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Beloved Cartoon ‘Samurai Jack’ Returns With New Episodes a Decade After Cancellation.

Nostalgia shows its face once again. The cult classic cartoon Samurai Jack which ran from 2001 through 2004 is being resurrected more than a decade after its original run. The show is getting new life on Cartoon Network’s night time …

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Two Simple Tips for Surviving Final Exams.

That special time of the year is fast approaching. When the temperature drops a couple degrees and students rip out their hair in anxiety of the bevy of upcoming tests and papers. Exam season can be scary and overwhelming, especially …

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Video Game News Site ‘Kotaku’ Blacklisted by Big Name Publishers.

This week the editor-in-chief of the popular gaming news site Kotaku wrote a letter to his readers informing them that the website has been blacklisted by two big name video game publishers. The editor, Stephen Totilo, felt it necessary to …

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Movie Preview: ‘Norm of The North’ Could be Worst Movie Ever.

So that’s how it feels when your eyes bleed.

A recurring criticism of Hollywood is that many studios support pandering to audiences if that means their ticket sales might go up. Ticket sales have always been the bottom line in …

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Why Daylight Saving Time is Better than Standard Time.

On November 1st we returned to standard time, and left the blissful days of daylight savings behind. Only a week in, and I already long for the days where the sun would watch over me late into the evenings. Everyone …

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Russia Announces Plans to Land Man on the Moon

Welcome to 1969, Russia! The Russian Federal Space Agency recently announced plans for a manned moon mission in 2029. This is another big step in what appears to be Russia re-establishing itself as a global superpower. Russia may have lost …

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Nintendo’s Recently Announced ‘Pokemon GO’ App Could be a Worldwide Phenomenon.

Pokemon is one of Nintendo’s most popular and lucrative franchises. Pokemon’s mascot Pikachu is a global icon that garners a level of recognition reserved for Mickey Mouse, The Golden Arches, and company brother Mario. The logical conclusion is that Nintendo …

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The Implications of Discovering Water on Mars.

Scientists have long suspected that there was water on Mars, and the recent discovery that water currently flows down steep slopes on the planet’s surface confirms it. The finding has elicited enormous excitement from the scientific community, but what does …

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Recently Announced ‘Peeple’ App Met with Heavy Criticisms

Imagine a world where you could review you friends, family and enemies, thereby attaching a glowing endorsement or a scathing condemnation to their name. That is what the recently announced app Peeple sets out to make possible. The app which …

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Nickelodeon Announces ‘The Splat’ Cartoon Block: Is Nostalgia Hurting Creativity?

It was announced this weekend that Nicktoons such as Rugrats, Hey Arnold, and Doug will be returning in a new cartoon block titled The Splat. The cartoon block will debut on TeenNick on October 5th. It will run every night …

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