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The independent student news site of San Marcos, California

The Cougar Chronicle

Nik Chrissanthos

Nik Chrissanthos, Assisstant A&E Editor

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The Dungeons and Dragons Movie is a Fun Ride

Nik Chrissanthos, Assistant Arts & Entertaintment Editor April 12, 2023

There is plenty of reason to be skeptical about Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. Chief among them being Wizards of the Coast’s recent controversy regarding their changes to the Open Game License....

Fire Emblem Engage’s Expansion Pass, Good but Not Essential

Nik Chrissanthos, Assistant Arts & Entertaintment Editor April 12, 2023

This review will contain spoilers for Fire Emblem Engage’s main story and the Fell Xenologue. Fire Emblem Engage’s Expansion Pass has been released in full, adding seven more Emblems and a story...

The Bad Batch Season 2, Highs and Lows

Nik Chrissanthos, Assistant Arts & Entertaintment Editor March 29, 2023

This review contains spoilers for season one of The Bad Batch, and for season two after a certain point. Season 1 of the Bad Batch was quite entertaining for me as someone who grew up watching Star...

The Last of Us, a Stellar Adaptation of a Bleak World

Nik Chrissanthos, Assistant Arts & Entertaintment Editor March 13, 2023

This review will contain spoilers for both The Last of Us the video game and the show. This review will also make reference to sensitive subjects such as suicide and gore. I had a very conventional...

Fire Emblem Engage: Your Mileage May Vary

Nik Chrissanthos, Assistant Arts & Entertaintment Editor March 9, 2023

This review will contain spoilers for Fire Emblem Engage, as well as Fire Emblem Awakening and Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War. The Fire Emblem series is on a bit of a high right now. Fire Emblem:...

A Round-Up of News from The Game Awards 2022

Nik Chrissanthos, Assisstant A&E Editor December 8, 2022

The Game Awards 2022 have just wrapped up and there is a lot to be excited about. For the uninitiated, The Game Awards is an annual awards show run by Geoff Keighly to celebrate video games and look into...

Diego Luna as Cassian Andor in Rogue One (2016)

Andor, the Spectacle of Star Wars for Adults

Nik Chrissanthos, Assisstant A&E Editor November 17, 2022

(This article contains Spoilers for episodes one through ten of Andor) When you think of Star Wars, what target demographic comes to mind? Obviously, kids would come to mind, as the fun action scenes...

The mythology of In-N-Out, California’s overhyped burger

The mythology of In-N-Out, California’s overhyped burger

Nik Chrissanthos, Assistant Arts & Entertaintment Editor October 25, 2022

In-N-Out is a well regarded fast food chain by many. It is synonymous with California in the same way as the Hollywood sign despite having branched out to multiple (albeit few) states. And as a lifelong...

Entertainment Rundown 3/9

Movie: West Side Story by Eric Hendricks Telling the story of two clashing gangs and an ill-fated love affair in 1950s New York, West Side Story is not uncharted territory. Steven Spielberg’s latest...

The Book of Boba Fett is the latest addition to long-running franchise Star Wars

New Star Wars series does not live up to expectation

Nik Chrissanthos, Assistant A&E Editor February 24, 2022

This review contains spoilers. The most recent Star Wars TV show to be put on to Disney+ is Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett. Temuera Morrison, who previously played Jango Fett in Attack of the Clones,...

Spider-Man, from Filler to Film Franchise

Nik Chrissanthos, Assistant A&E Editor February 9, 2022

Spider-Man is everywhere in our modern world. The friendly neighborhood superhero has appeared in many forms of media in just the last decade alone such as comic books, TV shows, video In contrast to many...

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