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Creative Corner: Sculpting reminds me art is about impulse and process
June 16, 2023By: Kelly Chia, Editor-in-Chief I’m sure many people, like me, see creativity as a luxury they can rarely indulge in during adulthood. I can’t count how many unfinished projects pile up in my brain, waiting for the day I declare I finally have time to honour them. So one day, I decided to try following my impulse into a Michaels store after seeing a number of adorable baked-clay projects on YouTube. I daydreamed of making figurines, like YouTube creator Squash Clay, who makes adorable Pokémon figurines, one thin strip of clay at a time. It just brought me so much…
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Horoscopes March 27–April 2
March 29, 2023By: Kelly Chia, Humour Editor Aries: Precious Aries, you deserve a companion who knows how to soothe your rage, which we have determined will be directed toward leather bus seats today. We think the kind Blissey will make you smile just…
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Pokémon: Legends Arceus is the breath of fresh air this franchise needed
February 21, 2022By: Kelly Chia, Staff Writer Like many kids in the 90s, Pokémon has cemented itself into my life. It’s how I met my best friend, and I think my shelves of Pokémon plushies speak to how much this franchise has…
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Your weekly SFU Horoscopes: Pokémon edition
May 17, 2021By: Marco Ovies, Features Editor ARIES: Your fiery spirit will give you the motivation to light a flame this week, just like a Darmanitan going into its Zen Mode. With Jupiter’s planetary ingress into Pisces, you will be full of…
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A surprise revisit from 2006
March 14, 2021By: Charlotte Gravert, Peak Associate I’ve been feeling funny lately. Could it be the annual spring fever? It’s already March and the midterm season is in full blast. Maybe I’m just stressed. I’m tossing and turning half asleep. I open…
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The Crown Tundra revives hope for Pokémon’s immersive sense of adventure
November 3, 2020By: Zach Siddiqui, Peak Associate “Find me where the wild things are,” I hear myself quoting just minutes into the snowbound frontier of my latest digital adventure: Pokémon Sword and Shield’s most recent downloadable content (DLC), The Crown Tundra. Pokémon’s…
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Pokémon Sword and Shield’s new DLC proves these games need more TLC
July 9, 2020By: Zach Siddiqui, Humour Editor After a not-so-glowing first reception, Pokémon Sword and Shield just got its first DLC add-on, Isle of Armor. Players can now travel from Galar to the Isle of Armor, complete with new sidequests and a…
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Pokémon Sword and Shield emphasizes fun over fanaticism
November 24, 2019By: Zach Siddiqui, Humour Editor When I picked up Pokémon Shield, my expectations weren’t what I’d call coherent. I had high hopes based on my usual excitement for the start of a new Pokémon generation; I was also very scared, having…
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Pokémon Detective Pikachu: Hollywood’s latest nostalgia film
May 27, 2019By: Marco Ovies, Peak Associate Within the first couple shots of the Pidgeot flying across the screen, I felt like a kid starting my own Pokémon adventure again. Seeing all these creatures I grew up with perfectly exist in the real…
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Pokémon: Let’s Go hits the top percentage of enjoyability
January 19, 2019By: Zach Siddiqui, Copy Editor If you have yet to wander down the nostalgia route that is the first Pokemon games for the Nintendo Switch, let’s go! Two months after their initial drop, Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Let’s Go,…
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