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Sonny Angel revived my inner child

Isabella Panichi November 26, 2023
When purchasing a pack of cards, some Squinkies, or Shopkins, you could never be sure about what exactly you were going to get. There is a vast appeal in the blind bag, an appeal that still persists in the form of gambling, subscription boxes and even Tinder.
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Gaming the System: Explaining YouTube’s lo-fi and video game music craze

Nick Speranza April 8, 2021
Our love of video game music represents a desire to stay forever in an insulated, simulated world.
person holding a poke ball

Pokémon dreams

Thalia Lauzon April 5, 2021
I wish I could immerse myself in the Pokémon world without reality clouding my imagination.
Angela Ao/DFP STAFF

Modern Toolbox: Non-fungible tokens aren’t the future of fine arts

Jaeyoung Choi March 17, 2021
Maybe NFTs can be just as valuable as physical paintings. But in its current state? No, NFTs won’t be revolutionizing the fine arts world anytime soon.
Emma Moneuse/DFP STAFF

Gaming the System: Diamond, Pearl and golden ages

Nick Speranza March 4, 2021
For the foreseeable future, this great cycle of nostalgia will continue. Even the painful or annoying periods of life may transform into fond memories, but remembering good times is bittersweet. As always, all we can do is enjoy the present — the only time we ever actually live in.
The 8-Bit Big Band jazz-pop ensemble performs music from video game soundtracks at the Berklee Performance Center Sunday. NANCY JIANG/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

REVIEW: 8-Bit Big Band delivers nostalgia through video game-inspired jazz

Nancy Jiang March 3, 2020
The 8-Bit Big Band understands the nostalgic soundtrack behind every popular video game, performing their jazz take on the themes at the Berklee Performance Center on Sunday.
The 2016 Anime Boston convention. Boston’s Museum of Science hosted its second annual Anime Weekend in partnership with Anime Boston on Nov. 2 and 3. BRIAN SONG/ DFP FILE

The Museum of Science hosts second-annual Anime Boston Weekend

Kaitlyn Riggio November 7, 2019
Fans of all ages gathered for the second-annual Anime Boston Weekend at the Museum of Science to celebrate anime through a variety of programs and events put on by the museum.
PHOTO COURTESY R3BECCAF/FLICKR

EDITORIAL: Club Penguin tries to appeal to new generation

Editors February 3, 2017

The entire millennial generation can remember huddling over the family’s communal desktop as we scrounged around the internet for new games. Usually, we found ourselves on the go-to website for all kids...

HAUSER: Midterm review

HAUSER: Midterm review

Jonathan Hauser October 27, 2016

Both in Boston and here in Grenoble, BU students are tackling major exams marking about half of the material being taught. This not-so-coincidentally falls right after this past Saturday, my halfway point...

Girls dress as renditions of nurses from the anime show, "Vocaloid." PHOTO BY BRIAN SONG/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Anime Boston goers “choose you,” Japanese dealers, brands

Corina Pintado March 31, 2016

[mediagrid cat="29843"] From “Pokémon” to “Dragon Ball Z,” Americans are no strangers to Japanese anime, and the fervor reached a high at Anime Boston this past weekend at the John B. Hynes...

Local rapper Michael Christmas performed Wednesday at the Converse store on Newbury Street. PHOTO COURTESY OF ROB COLLINS

‘Christmas’ spirit returns to Boston: Local rapper holds homecoming on Newbury Street

Alex Siber December 5, 2014

Celebrated returns rank among the most thrilling narratives, and Michael Christmas’ homecoming show Wednesday evening was no exception. Fifteen minutes before the Roxbury-raised rapper’s 6 p.m. set...

RUTH: Sentiments of SoBe

Daily Free Press Admin November 20, 2013

There’s something daunting about adulthood that makes me revert to my childlike ways. When I was in high school, I couldn’t wait to be an adult. The jitters of entering college consumed my every thought....

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