Summer is an oddly quiet time for video game releases. While Hollywood tends to release their latest and loudest titles during the summer, video game publishers choose to hold their sure-fire successes and big name sequels for the fall, right in time for the holidays.

Summer TV is usually a wasteland filled with cactus dramas and tumbleweed reality shows. And this summer was no exception. Thankfully, there were a few oases in the desert of summer TV that slaked our thirst for TV until fall.

Bridesmaids 4.5/5 Easily the funniest movie of the summer, and possibly the funniest movie Judd Apatow has been involved with, “Bridesmaids” and its $160 million+ box office finally proved to sexist studios that female-driven comedy could be both hilarious and profitable. Led by SNL’s Kristen Wiig (who also co-wrote the movie) and Maya Rudolph, it [...]

A lot of our favorite TV shows are coming back soon, although “Mad Men” is sadly not among them. “So You Think You Can Dance” will bring a new crop of fabulous dancers to our screens, while “True Blood” will show (hopefully) enough vampire porn to last the full year.

The second (and final) part of Cadenza’s look back at summer music. Like we said last time, Cadenza wanted to find the best selections from summer ’10, but we hit some snags on the way. First, we had no love for August releases. Like, seriously, none. The summer heated up early but, unlike St. Louis, [...]

In order to better prepare for the current season, three Washington University men’s soccer players joined the St. Louis Lions this summer. “The three of us just sort of did something different this summer,” said senior co-captain David Klein, one of three to play on the team.

The summer movie season is nearing the starting line, and it’s raring to go. Some people think that it’s more important to highlight summer’s TV shows, but rest assured, they are wrong.

Summer’s coming up pretty soon, and sure, there are some really awesome movies and trips to the beach in store as well. But as awesome as all those experiences will be, they all require expendable cash. Unfortunately, that’s not always available. Luckily, there’s always TV, which merely requires you to press a button.

It’s official. The dog days of summer are right around the corner. The weather outside is beautiful, the skies are a perfect, clear blue and students swarm outside onto open fields with their book bags and homework, though not much work really gets done. Even allergies can’t keep us away from the gorgeous outdoors.