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"Breath of the Wild" launched in March alongside the Nintendo Switch.
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Predicted winners for the 2017 Game Awards

By Brandon Arbuckle | Nov. 30, 2017

2017 has been an incredible year for video games; Nintendo released the Switch with success, Sony gave us a slew of exclusive Japanese titles like “Persona 5” and Microsoft premiered the most powerful console to date with the Xbox One X. “PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds” (“PUBG”) took the digital distribution platform Steam by storm, and starting next month, it will do the same to Xbox Live. Whether you own a console or gaming PC, there were generation-defining experiences to be had.

"Search Party" season two premiered on Nov. 19, and episodes are released back-to-back each week.
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With a strong returning cast, ‘Search Party’ shifts tone while maintaining laughs in season two

By Monique Scheidler | Nov. 30, 2017

If you’ve been around me in the past year, I’m sure I’ve brought up “Search Party” at some point during our conversations. It was my favorite show of last year, and arguably one of my favorite shows of all time. Season one was full of mystery and twists with a cast that seemed to be made for one another, and season two is keeping the momentum going.

"Rat Queens" revolves around a group of foul-mouthed female mercenaries. 
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‘Rat Queens’ entertains with laugh-out-loud dialogue, ‘Bone’ takes a fresh spin on the coming-of-age genre

By Eli Radtke | Nov. 30, 2017

With the new “Marvel: Infinity War” trailer out this week, new seasons of superhero shows like “Agents of Shield,” “Runaways” and new episodes of “The Gifted,” I’m just trying to hide somewhere dark and deep where the Marvel Universe hasn’t pried its grubby little fingers yet. It’s not that I dislike Marvel; I just like to breathe the fresh air on occasion, so, let’s lead off with a suggestion from an entirely different angle.

While its heroes entertain, "Justice League" suffers from tonal inconsistencies and lacks complexity.
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‘Justice League’ drowns its iconic characters in a CGI-filled, basic story

By Alex M. Jankovich | Nov. 27, 2017

Upon leaving the theater after viewing “Justice League,” it can be misleading to judge the film based on excitement for its characters or the introduction of humor into the DC universe. However, DC’s first attempt at a large-scale team-up movie fails to bounce back from “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,” the universally panned previous installment in the franchise.

Saoirse Ronan stars as the titular character in Greta Gerwig’s film.
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‘Lady Bird’ captures uncompromising reality of adolescence

By Christian Memmo | Nov. 20, 2017

In preparing for Greta Gerwig’s directorial debut in “Lady Bird,” I hads a sense of apprehension about the experience I presumed I would have. As industry costs increase and fall to the consumer, it becomes a greater gamble of financial precarity when $15 is the entry fee for the chance of an entertaining film and an enjoyable evening. Naturally, trailers yield the byway method of circumventing our concerns about this very problem, yet often find themselves under heavy critique for their own representation of the film they aim to market. With “Lady Bird,” I found an unfortunate parallel to this issue. However, it seemed to work astoundingly, and in a manner I hadn’t truly expected.

Swift's determination to create a new image for herself comes at the expense of originality.
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Taylor Swift slithers but doesn’t bite in new album, ‘reputation’

By Carl Zabat | Nov. 20, 2017

With reputation, Taylor Swift makes a transformation — one that many huge stars have attempted — into a darker, more serious version of herself. Bruno Mars did it with Unorthodox Jukebox, Michael Jackson scowled on the cover of Bad and Beyonce embraced her sexuality like never before on her self-titled album. Swift, however, had slightly different circumstances

UW-Madison alumnus Charlie Berens discussed his popular show.
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Charlie Berens, of 'Manitowoc Minute' fame, kept it movin' with the Daily Cardinal

By Maggie Chandler and Nina Bertelsen | Nov. 20, 2017

With a Wisconsin accent and growing bread for No-Shave-November, Charlie Berens walked up to the fifth floor of Vilas Hall after sleeping on a plane. The J-School alum and former Daily Cardinal arts writer was in town for the Michigan game and spent the afternoon chatting with current Badgers. In his time away from Madison, Berens moved around a lot, taking risks and networking as a TV-broadcaster in Dallas before transitioning into satire and comedy.

Amazon pilots like “Sea Oak” saw high ratings from viewers.
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Amazon’s TV pilots showcase strong female representation

By Monique Sheidler | Nov. 16, 2017

Last Friday, Amazon released three new shows as a part of their biannual pilot season program. The way the pilot season works is they release a bunch of pilot episodes for new shows, after which the viewers are able to rate and review them. The ones with the best ratings get picked up for a series order. This winter, they released three new pilots — “I Love You More,” “Sea Oak” and “The Climb” — showing a push for female representation both on and off the camera.

Though he is new to the music scene, Petit Biscuit proves to be a noteworthy artist in the electronic music genre.
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Petit Biscuit features ambient sounds, maturity on debut album

By Erin Bates | Nov. 16, 2017

Petit Biscuit released his debut album, Presence, this past Friday. Though he is most known for his song “Sunset Lover,” which boasts over 226 million plays on Spotify, Petit Biscuit displays an advanced sound on his new album, which features 14 tracks — almost entirely new releases. With collaborations from fellow producers Lido, SONIA and Bipolar Sunshine, Presence offers a creative mix of electronic melodies from all the featured artists.

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