Men’s soccer left out to dry in 1-0 loss against LA College

Share: Under the heat of the sweltering sun, the men’s Soccer team prepared and fought against LA College. Unfortunately for the Lancers, they lost in a very tight game against the Los Angeles Cubs 0-1.  Despite having good control of the ball in the first half, the team lost its balance leading to the Cubs one goal. After that, the Lancers just couldn’t get their footing back. The game opened with a strong start from PCC, with a ton of aggressive offense on top of …

Star Wars pays tribute to its animated roots in ‘Ahsoka’

Share: While 2023 opened with the mixed experience that was season three of “The Mandalorian,” the Star Wars saga is once again back, this time swinging for the stars with their latest show “Ahsoka.” Although this show isn’t without its flaws, its open and infectious love for both “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” and “Star Wars Rebels” can just about make me look past its flaws. At its simplest, “Ahsoka” is a follow-up to “Rebels” an animated show that ran from 2014 to 2018 on …

GAME OVER! ‘Saw X’ humanizes inhuman killer, and it somehow works

Share: Where 2021’s “Spiral: From the Book of Saw” set out to imitate the feeling of a classic “Saw” movie, “Saw X” jumps up to properly give fans of the gruesome franchise just what they’ve been asking for. This one delivers a proper, bloody disgusting, and compelling entry in the long-running series. “Saw X” launches the audience back to the early ’00s, between “Saw” and “Saw II,” when cellphones still flipped up and down and search engines were in their infancy. Tobin Bell returns as …

Editorial: PCC isn’t doing enough to alleviate textbook costs

Share: After sifting through tons of useless information and ads for the school, staff writer Laura Dux finally found her way to the textbook credit page, still with a functioning PIN. Taking it to the bookstore website in hopes of using it, she is greeted with an error: there’s no place to use it. Welcome to our shared frustration with PCC’s lack of communication. The Bookstore credit became something of a staple for new PCC recruits in the post-COVID era. It offered a sense of …

‘Starfield’ launches players into stellar journey

Share: Following an announcement in 2018 and a few setbacks, “Starfield,” the latest RPG game by industry powerhouse Bethesda Game Studios finally landed in gamer’s hands.  Instead of re-releasing another port of “The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim” for the millionth time, Bethesda has instead opted to make an entirely brand new title. This time around, “Starfield” sends players to the far future and opens the floodgates to an immersive fictional version of our galaxy that is just begging to be explored. True to most Bethesda …

We’re gonna need better movies, not bigger blockbuster bombs

Share: Moviegoers were first introduced to the idea of a summer blockbuster in 1975 when Steven Spielberg’s seminal “Jaws” was released, leading lines out of theater doors and raking in an all-time astonishing number of $100 million at the box office. Nowadays, these numbers shoot off into the billions and are much more common, but movies have begun to sputter and fall flat, which begs the question: What happened? It’s clear that the demand for movies, both new and old, continues to be high, but …

No way Trump actually escapes jail this time…right?

Share: Donald Trump’s web of lies has left him entangled in something I don’t think even a person like him can escape. Not even his popularity can save him from the sheer amount of evidence stacked against him in this case. The former president was indicted for the second time this year following a lengthy investigation and raid of his Florida home for classified documents he had failed to turn over. This story takes us back to 2020, following his defeat in the presidential election. …

‘Jedi: Survivor’ forces itself to the top of ‘Star Wars’ gaming

Share: In 2019, Respawn Entertainment released “Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order,” which completely revived single-player “Star Wars” games. Four years later, they have returned to amaze fans once again with a brand new game, and sequel to their beloved game, “Star Wars Jedi: Survivor.” The game once again follows Cal Kestis (played by Cameron Monaghan) and the crew of the Mantis, five years after the events of “Fallen Order.” Now a Jedi Knight on the run, Cal must navigate an ever-changing galaxy as the Empire …

PCC basketball starter honored during Clippers game for mental health journey

Share: The crowd roared at the Crypto.com arena while the Clippers played a heated match against the Chicago Bulls. But during the game, two students entered the court, and the focus of the entire crowd shifted towards them. Nigel Wilson, a forward for Pasadena’s City College  basketball team was honored in what felt like a dream. For Wilson, this story truly begins while he lived in Arizona attending Catalina Foothills high school, and playing for his school’s basketball team. He graduated and began playing and …