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Where to play in Boulder and 5 video games coming out this fall
Video games have been blamed lately for causing violence, but I think the opposite is true. Reading about the latest mass shooting or sex-trafficking ring is what makes me want...
Eat all the things during your time in college
Remember that weird kid in high school who said something so profoundly stupid the first time you met, you backed away slowly and avoided them like the “Cats” trailer? Food...
Space Potato: Hasta luego, Boulder
Let me whisk you away to the distant year 2001, when I was a freshman at CU taking my first journalism class. The teaching assistants warned us not to go...
Space Potato: ‘A Short Hike’ is a slice of serenity
Video games save lives. Or at least act as a counterweight to the ugly parts of life. They let you take out frustrations without hurting anyone.
Space Potato: Follow your dreams at your own risk
Kitschy home décor tells you to follow your dreams, but I would advise extreme caution. Next to self-powered flight, the coolest dreams I’ve ever had were visits to space. I...
Space Potato: Embrace the cuteness
Hey, Boulder: You’re cute! I saw you hiking Mount Sanitas with your dog. That was cute. Bobbing your head with your headphones on at the bus stop. Also cute. Running...
Space Potato: Damn, it’s good to be a gaymer
June is a magical time of year. Outside, the sun is shining, the flowers are blooming and the rainbow flags are fluttering gently in the breeze. Inside, the monitors are...
Space Potato: A loss of innocence and Pokémon
I’m in my 30s, so I don’t get excited about turning a year older anymore. Except this year, I have a reason to get giddy: A new Pokémon game is...
Space Potato: I had to grow a backbone to handle invertebrates
As my neighbor was walking by, he probably thought I’d received an electric shock or was suffering from a seizure. I had just opened my car door when I began...
Space Potato: A world of dreams and adventures awaits
For many years, I kept a part of my identity a secret. It festered in my mind, excreting anxiety that solidified into a thick shell of shame. But everyone longs...