NHL 13 by Tristan C.

Today I’m going to be reviewing NHL 13 for Xbox 360. NHL 13 is a hockey game with tons of game modes like Be a GM mode, Be a Pro mode, Online Versus, and plenty of others. The gameplay is in bird’s eye view, but with the Be a Pro game mode, it’s in 3^rd person. They updated the skating in NHL 13 from NHL 12, and the skating is much more realistic, but you can’t make sudden movements or you would have to much momentum and fall down. They also updated the goalies on how they move around when making desperation saves and poke checking. But they did not update the bots, which is really annoying because it’s really easy when you are playing against them. The bots do not play their positions correctly, and your goalie is a bot too, so you can score the same way on them over and over again. That is really all that is wrong about the game.

I really enjoy the online team play, because when you have a good match, you get experience points, which allow you to upgrade your player’s stats and make him better. You are able to customize your character on how he looks, his name, size, weight, and number; also you get to make a team with your friends and play against other online teams with the same skill level. I like to play Online Versus because you get to play one versus one. You pick a team and play against your opponent, and if you win, you get experience points and level up. I really have fun just making plays finding out new dekes, figuring out new ways to score, or making cool saves as a goalie.

I really enjoy this game, and I give it 8 out of 10. I gave it 8 out of 10 because the bots really bring the game down, and I hope they upgrade the bots of NHL 14. Also, I suggest that people who haven’t played NHL 13 before get to try it out, because if you like hockey, I bet you will like this game.

Skateboarding with Dustin

Hi my name is Dustin, and I skateboard. I skateboard because it looks fun. I started to skateboard at age 10 because I saw some kids that were skateboarding, so I got a skateboard and started to skate. I have an Element skateboard, and it has an Element logo on it. I can Pop shove it, Ollie, and Shove it.  (They are tricks that I can do.) I also ride my skateboard to get around to places. Places I like to go are stores, my friend’s house, to school, and my house.

I hope that St. Thomas gets a new skate park because we need a skate park. We need a place to skate and not ride uptown all the time, because we do not have many places to skate where it is not so dangerous. We also need a place where we can make more skateboard videos to get sponsored.

Super Mario Sunshine Review By Marcus

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Super Mario Sunshine was a game on the Nintendo Gamecube. When it came out it was very different from most Mario games. Most games in the series were basic platformers or 3-D platformers, but Super Mario Sunshine took that, put in a washing machine, and used that. It was changed mostly because of aspect called F.L.U.D.D. (Flash Liquidizing Ultra Dousing Device), which let you spray water, hover, shoot up like a rocket, or sprint at high speeds.

The story is pretty simple as Mario, Princess Peach, Toadsworth, and many Toads go on a vacation to Ilse Delfino, an island inhabited by Piantas and Nokis. Bowser and his son, Bowser Jr., have other plans, and they try to sabotage Mario’s vacation by making graffiti all over the island. While vandalizing the island, Bowser Jr. wears a Mario disguise. As soon as Mario and Co. land, they see the graffiti and Mario (this being a game) is the only one to help.

Then he finds F.L.U.D.D., which boots up and scans Mario to find out about him. He then introduces himself to Mario. Mario then cleans up the graffiti on the landing strip, picks up a Shine Sprit (the most collectible thing in the game) and gets arrested. You must get 120 Shine Sprits to 100% the game, but you only need 43 to beat the game.

I enjoy this game very much because it was different from most other Mario games. I enjoyed Nintendo’s approach at this game.

I would give this game a four out of five.

Macklemore by Cameron

Macklemore is an inspirational musical song writier that created the song called "Wings." It was truly an inspiration for me to buy Nike Air Jordans. Macklemore is a cool guy with his own style of music. He plays basketball just like I do, and he has the same taste in shoes as me. He is my favorite artist that actually makes catchy songs, and my family likes him also. His music truly inspired me to play basketball.

Macklemore has a best friend named Ryan Lewis who makes his beats for his raps/songs. I have a friend that makes dubstep beats, and his name is Ryan also. Macklemore likes dubstep and rap music. His favorite headphones are Dre Beats, which are the same headphones as mine.

The song "Wings" is about Macklemeore's life with his Air Jordans. His life with his Air Jordans is the story of when his friend' brother was murderded for his fourth Generation Air Jordans. Macklemore also gets his shoes taken in the video when he is walking home from school.

Check out the video for "Wings" below, and thanks for reading.

The Harlem Shake by Mateo

The Harlem Shake is a song that was released not that long ago, and people have been making videos of it. The video begins with one person dancing to the song, and when the beat drops, it cuts away showing a whole bunch of people doing random things. No one knows why it is popular; it is like planking. It is just something people like to do for no reason other than to just have fun and make people laugh. For this reason it is not going to last; it will probably lose its popularity in a couple weeks. The reason I like The Harlem Shake is because of the originality of the concept. I like how something happens that you were not expecting. That’s what makes it so funny. So that is all that I have to say about the Harlem Shake. Thank you for reading.

Also, I was in the Harlem Shake Video below.

Mike Myers By Owen

Hey, this is Owen K. again here to do a blog post about the comedy master Mike Myers. Mike Myers has been in a lot of movies like Austin Powers, Dr. Seuss’ The Cat In The Hat, and lots of other movies. I decided to write about him because I have been watching some of his movies lately, and I thought I should write about him.

I think he is different because he has that sense of humour that many actors don’t have. The sense of humour that he has is that he makes memorable lines funny, but he makes them make sense. Like in The Cat In The Hat, he said stuff from the book, but he says it in his own style by saying it in a funny way. His kind of comedy is smooth but sweet, and I think that he is a comedy master. I think you should watch him.

Birds by Micheala

Hi, I’m Micheala. I’m going to talk about birds. Some birds can be pets, but if you have them as pets sometimes you have to clean out their cage weekly or sometimes earlier. Birds need water and food to live. Some birds live outside. There are a lot of different kinds of birds like cardinals, blue Jays, and finches.

I used to have a bird, and it was a budgie. When I got it, we were saying random names to it, and when we said “Coco Loco,” he looked at us, so we then named him Coco Loco.  He’s green on his wings and back, and his face is yellow. He was only my bird, so it was sort of hard with school and everything to keep him clean and take care of him.  I wanted to teach him how to speak. Through the couple days with I have had him, when we played the songs “We are never ever getting back together” by Taylor Swift and “Call me maybe” by Carly Rae Jepson, he would chirp the whole time.  We had to turn it up really loud, so we could hear the music over him. If you put your hand in the cage he would freak out and fly everywhere, but he was getting better when we put our hands in his cage.  Soon we would have been able to put our hands in the cage, and he would land on our hand and we would be able to take him out of the cage. The cage he is in is only big enough for one bird, so if we get a second bird we will have to get a bigger cage or get a second cage. We got him from my mom’s one friend Jason, who got him from a lady. When Jason got him, he got two other birds, so he was good with other birds.  

 I like birds because they are interesting. They are interesting because you can learn a lot by having one, and once they get older you can teach them how to do tricks and to talk. You can learn that they need to have attention, and that they need to be fed a lot. You can also learn that if it’s cold outside and the door has a drift coming through it, the bird can get sick and die.

This is all I can say about birds. Thanks for reading.