By: Zachary Hill, Reporter OMAHA, Neb. – The Nebraska Schools Esports Association has grown from 13, to 70 teams in just three years. Westside High School has three state championships under their belt in just the two years of their program’s existence. Competitive video gaming teams, or esports teams, are quickly spawning across the map,
Image: Sony They were never headline news, but Sony did a pretty good job throughout the PlayStation 4’s lifespan of releasing custom consoles. You know the drill: it’s a regular PlayStation 4 inside, but the case would be a new colour, or there’d be a fancy faceplate with a game’s logo or piece of art
By: Jamie Harvey, Reporter OMAHA, Neb. – According to National Transportation Safety Board chair Jennifer Homendy, the train derailment that released plumes of chemical contaminants in East Palestine, Ohio, early last month was not the crew’s fault but was entirely preventable. The disaster and subsequent investigation have re-ignited the conversation around a controversial trend in
Screenshot: Square Enix / Luminous Productions Yesterday, Luminous Productions, the developers behind the rocky fantasy parkour game Forspoken, announced that it will no longer exist as a separate game studio. On May 1, Luminous will be merged back into its parent company, Square Enix. Read More: Forspoken: The Kotaku Review Luminous Productions confirmed the news
Image: Battlestate Games / FromSoftware / Kotaku It seems that Elden Ring director Hidetaka Miyazaki and I share an affinity for the same kind of game: Extraction shooters. (I always knew he had good taste). In a recent interview, the award-winning director said that he was a fan of none other than Escape From Tarkov
Image: Xbox / Kotaku The Xbox Series S may not be the most powerful console out there, but its a perfect little machine for playing most Game Pass bangers and Xbox exclusives. And now, the Series S is available for only $150. The catch: You have to be a Verizon subscriber to take advantage of
By: Josue Garcia, Reporter West Omaha braces for a 200 acre urban district 25 years in the making. Avenue One: The Project that plans to revitalize West Omaha. A neighborhood of single family homes, high end retail and job opportunities sets to transform 192nd and Dodge. Curt Hofer, Avenue One founder and property owner says
By: Maret Elgren, Reporter Current athletes and alumni of Saint Leo University, a Division II school in Florida, took to Twitter to make their frustrations heard when the news broke Tuesday about the university cutting three men’s and women’s athletic programs. The discontinued teams were common victims of budget cuts: swimming, cross country and track
By: Geiler Damian, Reporter The Omaha women’s basketball team defeated the Denver Pioneers 83-73 on senior day this past Saturday at Baxter Arena and they secured the No. six seed and a first-round bye in the Summit League tournament. The game was intense and very contested from the start with the lead changing 16 times.
By: Madison Bonin, Reporter OMAHA, Neb. – 4 bills were introduced this session in the Nebraska Unicameral that would directly affect trans gender individuals. Reporter Madison Bonin sat down with Senator Murman to learn his reasoning for bringing these bills to the legislature. LB 371, 574, 575 and 810 are the newest pieces of legislature