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October 5, 2015Sunny skies for the rest of the week with high temperatures!
Sunny skies for the rest of the week with high temperatures!
Details about the brand new companion app for Star Wars Battlefront have been revealed. The companion app will allow players to unlock content to use in both the game and the app.
In most video games, death is only temporary. Such is not the case in the upcoming game Upsilon Circuit. Death means never playing it again. Upsilon Circuit, created by the studio Robot Loves Kitty, is built on an idea called “perma-permadeath.” In “permadeath”, a character doesn’t come back after he or she dies and players might forever lose that character. But in “perma-permadeath”, the player is never allowed to play they game again. The game is limited to only eight specially selected players, officially called “contestants”, at any given time. These players are divided into two teams of four that work together, fight against one another, and kill monsters to gain experience and level up characters. The players don’t get to choose how their characters level up. They don’t even get to choose their own abilities. Those choices belong to the spectators. Spectators play an enormous role in the game’s outcome. For one, when a player dies, a spectator is selected at random to replace him or her. Secondly, spectators allocate experience to each of the characters and can choose which abilities they gain. Spectators can spend money to aid their favorite characters—or send trouble to a character they hate. Kevin Goble, co-creator of Robot Loves Kitty, put it simply: “We’re monetizing trolling.” In a sense, Upsilon Circuit is a video game/game show/social experiment hybrid. Part of the game’s function is to study how players react given only one chance at playing.
Although Super Meat Boy, the pioneering indie platformer coming out for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita on October 6, should be ready to go the acclaimed original soundtrack had to be replaced due to rights not being secured with the composer, Danny Baranowsky. Tommy Refenes, a member of developer Team Meat said, "Now don't be too bummed because we had the opportunity to work with our favorite artists to re-score Super Meat Boy to celebrate its fifth anniversary...Their passion and love for the game can be heard in the work they put into making the game sound amazing.
Home Free, a recently announced game on Kickstarter, joins the adventures of a dog running about in a procedurally generated city.
Out of nowhere came this game called Undertale, an RPG made by one man, Toby Fox, in which “you don’t have to kill anyone”. Currently, it has a Metacritic score of 97/100.
by Andi Tolentino Marvel Comics announced that a new series featuring Black Widow will be happening in early 2016. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Eisner Award winning creative team Mark Waid and artist Chris Samnee shared that Natasha Romanov’s (Black Widow) will have a different continuation from past creators Nathan Edmondson and Phil Noto’s take on the Avenger. Waid and Samnee plan to slowly grow out of Edmondson and Noto’s series. "It's similar to the way we approached Daredevil in that we’re not picking up specifically from the end of the previous issue or specifically from any one moment," Waid said. If you are one of the fans that never kept along with Black Widow’s storyline, no worries.
by Lucas Miller Burnout fans who have been waiting for a new entry are in for a treat.
Square Enix has canceled the controversial “Augment Your Pre-order” for their upcoming game Deus Ex: Mankind Divided. The official Deus Ex twitter tweeted the news with a link to an explanation post on their website. You asked for this: we are cancelling the "Augment your Pre-Order" program.
In this edition, we've got a brand new format, Batman vs.
Hear about how long this warming trend is going to last along with all your news and sports headlines with your WCRD News Live at Five team! Anchors Madeline May Alaina Jaye Halsey Weather forecaster Evan Brosman Sports Anchor Jonathan Chapman Producer Madeline May
Week four in the NFL brought even more success for former Ball State football players. Former receiver Willie Snead and former linebacker Jonathan Newsome both found more action on their respected teams, while Eric Patterson found a new home.
College of Architecture and Planning students and professors are contributing to a traveling exhibit currently visiting Ball State.
As new and complex environmental issues rise throughout the world, it can be difficult and perhaps overwhelming to stay informed.
Junior defender, Leah Mattingly, has been awarded with the Mid-American Conference co-defensive player of the week award. This is the fourth time a Cardinal has been honored by the MAC for a weekly award. Mattingly assisted the Cardinals defense by limiting opponents to six shots on goal throughout the week. She has played this entire season on the defensive end and only one team has managed to score more than one goal against the Cardinals this year. Ball State remains the only undefeated team in the MAC at 4-0.
Both born in the same time period, Millennials and technology go hand in hand. Editor-in-Chief Miranda Carney and Senior Editor Jeremy Ervin discuss the myths and truths of Millennials in the digital world, which is the focus of the third online edition of Ball Bearings Magazine. Commonly referred to as “digital natives,” the magazine explores what it really means to grow up alongside the Internet
More nice weather in store through mid-week before getting a bit cooler by early next week!
Music venues around Muncie will fill up with bands from a multitude of genres at the Muncie MusicFest Oct. 10. After being canceled last year due to sponsorship issues, the festival got two grants to put it on this year.
With colder weather returns warm traditions, like the annual influx of everything pumpkin to celebrate autumn. Here are a few local restaurant options that will spice up the season.
Hybrid sports, like disc golf and tennis polo, aren’t new. FootGolf, a sport that combines golf and soccer, came onto the scene around 2006, but didn’t arrive in Muncie until recently.
