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The Super Smash Bros. tournament at MTSU on Feb. 7, 2025.

MTSU Esports takes Super Smash Bros. community to the next level

Brett Walker, Sports editor March 11, 2025
For the last five years, the MTSU Esports club hosted weekly Super Smash Bros. tournaments on campus. Located on the third floor of the student union, the weekly invitationals saw players of the popular Nintendo fighting game come together to enjoy the franchise they held so dearly. 
MTSU students 'Dress to Impress' at the Level Up Arena

MTSU students ‘Dress to Impress’ at the Level Up Arena

Emma Burden September 26, 2024

Feature photo by Emma Burden Story by Emma Burden MTSU’s esports arena hosted a standing room only crowd Wednesday night, when over sixty students gathered to play the popular Roblox...

Yume Nikki game logo. Taken from Steam, video game developer.

Yume Nikki engages players with abstract worlds, thoughtful clues and an inevitable ending

Shamani Salahuddin March 21, 2024

Featured photo by Steam Story by Larry Rincon If you want more news like this, sign up for the Sidelines weekly newsletter here! Find it in your inbox every Thursday afternoon. Content warning: This...

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Starfield: Bethesda Games Studios expands to the final frontier

Stephanie Hall September 29, 2023

Featured Photo from Bethesda Story by Ethan Schmidt Nearly five years ago, Bethesda Game Studios drove head-on into a brick wall with their disastrous release of Fallout 76, suffering a massive...

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My Favorite Rhythm Games I Have Played

Stephanie Hall April 22, 2023

Featured Graphic by Destiny Mizell Story by Grace Howland Rhythm games are one of my favorite video game genres. They revolve around pressing specific buttons in time with the music. A few things...

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“Go Vacation” is a dream vacation as a video game

Stephanie Hall April 15, 2023

Graphic by Destiny Mizell Story by Grace Howland Many enjoy playing “Wii Sports Resort” and others enjoy games in the exploration genre. Now the two can come together and play “Go Vacation,”...

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My favorite “Super Mario” games of all time

Featured Graphic by Destiny Mizell Story by Grace Howland “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” is finally a reality since it released in theaters. The movie was an absolute joyride the whole time....

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“PUI PUI MOLCAR: Let’s MOLCAR PARTY!” is a party game about guinea pig cars

Stephanie Hall April 1, 2023

Featured Graphic by Destiny Mizell Story By Grace Howland “Pui Pui Molcar” is a Japanese stop motion mini series created by Tomoki Misato. The series revolves around guinea pigs who are cars,...

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“Melatonin” is an adorable and cozy rhythm game about dreaming

Stephanie Hall March 25, 2023

Featured Graphic By Destiny Mizell Story by Grace Howland I absolutely adore rhythm games as well as cozy games. “Melatonin” mashes the two together. David Huynh created this indie game that...

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“OSHIIRO” is the most bizarre horror game I’ve ever played

Stephanie Hall March 3, 2023

Featured Graphic by Destiny Mizell Story by Grace Howland I came across a Japanese horror game called “OSHIIRO" as I was browsing the Nintendo Switch’s eShop. Tadasumen, the game developer,...

Grab these Nintendo Wii U & 2DS/3DS games before they disappear

Grab these Nintendo Wii U & 2DS/3DS games before they disappear

Stephanie Hall February 24, 2023

Story by Grace Howland The digital stores for the Nintendo Wii U, 2DS, and 3DS, also known as the “eShops,” are set to close down on March 27, 2023. Players can buy their games digitally in these...

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“Hi-Fi Rush”: A great game you’ve never heard of 

Stephanie Hall February 17, 2023

Featured Graphic by Stephanie Hall Story by Nicholas Massey There is this unique and rarely done idea in video games called a stealth release, which is where the game itself is not hyped up, not...

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