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Mario Kart appeals to a wide variety of students. "For me, it brings back old memories," says sophomore Brayden Andrews. "I used to play on the Wii." Photo by NL Staff.

Mario Kart Tour drifts into app store’s top games

Snigda Narisetty, Editor in Chief October 17, 2019

3, 2, 1, GO! Nostalgia has been filling the students of Portage Northern for the past few weeks as the release of Nintendo’s Mario Kart Tour has been released and has quickly become one of the top mobile...

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night review

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night review

Griffin Hannahs, J1 Staff Writer October 7, 2019

Bloodstained: Ritual of The Night was released on June 13th, 2019. The game itself has an interesting history: Koji Igarashi, director of the Castlevania games, left Konami a few years ago to make his...

Third installment in the Borderlands series arrives amid controversy

Third installment in the Borderlands series arrives amid controversy

Griffin Hannahs, J1 Staff Writer September 20, 2019

On September 13, 2019, Gearbox Software released Borderlands 3. The Borderlands series features first person shooter action with RPG element and is set on a distant planet where players seek out alien...

Toxic Friendships

Toxic Friendships

Ciara Dragicevich, Illustrator September 19, 2019

Logic: Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

Logic: Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

Zach Quinn, Staff Writer May 21, 2019

Logic just dropped an album that’s going to be hard for him to top. Released on May 10th, Logic blessed his fans with my unpopular opinion of “Confessions of a Dangerous Mind being his best album he’s...

ScHoolboy Q - Crash Talk Album Review

ScHoolboy Q – Crash Talk Album Review

Zach Quinn, Staff Writer May 6, 2019

ScHoolboy Q released his album CrasH Talk on April 26th. This was his 5th studio album released and his first in 2 years. The album cover shows ScHoolboy Q with a paper bag over his head while dollar bills...

The rise, fall, and resurgence of Tyga

The rise, fall, and resurgence of Tyga

Zach Quinn, Staff Writer May 6, 2019

Micheal Ray Stevenson, better known as Tyga, started his rapping career in 2008, when he had his first ever song to reach Hot 100 with “Coconut Juice.” RIight when this song reached the Top 100, Tyga...

Rich the Kid: The World is Yours 2 review

Rich the Kid: The World is Yours 2 review

Zach Quinn, Staff Writer April 19, 2019

Building off of a disappointing album: The World is Yours, The World is Yours 2 is a good album and redeems Rich the Kid from his previous album. Even though most of the songs on the album have features...

Nav: Bad Habits Deluxe review

Nav: Bad Habits Deluxe review

Zach Quinn, Staff Writer April 19, 2019

Right before I got done with this article, Nav released the deluxe edition for Bad Habits. Nav’s second studio album and third album overall is his best album out of all three and it's not even close....

Juice Wrld: Death Race for Love review

Juice Wrld: Death Race for Love review

Zach Quinn, Staff Writer April 19, 2019

Juice Wrld’s second studio album “Deathrace for Love” came out on March 8th. The cover art for his album is designed like an old Playstation racing game. He is trying to control all of the cars and...

Lil Skies: Shelby review

Lil Skies: Shelby review

Zach Quinn, Staff Writer April 19, 2019

Lil Skies second studio album “Shelby” came out on March 1st. Skies didn’t release the cover art of the album until a few days before. This was due to Skies wanting to surprise his mom and used a...

Netflix series promotes cultural awareness through the use of humor

Netflix series promotes cultural awareness through the use of humor

Sheila Mwanda, Entertainment Editor March 17, 2019

“COMEDIANS of the World” is a 47 episode series featuring stand up comedians from all over the globe. The series is divided into 13 regions, each one representing a different part of the world. Different...

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