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Calvin University's official student newspaper since 1907

Calvin University Chimes

Since 1907
Calvin University's official student newspaper since 1907

Calvin University Chimes

Calvin University's official student newspaper since 1907

Calvin University Chimes

All content by Thomas Brown

Battlefield Hardline sends the wrong message about police brutality

Thomas Brown
March 26, 2015

Battlefield Hardline has an image problem, and it doesn’t want to fix it. The Battlefield series is a major FPS franchise, produced by DICE and Visceral. It is known to be a very realistic military shooter,...

Opinion: Video game graphics do not entail better gameplay

Thomas Brown
October 30, 2014

Do graphics really matter in video games? If you ask anyone who plays video games to tell you about what makes a good game, it is nearly inevitable that they will eventually mention the word “graphics.”...

Review: Destiny

Thomas Brown
September 18, 2014

This copy of “Destiny” was reviewed on launch week on Xbox 360. Rank 21 of 30 was achieved by the end of this review. “Destiny” is an ambitious game. Activision, its publisher, has admitted to...

Fantastic ‘Bioshock Infinite’ prompts reflection from gamer

Thomas Brown
September 12, 2013

“Bioshock Infinite” is fantastic. Now that I have that out of the way, I think I can actually move on to the meat of the matter and talk about what it did right and what it did wrong (yes, I think...

As video games develop, so must discernment

Thomas Brown
February 11, 2013

  As each new form of media comes into existence it is necessary for people to discern it, to uncover what parts of the new media are healthy, and which parts are not. When a new media is born,...

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