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Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

Reflecting on the Genshin Impact concert and my journey with video game soundtracks

Keke Gao November 8, 2023
With the release of Genshin Impact globally on Sept. 28, 2020, this wave of anime-style gaming finally hit the U.S., planting Hoyoverse’s lore deep within North America, sprouting and flourishing post-pandemic with a nationwide symphony tour.
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

Gaming the System: The most popular game you’ve never heard of thrives off of a respect for fanmade work

Nick Speranza October 26, 2021
The Japanese video game The Touhou Project may be described as peripherally well known due to its cult status, but its rich fan contributions are anything but.
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

Burning Out: How to exploit your employees and get away with it

Yvonne Tang October 7, 2021
Passion — or general satisfaction — is not everything a human needs to survive, and it should be okay to admit that.
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A tale of two superhero shows: How ‘The Boys,’ ‘Invincible’ subvert superhero stereotypes

Emma Sánchez April 26, 2021
After binging these shows, I feel red-pilled about how the media milks the hell out of superheroes.

Music for every mood

Maya Frankel February 6, 2021
Every day is a cycle of laughing, crying, anger, happiness, excitement and about every emotion possible. Here are a few playlists for those many moods we all feel every day.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Gaming the System: Gacha games represent another loss during the pandemic

Nick Speranza February 4, 2021
Our real world is too much to bear, so we escape into the fantasy worlds of gacha games — where the underlying pain comes from loss of money, not lives.
No Sugar, No Cream: Leave my anime alone

No Sugar, No Cream: Leave my anime alone

Nashid Fulcher September 10, 2018

I have managed, with much difficulty, to construct a work ethic within myself such that I no longer procrastinate. Procrastination used to make me so worried about finishing assignments that I couldn’t...

TENTINDO: Scarlett Johansson perpetuates Hollywood yellowface in "Ghost in the Shell" casting

TENTINDO: Scarlett Johansson perpetuates Hollywood yellowface in “Ghost in the Shell” casting

Will Tentindo April 18, 2016

This week, Scarlett Johansson and the filmmakers behind the upcoming movie “Ghost in the Shell” fell under criticism for the decision to cast Johansson in a role as an Asian woman. The movie, produced...

Girls dress as renditions of nurses from the anime show, "Vocaloid." PHOTO BY BRIAN SONG/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Anime Boston goers “choose you,” Japanese dealers, brands

Corina Pintado March 31, 2016

[mediagrid cat="29843"] From “Pokémon” to “Dragon Ball Z,” Americans are no strangers to Japanese anime, and the fervor reached a high at Anime Boston this past weekend at the John B. Hynes...

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