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Hogwarts Legacy is a Magically Captivating World

Hogwarts Legacy is a Magically Captivating World

Joshua Ochoa Diaz, Impact Staff March 2, 2023

Hogwarts Legacy welcomes players into a wizarding world set in a time period prior to Harry Potter's existence. I want to preface that I never got into Harry Potter when I was younger and this was a...

Hogwarts Legacy is Drowning In Controversy

Hogwarts Legacy is Drowning In Controversy

Joshua Ochoa Diaz, Impact Staff February 23, 2023

Over the past few weeks, Twitch streamers have been berated with hate for playing Hogwarts Legacy. The hate largely stems from previous comments made on transgender issues by J.K. Rowling, the author...

The Day Before Just Keeps Getting Worse

‘The Day Before’ Just Keeps Getting Worse

Joshua Ochoa Diaz, Impact Staff February 9, 2023

If you’ve been following the most wish listed and anticipated video game on Steam, The Day Before, you’d know that it’s been thrown into the ringer this past week. Given the game’s recent delay...

The Dead Space Remake Is Utterly Terrifying

The ‘Dead Space Remake’ Is Utterly Terrifying

Joshua Ochoa Diaz, Impact Staff February 1, 2023

WARNING: Spoilers Below The 'Dead Space Remake' throws you right into a atmospherically horrifying hellscape that reveals more of it's sinister self by the minute. From the very beginning the player...

HBOs The Last of Us Is Riveting

HBO’s ‘The Last of Us’ Is Riveting

Joshua Ochoa Diaz, Impact Staff January 24, 2023

WARNING: Spoilers Below Watching ‘The Last of Us’ was like visiting an old friend that you haven’t seen in years. It was an experience I’d been waiting for ever since the video game was released...

Spider-Man 2 Is The Best Superhero Movie Of All Time

Spider-Man 2 Is The Best Superhero Movie Of All Time

Joshua Ochoa Diaz, Impact Staff Writer December 21, 2022

The original Sam Raimi Spider-Man 2 is the best superhero movie of all time.  The sequel to the now famous and beloved Spider-Man (2002) was beyond any ordinary superhero movie and that’s because...

Money Does Not Buy Happiness

Money Does Not Buy Happiness

Joshua Ochoa Diaz, Impact Staff December 1, 2022

Being wealthy or financially struggling does not determine an individual's happiness.  Studies by psychologists around the world suggest that being wealthier causes issues that would elevate anxieties...

The Joker Changed My Perspective

The Joker Changed My Perspective

Joshua Ochoa Diaz, Impact Staff December 1, 2022

Why so serious? A line that defined the Joker. Not as a character, but as a psychotic terrorist. The Joker has been depicted in various ways, but Heath Ledger’s Joker feels grounded in depth and complexity.  He...

The Last of Us Changed My Life

The Last of Us Changed My Life

Joshua Ochoa Diaz, Impact Staff Writer November 9, 2022

I didn't realize that June 14 of 2013 was going to be the day my life began to change. This was the day the now beloved and world-renowned video game The Last of Us was released. I was only...

The Struggles of Being a College Student & Workaholic

The Struggles of Being a College Student & Workaholic

Joshua Ochoa Diaz, Impact Staff October 13, 2022

Working 40 hours a week, taking five classes per semester, and trying to find even the littlest bit of free time has not only been challenging, but draining. Somehow, I found a way to manage and balance...

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