When a horror movie opens with elevator music and a shot panning across a city skyline, you know it’s going to be special. Not especially good, but definitely special.
Read moreDarrach Hall From Fresh Eyes
Like the Pirates of Penzance, Darrach Hall is a group of men harmoniously working and co-existing together with the common goal of achieving a higher education.
Read morePodcast Review: The Rooster Teeth Podcast
Since this is the last review, it seemed fitting to end by recommending the podcast that started it all. My first podcast love, The Rooster Teeth (RT) Podcast.
Read morePodcast Review: Alice Isn’t Dead
Classes are almost finished, exams are arriving, and before you know it some of us will be walking across the stage at graduation.
Read morePodcast Review: Survival Edition
It turns out there are dozens upon dozens of survival podcasts. So many in fact that I could not possibly listen to them all before the impending apocalypse arrives.
Read morePodcast Review: Gastropod
I love food. It doesn’t matter if it’s cooking, eating, or learning about food. I cannot get enough. Last year while procrastinating I stumbled upon this gem of a podcast: Gastropod.
Read morePodcast Review: The Vinyl Café
With the recent passing of Stuart McLean, I have found myself returning to The Vinyl Café.
Read morePodcast Review: The Penumbra Podcast
In searching for new podcasts, I stumbled across The Penumbra Podcast. I didn’t have any travel plans for reading week but still found myself transported to a galaxy far far away.
Read morePodcast Review: Back to Work
This is one of my all-time favourite podcasts and has become my go to when I am feeling unproductive
Read morePodcast Review: The Mysterious Secrets of Uncle Bertie’s Botanarium
The Mysterious Secrets of Uncle Bertie’s Botanarium is a 12-part adventure series from Stitcher and South Coast Shenanigans.
Read morePodcast Review: Secrets, Crimes & Audiotapes
This week features another delightful podcast from the people over at Wondery. Secrets, Crimes & Audiotapes is a weekly audio drama following stories of crime, love, mystery, or conspiracy. Each story is told over the course of one to six 30 minute episodes, these stories will make you laugh, think, and wonder.
Read moreStudy Tips: AnkiWeb
Somehow it is already the end of January, and I find myself wondering where the time has gone. Before we know it, midterms will be upon us, and many of us will be cramming unless you have a photographic memory. If you are trying to remember ridiculous amounts of information, then Anki may be the app for you.
Read moreApp Review: Sage Solitaire
Sage Solitaire is another fantastic game from designer Zach Gage. If the name sounds familiar, he is also the creator of Really Bad Chess, which was featured in Issue 8 of The Quill.
Read morePodcast Review: Hollywood and Crime
Hollywood and Crime is a brand-new true crime podcast from Wondery. Each season will investigate notorious true crimes and scandals from Hollywood. The first season began airing on January 6th and will cover the Black Dahlia Serial Killers, investigating the cases of eight women who were either brutally murdered or went missing in 1940’s Hollywood.
Read morePodcast Review: The Message
When you hear the words General Electric (GE), what comes to mind is most likely images of fridges, stoves, washers, or dryers. GE is not typically associated with the production of chart topping podcasts that will have you losing sleep so you can listen to one more episode.
Read morePodcast Review: Sword and Scale
Another week, another podcast review. The success of true crime television has now expanded to the podcast world. If you wander over and check iTunes top charts at least five of the top ten podcasts fall into the category of true crime.
Read moreBook Review: The Tulip Factory
So you’ve got a bit of a pessimistic outlook on your love life, or on love in general. In light of that outlook, you may want to read a love story every now and again, I admit that this is one of my guilty pleasures, but because you’re on the pessimistic side sometimes the happily-ever-after ending can get on your nerves. You just want something real, right?
Read morePodcast Review: lif-e. af/ter
Over the Christmas holidays I had a chance to find a few new podcasts, to the detriment of my regular podcast rotation. While searching the iTunes top charts for something new I discovered lif-e. af/ter. This science fiction-esque podcasts follows the life of Ross after the death of his wife, Charlie. Ross is a low-level employee at the FBI, and eight months after the death of his wife, he continues to console himself by listening to all her old posts from an audio-based social media site.
Read moreReview: Tomb Raider
Tomb Raider is an iconic video game franchise, as famous for providing gaming’s first powerful female lead as it is infamous for turning that same character into an oversexualized symbol of misogyny. After numerous lackluster outings, the franchise has laid somewhat dormant in recent years, making the new semi-reboot from Crystal Dynamics Studios all the more intriguing.
Read moreReview: Seraphina by Rachel Hartman
A book hangover, for those who may be unaware, is the inability to start a new book because you are still living in the last book’s world. This phenomenon happens often to book lovers, and I recently had the joy of re-experiencing this wondrous and annoying feeling again. The cause of my two-week-long book hangover? Seraphina by Rachel Hartman.
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