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...
Arts, Arts Columns, Lifestyle
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March 15, 12:16 am
Gamer’s Guidebook: Board game removes consistency, changes with player input
Arts, Theater & Fine Arts
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March 14, 11:49 pm
MoMa to display UCLA alum’s work exploring identity, portraiture
Paul Mpagi Sepuya’s photos of cameras, mirrors and fragmented bodies will take over the walls of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The six photos are a part of MoMa’s “Being: New Photography 2018” exhibition, which opens Sunday and runs until Aug. Read more...
Photo: UCLA alumnus Paul Mpagi Sepuya took photographs that will be displayed at the New York Museum of Modern Art on Sunday. His six photos are a part of MoMa’s “Being: New Photography 2018” exhibition, which features the work of 17 photographers and runs until Aug. 19. (Courtesy of Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Yancey Richardson Gallery/Team Gallery and Document)
Arts, Music
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March 14, 11:42 pm
Alumni create underground EDM project with focus on inclusion, community
Pulsing EDM and rhythmic vibrations fill the sweaty and vibrant air of warehouse rooms at Understated’s dance events. The project’s series include night-long EDM parties that draw from the culture of underground dance music, said UCLA alumni and founders Micah Smith and Andrew Conde. Read more...
Photo: Alumnus Micah Smith, co-founder of Understated, and Michael Frazier play at Union Nightclub on New Year’s Eve. Understated hosts underground EDM performances and will throw its sixth party Friday in Downtown LA. (Courtesy of Jamie Adam Rosenberg)
Arts, Theater & Fine Arts
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March 14, 11:27 pm
Romantic play explores class and gender roles, Latin American culture
A single onstage bed becomes the center of multiple different settings through the use of lighting effects in UCLA’s rendition of “Mala Hierba.” The play, which features an all-Latinx cast and focuses on Latin American culture, opens Thursday at Macgowan Hall. Read more...
Photo: First-year theater students Isabella Urdiales Guzman and Lillie Muir, and second-year theater student Camila Rozo (left to right) star in UCLA’s upcoming production of “Mala Hierba,” which features an all-Latinx cast. The play uses visual and auditory design elements, including props and lighting, to further explore the story’s characters and its focus on Latin American culture. (Niveda Tennety/Daily Bruin)
Arts, Lifestyle, Video
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March 14, 2:27 pm
Video: Students discuss the significance of their favorite dishes
Several UCLA students discuss the significance of their favorite dishes. Whether it is a cup of chai, freshly made acai bowl or steaming hot pho, students have memories and traditions associated with the making of these foods. Read more...
Arts, Arts Columns
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March 13, 2:37 pm
Stress Less: Puppy therapy, crying can help to alleviate stress as finals approach
Alissa Evans’ experience with stress stems primarily from her inability to definitively choose a major, a recently received D that taints her otherwise mediocre GPA and her complete and utter confusion regarding the abstract concept commonly referred to as her “future.” In the midst of a mid-college crisis, the Daily Bruin columnist decided to try a different stress-relieving activity every other week of winter quarter and chronicled her quest for mental homeostasis in Stress Less. Read more...
Photo: Columnist Alissa Evans took a trip to Westwoof, the new dog park in Westwood, in hopes of alleviating the stress of finals week. Studies have shown that interacting with animals can increase the production of oxytocin in the brain. (Bilial Ismail Ahmed/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Arts, Theater & Fine Arts
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March 11, 8:15 pm
Student duo’s company sells doodle-inspired posters, T-shirt designs
Runny noses may not be the typical inspiration for a company name, but Colin Tandy felt otherwise. “I grew up in San Diego, I was by the beach, and picking my nose and playing in the sand was like my childhood,” he said. Read more...
Photo: Chris “Chuff” Kim and Colin Tandy (left to right) design their own posters, featuring an eclectic array of doodled characters and eccentric phrases, like an anthropomorphic slice of bread and the phrase “Oh shit, that’s art?” (Bilal Ismail Ahmed/Daily Bruin senior staff)