Last time on Sunblighted: Tev is interrupted by her mother, Bew, who mistakenly assumes that Lih is a guard for a group of performers known as ‘The Troupe of Tomorrow.’ Lih and Tev are forced...
With the release of its third season, “Smiling Friends” has officially come to an end. And what a ride it’s been—it’s safe to say that over the course of just three seasons, “Smiling Friends” has...
Throughout the year, I’ve been playing video games. Old games, new games, it doesn’t matter when it came out. All that matters is if you have fun. And to quote Reggie Fils-Aimé, “if it’s not...
Coffee I was in a cafe staring at the California sunset when I met her. She looked very zen at first, but also puzzled, like a lost puppy. From the way she stared at me,...
Last time on Sunblighted: After providing Lih with food and shelter, Tev tells the tale of Sul-Um-Im’s blessing, a decayed religion that she believes is connected to the mysterious appearance of Lih and Gerfol. She...
This semester, Brandeis’ own Hold Thy Peace has put on a production of one of William Shakespeare’s “problem plays”: “The Winter’s Tale.” A play dubbed problematic not for its content, but for its unclear genre—with...
On Friday, March 13, Saturday, March 14, and Sunday, March 15, the Undergraduate Theater Collective brought their performance of “Clue: On Stage” to the SCC Theater, and it was a truly impressive performance. “Clue: On...
“Pocket Card Jockey” is a mix of horse racing and solitaire, where the better you play solitaire, the better your horse performs, but not without correctly paying attention to a handful of factors like the...
Computer Generated Images (CGI) have taken over Hollywood in the last 50 years. Gone are the days of ketchup being substituted for blood in schlocky movies. No longer are directors destroying massive, expensive set pieces...
Ask yourself this question: Independently of your work quality, how confident are you in your assignments when you turn them in? When I was a kid, my answer was none. I had no self-confidence after...
Last time on Sunblighted: Tev brings Lih and Gefrol to an inn, suspicion hanging in the air. Despite the distrust, Gefrol leaves Lih in Tev’s care, as a test, while he explores the village, reflecting...
Last time on Sunblighted: As Tev, the mysterious Canthi lookalike, guides Gefrol and a passed-out Lih through the forest, Gefrol is confident that Lih has made this better future possible, and that he can help...
The desert isn’t kind to its inhabitants. The summers are scorching. The winter night is freezing. The dust clings to the back of your throat when your lungs ask for too much. But, it’s the...
Winter 2026 has been a very busy season. Not because of the constant blizzards (as I write this, I’m stuck in New Jersey an extra day after break), nor because of the incoming major proposal...
If you haven’t yet read Pride and Prejudice, you clearly aren’t hanging out with the same women as me. I am sure there are many women out there who don’t like Jane Austen; it’s just...
Welcome back to part two of my review of every “Smiling Friends” episode! This time, we’ll be reviewing the second season of this iconic Adult Swim show. “Gwimbly: Definitive Remastered Enhanced Extended Edition DX...
Last semester, I finally purchased a retro game collection that has been sitting on my wishlist since 2019: Collection of Mana featuring Final Fantasy Adventures for the Game Boy, Secret of Mana, and for the...
Last time on Sunblighted: At an ever-burning bonfire, Lih questioned the legitimacy of the eccentric god Gefrol, his supposed all-knowing Patron Deity. A girl with the likeness of Canthi, the girl that killed the Shade,...
Yorgos Lanthimos is a prolific director who has been nominated for multiple Academy Awards, including in the Best Picture category for his 2025 release “Bugonia.” Starring Emma Stone as a biopharmaceutical CEO and Jesse Plemmons...
In the United States, music is an almost entirely secular form of expression. Musicians love to toy with themes of demons and divinity, but it is uncommon to see artists use their gift of song...
