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The State Hornet

The student news site of Sacramento State University

The State Hornet

Student news without fear or favor

Nicholas Fricke, Author

All content by Nicholas Fricke

Summer Issue: Summer video game reviews

Nicholas Fricke
May 27, 2005

Summer is typically a slow period for video game releases, as most publishers save their best games for the profitable holiday season. However, there are still a few titles worth buying during these next...

Summer Issue: Summer movie reviews

Nicholas Fricke
May 27, 2005

Movie box office numbers have been down the past few weeks, despite the release of several excellent films such as Sin City and Kung Fu Hustle, which arrived with much fanfare, only to be quickly forgotten...

Next generation Xbox storms the net, TV

Nicholas Fricke
May 11, 2005

For many gamers, the release of a new game console is a cause for celebration. It ushers in a new era of technology, enhanced graphics, new ways of playing games and, of course, new games. That is why...

Professors, students discuss ‘The Dirty Work’

Nicholas Fricke
May 4, 2005

Is it okay to joke about tragedies like the tsunami disasters in Asia? Are steroids truly a harmful presence or are they just another tool used by athletes to enhance their game? These were some of the...

A kick of laughs with ‘Kung Fu’

Nicholas Fricke
April 27, 2005

With movies like &Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,& &Hero& and &The House of Flying Daggers& gleaning praise at theaters, there may be a feeling amongst some that recent martial arts films from Hong Kong...

Comcast offers new feature

Nicholas Fricke
April 27, 2005

Musician Bruce Springsteen once wrote a famous song called &57 Channels (And Nothin& On),& lamenting the lack of interesting television programs despite the number of channels available. Today the complaint...

Comedians make third visit to CSUS

Nicholas Fricke
April 13, 2005

Currently celebrating its home theater&s 45th anniversary, the renowned Second City National Touring Company is bringing its blend of sketch and improvisational comedy to Sacramento State at 7:30 p.m....

Opera anyone?

Nicholas Fricke
April 6, 2005

&The Coronation of Poppea& is a story of unrequited love, betrayal, suicide, murder and political power. And it isn&t a Hollywood movie or daytime soap opera. &Poppea& is a real opera, currently being...

‘Robot Chicken’ spices up Adult Swim

Nicholas Fricke
March 30, 2005

Optimus Prime of &Transformers& getting prostate cancer? Voltron break dancing in a &You Got Served&-style dance competition? Speed Racer keeping a dismembered woman in the trunk of his Mach 5? It&s just...

ManiaTV looks to take over television

Nicholas Fricke
March 16, 2005

If ManiaTV had its way, college students across the nation would be chucking televisions out of their dorm rooms and tuning in to Internet programming every day. And with a tagline like &f*ck television,&...

‘NBA Street V3’ takes extra step

Nicholas Fricke
February 25, 2005

Not many basketball games have the Super Mario Bros. dunking over the Beastie Boys. But &NBA Street V3& does. It has been a long time coming since Vol. 2 was released almost two years ago, but while that...

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