Test your baking skills with tasty raspberry linzer cookies – perfect for your Valentine! Read more...
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February 14, 12:25 am
Gamer’s Guidebook: Expensive expansion packs make trading-card games less enjoyable
Games have always been a huge part of the entertainment industry, but what makes them entertaining? Game makers expend significant effort making design decisions people often don’t think about when they’re playing each game. Read more...
Photo: Jae Su/Daily Bruin
Arts, Lifestyle
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February 12, 11:20 pm
Restaurant review: New boba cafe gives customers sweet taste of picturesque matcha drinks
Koala T Cafe has a new boba rival in Westwood. Located on Weyburn Avenue next to Tomodachi Sushi, Sip offers a selection of milk teas, matcha-infused beverages and matcha-based snacks. Read more...
Photo: Westwood’s newest boba shop Sip offers a pleasant range of milk teas, matcha beverages and matcha-infused snacks. The Daily Bruin’s Anushka Jain particularly enjoyed the shop’s white chocolate matcha, but found the lychee oolong milk tea to be overwhelmingly sweet. (Manpreet Grewal/Daily Bruin)
Arts, Lifestyle, Theater & Fine Arts
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February 12, 1:36 am
LCC Theatre Company hosts Valentine’s Day show parodying romantic tropes
On Valentine’s Day students can choose between “Fifty Shades Freed” and “Fifty Shades of Comedy,” but only one features vampire boyfriends. On Wednesday, Lapu, the Coyote that Cares Theatre Company and Shenanigans Comedy Club will perform love-based segments in “Fifty Shades of Comedy.” The Valentine’s Day show, which will take place in the Kerckhoff Grand Salon, will bring comedy to the holiday by mocking romantic genres and cliches, said producer Drew Tran. Read more...
Photo: Fourth-year psychology student Elijah Lang and third-year linguistics and psychology student Mars Holscher star in “Murderer, I Hardly Know Her.” The skit ridicules the monologue-ridden genre of film noir, Lang said. (Liz Ketcham/Daily Bruin)
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February 7, 10:10 pm
Second Take: Kylie Jenner’s baby news creates buzz, reignites celebrity’s popularity
Kylie Jenner’s baby broke the internet. Upon first glance, her choice to avoid the media and focus on her pregnancy seems like a selfless act of love for the baby. Read more...
Photo: (Photo courtesy of Dan & Corina Lecca)
Arts, Lifestyle
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February 6, 11:16 pm
Women comics break the conventions of comedy genre at ‘Ladies’ Night’
Three women impatiently waited in line for a bathroom at Chili’s, and in the midst of their distress and shared pains, forged a strong bond – except one of them wasn’t there for the bathroom at all. Read more...
Photo: Javay Frye first performed at the comedy show “Ladies’ Night” in September. She said a mostly female cast and audience allows her to talk about topics pertaining to womanhood amongst other women. (Liz Ketcham/Daily Bruin)
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February 6, 11:11 pm
Gamer’s Guidebook: Lack of control in horror video games leads to frightening, realistic experience
BY EVAN CHARFAUROS Games have always been a huge part of the entertainment industry, but what makes them entertaining? Game makers expend significant effort making design decisions people often don’t think about when they’re playing each game. Read more...
Photo: (Angela Song/ Daily Bruin senior staff)