2:30 p.m. matinee show.
(03/20/19 10:56pm)
by Blake Chapman
An international pastime with over a billion dollars in annual revenue, an audience of 380 million spectators and 588 major events across the world is impressive on its own. When considering that this sport’s athletes compete in front of computer monitors, hands gripped to keyboards and mice, it sounds like something out of an Orson Scott Card novel. However, throughout Asia, North America and Europe, esports have become a reality for millions of fans. College organizations across the U.S. have started to become sponsored as true athletic programs including a couple in Indiana. Ball State’s own Cardinal Esports is in the early stages of making their case known to the university.
(03/01/19 6:00pm)
by Olivia Weinzapfel
Concerts are a special kind of musical experience; a band’s music is atmospherically enhanced for the fans, and the shows forever leave a lasting memory. Young the Giant’s performance at Purdue University's Elliot Hall of Music on Feb. 21 will be remembered well by fans, despite slight shortcomings in their performance. Small mistakes were collectively waived by the listeners, as the audience ultimately gave a grand ovation at the end of the concert.
(02/05/19 8:06am)
by Jeremy Rogers
Video games are a unique medium; the physical act of using a controller creates an instant connection between the player and the player’s digital character.
Because of this ability to connect players to their characters, there are many opportunities for immersion and collaboration between different players. Taking advantage of these opportunities is a part of the design philosophy that went into crafting the 2012 game Journey.
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Experience the wonder in this anonymous adventure where you travel on a life’s passage, with the chance to connect with companions along the way."-ThatGameCompany, JourneyIn the game, the player controls a lone figure as they travel through various biomes. There is no dialogue, and the game’s mechanics focus on 3D platforming. Despite having a relatively short runtime of 90 minutes, Journey released to rave reviews, being hailed by many gaming outlets as their 2012 Game of the Year.
The people at ThatGameCompany decided that, when making Journey, they would focus on making the emotional center of the game about making connections with other players by letting one player appear in the game of another online. No chat or emote functions. Just two travelers walking in tandem yet each cultivating their own unique experience. The president and creative director of ThatGameCompany described the game in an interview with Geoff Keighley saying, “Journey: It’s about people connecting with each other.”
That is not where Journey’s impact has stopped. The game’s composer, Austin Wintory and the Chicago-based chamber music ensemble Fifth House Ensemble are touring different venues and playing the score of the game in front of live audiences. But unlike ensembles that play film scores live, Wintory and Fifth House Ensemble play with a live player on the stage playing the game with them. And on January 25, they invited six Ball State students to volunteer to play Journey with them on the Emens Auditorium stage.
Ball State is the latest stop on a live tour that began at MAGFest in Minnesota, making stops along the way at The Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago, Florida Atlantic University, The nonprofit National Sawdust venue in New York City, and several others.
One of the student volunteers, Matt Stark, described their experience playing on stage. “I expected it to feel less interactive than playing at home, but it was surprisingly more immersive... I got chills more than once when something cool happened in-game and the music responded to it right on cue. The music lined up perfectly with the action, and it felt like I had a part in the ensemble in some minor way.“ Through this performance, the volunteers were not the only people making new connections.
After the game was completed, Austin Wintory took to the stage to answer questions from the audience. One attendee approached the mic and said, "You are my inspiration. In 2012… my dad passed away… When I picked up the game and I started playing through it, the music… it was just so, so captivating. It was a big part of my life... Tonight was just absolutely fantastic. I cannot thank you enough."
Wintory replied, "I can only say thank you, except that it falls so short of how that makes me feel, because it's not even what we were trying to do. It goes beyond the actual goal of the game. So again, I just really appreciate you sharing something that personal."
According to Wintory, the development team has been inundated with similar messages since the game released seven years ago. Throughout the Q&A session, he emphasized how many people have commented saying that Journey was the perfect game to accompany them through some of their lives' most arduous times.
Austin Wintory hasn't just composed the score for Journey. Series like Assassin's Creed, The Banner Saga, and Leisure Suit Larry have had contributions from Wintory. He has also worked on a number of indie titles such as Tooth and Nail, Abzu, and Absolver. Wintory's work has received several awards, including the first Grammy nomination for a video game score.
But aside from the awards, Wintory underscored how special Journey is to him. "This game definitely changed who I am as a person and awakened me to a totally new way of thinking... Journey will always have a very special place in my heart."
