Ruzzle app quickly becomes popular

Jason Kang, Staff Writer
January 22, 2013
Filed under Digital Life

Developed by social game company Zynga the app Ruzzle tops the chart as 2013’s first breakout game. Attracting over 15 million downloads, Ruzzle offers a fast-paced, interactive game where a player must find as many words as possible to stack up points in two minutes against his/her opponent. In order... Read more »

Social media sites used as platform for eating disorders

Rooscol Rozambert, Digital Life Editor
January 14, 2013
Filed under Digital Life

With so many social media sites dedicated to photos, confronting the image of perfection is inevitable. The problem is the promotion of perfection, which also comes at a cost for many impressionable teens. In February of last year, Tumblr restructured its policies to discourage and ban any blogs that... Read more »

Fantasy football brings in more viewers

Jason Kang, Staff Writer
January 10, 2013
Filed under Digital Life

Fantasy football, one of the most heated competitions in the United States, allows people to become general managers and raise the strongest, most efficient team to compete. It can be played with sites such as ESPN, Yahoo, or NFL and keeps participants engaged with apps on smart phones. By first picking... Read more »

Original Halo game available for computers

Jason Kang, Staff Writer
January 8, 2013
Filed under Digital Life

“Halo” has turned out to be the most popular game among BSM students this year. “Halo 1,” also known as “Halo: Combat Evolved,” first launched back in 2001 on Microsoft’s Xbox and evolved into a multi-billion dollar game franchise. Although producing newer, slicker, and faster versions... Read more »

Two familiar faces joined the tech team this year

Rooscol Rozambert, Digital Life Editor
December 18, 2012
Filed under Digital Life, Featured People, Student Life

Over the past three years, Benilde-St. Margaret’s has gotten to know and love the staff members on the tech team. This year, two official additions to the help desk might look more familiar. 2012 graduate Josh Paquette and current senior Anders Lykkehoy, the two youngest members of the help desk team,... Read more »

Teachers join the social media craze

Kathleen Meskill and Rachel Wallace
November 20, 2012
Filed under Digital Life, Top Stories

A few BSM teachers have evolved in their communication methods with students in a way that matches the evolution of technology. Communication through social media opens up new forms of interaction between teachers and students, changing the form of the relationship completely. Some believe that the... Read more »

Designer cakes gone wrong displayed on cakewrecks.com

Jenny Krane, Staff Writer
October 30, 2012
Filed under A&E, Digital Life

From Father’s Day cakes that read, “Happy Falker Satherhood,” to naked mohawk-baby carrot jockeys, to sensored pregnancy cakes, cakewrecks.com has seen it all. Everyday, this blog posts pictures, videos and stories of designer cakes gone wrong, begging the question, “What does it mean to be a... Read more »

EA Sports’ NHL 13 is a worthwhile franchise edition

Will Jarvis, Staff Writer
September 27, 2012
Filed under A&E, Digital Life, Video Game Reviews

On September 11, NHL 13 was released as the twenty-second installment of EA Sports’ hockey video game franchise, filling the void that the real NHL lockout has left. With new game modes such as “NHL Moments Live” and “GM Connected,” it builds on NHL 12, and creates the best edition of the series... Read more »

Students use Snapchat instead of texting to send photos to friends

Jacqueline Bieter, Staff Writer
September 19, 2012
Filed under Digital Life

The popular app Snapchat allows anyone with an iPhone or Android to send photos to friends in a quick, efficient, and entertaining way. Snapchat differs from just texting photos by allowing people to send an array of photos to others without worrying about being scrutinized due to a one to ten second... Read more »

“Watch the Throne”-inspired website both addicting and annoying

Giulia Imholte, Online Editor-in-Chief
September 14, 2012
Filed under A&E, Digital Life

Inspired by lyrics off of Kanye West and Jay-Z’s collaboration album, “Watch the Throne,” the website Kanye Zone bridges the gap between addicting and annoying computer games. A buffer borders Kanye’s “zone” which lies in the middle of the screen. Players use their arrow keys and spacebar... Read more »