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Norse Notes

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Norse Notes

Picture of the Nintendo Switch 2 shown in the direct. PC: Creative Commons

What to know for the upcoming Switch 2 release

Jakob Leimbach, Staff Writer April 24, 2025

The Nintendo Switch 2 is a very big deal, and it was only given its own direct on Apr. 2, with people already awaiting its release date. Considering the Nintendo Switch 2 is so close, here are some things...

The new Happy Ghast mob showing off their harness. PC: TheGamer

Updates on Ghasts

Delaney Owen, Staff Writer April 12, 2025

In the Mar. 2025 Minecraft LIVE, Mojang announced a number of updates, such as “Spring to Life”, which dropped on Mar. 25. They also announced a new update that will be coming later this year, one...

The cover of the game “Life is Strange: Double Exposure”. PC: Square Enix

Game Review of “Life is Strange: Double Exposure”

Cassie Peruch, Staff Writer April 12, 2025

“Life is Strange: Double Exposure” is a single-player adventure game that was developed by Deck Nine and published by Square Enix on Oct. 29, 2024. This game is the fifth in a series of  “Life is...

Picture from “Balatro” home screen PC: Balatro

“Balatro”, the Ultimate Poker Rogue-lite

Ethan Tattersfield, Staff Writer April 11, 2025

  A rogue-lite game is a style of video game that is traditionally characterized by a dungeon crawl through generated levels with randomly generated opponents and weapons to help make it to the...

Official Art for Street Fighter 6 of the base roster. PC: Capcom USA

“Street Fighter 6”, a great first step into fighting games

Mason England, Staff Writer April 10, 2025

Ever since defining the fighting game genre in 1992 with the release of “Street Fighter 2” by Capcom, the series has been a household name with sequels, comics, and eight different versions of “Street...

The Box Art for the Northern America Release of Super Smash Bros Melee. PC: SmashWiki

The Game Still Being Played After 23 Years

Mason England, Staff Writer April 10, 2025

Everyone and their grandmother knows about “Super Smash Bros”, and the latest game in the series, “Super Smash Bros Ultimate”. It is the best selling fighting game of all time by a long shot with...

PC: Dustloop Wiki

“Guilty Gear 2: Overture”

Potisane Laluangphet, Staff Writer April 10, 2025

Fighting games, while varied, are probably one of the most intuitive genres. Resources such as health/meter are always shown between both players, with the measurable distance between characters and the...

A fan render of “Team Sonic Racing”, the inspiration for “Sonic Racing: Crossworlds”. PC: VigorzzeroTM

Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds

Valentine Muller, Staff Writer February 12, 2025

On Dec. 12, 2024, Sega teased a brand new Sonic Racing game titled “Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds”. Despite being about only twenty-five seconds long, it still yields plenty of details that give us a good...

A player building, with crazy inventions in the background. PC: FLICKR

What is “Scrap Mechanic” about?

Korbin Anderson, Staff Writer December 18, 2024

Have you ever wondered if you could survive in a world taken over by robots? “Scrap Mechanic” is just that, where you wake up as the only survivor in a crashed spaceship on Earth. “Scrap Mechanic”...

Picture of enemies fighting in a Kingdom Rush level. PC: FLICKR

The King of Tower Defense

Korbin Anderson, Staff Writer December 3, 2024

Have you ever played a tower defense game? If not, “Kingdom Rush” is worth trying. Iron Hide Game Studio recently came out with “Kingdom Rush Alliance”, the fifth game in the series. Iron Hide...


A picture of the main character in the realm it's stuck in. PC: GoodFon

Scorn

Angelo Burns, Staff Writer November 21, 2024

Scorn is a first person, single-player survival horror game by Ebb Software, that takes place from the artistic perspective of HR Giger. This game takes place in an unknown realm where you play as a humanoid...

The new home page to the Steam store! PC: Dear Players

Steam Cooking Fest

Peyton Anderson, Copy Editor November 18, 2024

Steam is a platform that is well-known by the gaming community, as it is one of the most popular PC video game platforms out there and offers a variety of multiplayer and single-player games. Steam...

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