(10/21/18 3:55am)
by Tanner Kinney
When measuring the milestones of anything, we tend to put value into the multiples of ten, sometimes five. Although it may not be significant in terms of the time this Earth has been around, human lives are short enough that ten years is truly a long time. So when a company, organization, or even University reaches the tremendous milestone of a full century, it’s a feat to be celebrated. These entities have existed long before us, and will be likely to continue after we expire, through more hardships and triumphs than the human mind can comprehend. So, when a story is told about these great milestones there should be plenty of material to tell a story that feels like a true movie narrative. Howard, a documentary finalist at Heartland this year, manages to do that with a life that was tragically cut short, so there should be no issue for Ball State University to tell its story in a similar grandiose fashion.
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As a Cardinal myself (obviously), I can say that I definitely did feel a sense of pride while watching From Normal to Extraordinary: Ball State’s First Century, at least somewhere deep within my soul. For the most part though that pride was buried underneath an overpowering sense of clock-watching, toe-tapping, doodling-in-my-notes boredom.
(04/19/18 6:01pm)
by Ryan Fine, Joe Bursley, and Ben Sapet
There were no duds at Frog Baby Film Festival 2018. From top to bottom, the lineup of short films was full of clever and enjoyable submissions in a wide range of genres and styles. The cowboy westerns, action and horror films, and dystopian comedies made it impossible to know what to expect next, and that's not even to mention the categories for documentaries and music videos. The only thing these films had in common was that they all showcased the undeniable talent of Ball State's own home-brewed filmmaking community.
Note: This roundup does not include the two submissions in the brand-new Public Service Announcement category, "This Body is Mine" directed by Kate Young and "kNOw PSA" directed by Selena Webb. These PSAs were submitted as part of a contest by Know No, a non-profit organization that aims to spread awareness of the definition and boundaries of sexual consent. The winner, "kNOw PSA," will be used as the official commercial for Know No. - Ryan Fine
(03/07/18 8:08pm)
by Joe Bursley
The opinions and views expressed in State of YouTube are those of the authors and do not reflect the opinion of Byte or Byte's editorial board.
On Monday, Jan. 15, 2018, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, CNN tweeted a photo of Rev. Dr. King claiming, among other things, “he was a socialist before it was cool.” Some claimed that this was accurate; some believed this was a stretch. Others, regardless of whether or not Dr. King was a socialist, believed it was inappropriate for a news outlet such as CNN to promote an ideology such as socialism as “cool,” claiming that it revealed a bias in reporting during this scandalous time of “fake news.” Among them was Dave Rubin, who used his monetized YouTube channel to issue a direct message arguing “Socialism Isn’t Cool.” Shortly afterwards, Dave discovered that YouTube had demonetized his video, citing it was “not suitable for most advertisers” without explaining why. Furious as well as curious, Rubin then uploaded a short video titled “Capitalism Isn’t Cool” and found that this video stayed monetized.
Now, Dave Rubin is not a typical conservative. One of the former hosts of The Young Turks, Dave claims to be a “classical liberal” who left the liberal network and the general modern movement altogether because of the “lazy thinking of progressives.” Rubin now hosts his own show on YouTube called the Rubin Report, where he interviews multiple people of multiple viewpoints on multiple topics in an effort to shine light on the type of discussion and discourse not often found in the short and segmented format of mainstream media outlets like CNN, MSNBC, or Fox News. He has, however, admitted that he enjoys the company of right-leaning thinkers more than those on the left, even if he disagrees with their viewpoints, if only because they are more willing to sit down and have an honest and open conversation. The “modern regressive Left,” as he claims, is more focused on silencing those viewpoints they disagree with. The incident with YouTube, one of many similar occurrences, serves to prove his point.
Dave Rubin isn’t the only victim of this supposed oppression of free speech. Prager University, which hosted Dave’s video “Why I Left the Left,” is currently in the process of suing Google, YouTube’s parent corporation, for placing over three dozen of their educational videos on “Restricted” mode, cutting all monetization and prohibiting viewers under 18 or at some schools and universities from viewing said content. During the State of the Union in January, the Daily Wire streamed the speech with commentary before and after, discussing President Trump’s first year in office, modern conservatism, and where to purchase the best foreign cigars. The livestream, which also aired on Facebook and the Daily Wire website, was taken down on YouTube due to a copyright claim issued by Turner Broadcasting, owner of CNN. The Kicker? Daily Wire was using publicly owned and funded C-SPAN for their stream of the speech, not CNN.
Now, before I go further, I want to make clear that this isn’t a “Mainstream Media is Biased!” piece or even a “Regressive Leftists Hate the Truth!” piece. I don’t care what side of the political spectrum you fall on, and I respect your right to voice your opinion. In fact, that is the exact purpose of this piece: to examine freedom of speech in the ever-changing media and political landscape, and whether or not YouTube can—and should—be allowed to make these decisions for their platform, at the expense of viewers and content creators alike. I will try my best to look at both sides of the argument, and then give my opinion at the end (although you can probably guess what I think already).