The Daily Campus is the University of Connecticut’s student-run newspaper. Initially as a copyeditor, I was only involved in the publishing aspect of the daily newspaper. After spending many late nights applying AP Style to each story, I joined the Life Section as a Staff Writer and ran my own column titled “The Backlog.”
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The Backlog
I continued “The Backlog” after the previous columnist graduated from the University of Connecticut. I adapted the column in my own style and reviewed video games based on different genres each month. My reviews ended with a grade for each game on a 5-point scale, despite some of my harshest criticisms, I attempted to remain objective and respectful to the developers behind the screens.
Experience the bloody sweetness of “Fat Princess”
The Backlog: Jump into the horrors of ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s: Into the Pit’
The Backlog: Kiss damsels, crash weddings and go noodling in ‘Castle Crashers’
The Backlog: Fight to the death in ‘Mortal Kombat (2011)’
The Backlog: ‘MySims’ created my childhood
The Backlog: ‘Heavenly Sword’ is history’s lost gem
The Backlog: Use the power of Christ and a shotgun in ‘Faith: The Unholy Trinity’
The Backlog: Survive a horror movie in ‘At Dead of Night’
The Backlog: Cooking is a form of love in ‘Venba’
The Backlog: Live with your favorite mascots in ‘Hello Kitty Island Adventure’
The Backlog: Suck up those slimes in ‘Slime Rancher 2’
The Backlog: Explore adventures untold in ‘Kirby and the Forgotten Land’
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