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Spaceburgh: Coming soon to a Market Square near you

Naomi Girson | staff writer | Looking at the city skyline, the U.S. Steel Tower, the BNY Mellon Center and PPG Place light up with neon colors and constellations of office space glowing in the night. In an urban environment, this excessive artificial lighting during nighttime hours can cause light pollution, which makes the stars less visible to the naked eye. But for Dale Thomas … Continue reading Spaceburgh: Coming soon to a Market Square near you

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'Homestuck'
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‘Hiveswap’ impresses as follow-up to hit web comic ‘Homestuck’

By Nicole Prieto | Staff Writer 10/03/17 Homestuck fans rejoice: After five long years and a few unexpected delays, Hiveswap: Act 1 finally released on Sept. 14. It is 1994. Spunky teen Joey Claire and her younger brother, Jude Harley, are just enjoying a fall afternoon with their dog — until they are beset by a hungry serpentine monster that chases them around their yard. … Continue reading ‘Hiveswap’ impresses as follow-up to hit web comic ‘Homestuck’

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Steam shutters controversial Greenlight

What’s next and what it means for smaller devlopers By Zach Landau | A&E Editor Last month, on June 6, game developer and digital distributor Valve Corporation suddenly put an end to its Steam Greenlight program. First launched back in 2012, Greenlight was meant to help facilitate more games onto the digital storefront, with Steam customers voting to approve which games could be distributed on … Continue reading Steam shutters controversial Greenlight

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‘Pit People’ gives hope for Early Access

By Nicolas Jozefczyk | Staff Writer “Pit People” is a game where you enter the world as a blueberry farmer whose family gets crushed and then has to fight fat unicorns, pixies, and other mystical creatures to grow stronger to get revenge. A game with a weird plot, yes, but it has much more to offer. However, some may shy away from buying the game … Continue reading ‘Pit People’ gives hope for Early Access

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Letting off some steam: Clouds result of boiler tests

Liza Zulick | Staff Writer On your walk to class in the morning, you might have noticed the sky full of smoke coming from the building next to the Gumberg Library. This “smoke” is not actually smoke at all. It is steam coming from the Duquesne Energy Center. “We are in the process of replacing the University’s 50-year-old boilers at the Energy Center,” said Mark … Continue reading Letting off some steam: Clouds result of boiler tests

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