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The Game of Life- Now available for the iPod Touch and Smart phones, this new app allows gamers to enjoy the thrill of the classic board game on-the-go. For only $0.99, customers can experience all of the fun aspects included in the game, such as Career Choices, buying a home and gaining Life Tiles. Gamers can either play one on one with the program or multiplayer with friends. With cute graphics and elaborate touch screen controls, this app is definitely worth the cost!

Hulu Plus- This app gives you unlimited access to hit movies and TV shows any time you want with a monthly fee. A subscription is needed to use this app. You can also watch TV shows that have been off the air and view old classics. It has over 16,000 episodes and also allows fast forward, rewind, turn on captions features and watch a show while scrolling through the menu. This app is available on game consoles, mobile devices, connected TVs, Blu-ray players and set-up boxes.

DragonVale- DragonVale is an addicting game where you raise, feed and breed your very own dragons. The game is only available if you have Internet connection. For special occasions they release new dragons. For example, on Leap day they released the Leap Year dragon and for St Patrick’s Day they are releasing the Clover Dragon. This app is available for the iPad1/2, iPod Touch for the 3rd and 4th generations and also the iPhone.

Tempe Run- Temple Run is a treasure hunting game full of adventure. The objective of the game is to race through an ancient temple and collect coins on the way. Swiping up, down, left or right makes your character jump, slide, or turn. Tilting your device will make your character run left or right to make it easier to collect the coins within your running lane. The game is played through a three dimensional view, where you are a temple robber and are being chased by the guard beasts. The game is currently only available on iPhone, iPad, and iPods.

Jenna SandonatoCo-Sports Editor

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Photo Courtesy MCT Campus

Electric Flamingos make their way around McClintock campus

The Electric Flamingos are a student band on campus; members include junior Jacob Unterreiner, Kyle Bloom, and Logan Trim. “My brother’s nickname used to be Midnight Fla-mingo and he suggested that as a name, but we didn’t really like that,” Un-terreiner said. “When I told my sister that idea she mis-heard it as the Electric Fla-mingos, and it stuck.”

They have made some music videos for YouTube on their own channel.

“It was really interesting because none of us had any experience making mov-ies or editing them so we just kind of tried it to see what would happen. People seem to like them.,” Unter-reiner said.

The Electric Flamingos have many songs out and some of the band members have their own personal fa-vorite songs.

“I actually have a few favorites, one of which is called Girl,” junior Kyle Bloom said. “The reason I like it is because it’s so

different than mainstream high school band music. It has such a sound to it that I don’t think of it as “rock” music, but more of a mod-ern style that there prob-ably isn’t a name for yet.”

There are many support-ers of the band who enjoy attending concerts, snap-ping photos and assisting with music videos.

“I love the atmosphere, honestly. How the band treats one another and how they react with others, whether it be fans or other bands playing at the same gig,” junior Mikaela Nix-on said. “The Flamingos are always welcoming and happy and have a joke wait-ing to be told at all time.”

The Electric Flamingos have a concert coming up in March.

“We have one at the Nile Underground on March 16 and were hoping to have one at NSA earlier in March,” Unterreiner said.

“It was fun making them (music videos), and just hanging out with the people in the music videos,” junior Logan Trim said.

Kaitlyn HalitskyCo-Sports Editor

Hungry for the Games?

Hunger Gamesbook a must need

The Arizona Renaissance Festival is great way to spend a fun day and experience the medieval times on another level. This event is one of the largest, combining five festivals into one. People show their talents to become part of the acting.

All the performances were either funny or exotic, which is never a bad thing. It is not an everyday thing to see acrobats swinging a child from the audience.

“I loved going to the Renaissance. It was like going to a medieval mall where everything was handcrafted right in front of you,” sophomore Amanda

Travel back in history with the Renaissance Festival

Patikan said. At the festival, seeing

distinct activities is the norm. Visitors can make their own souvenirs. Personalizing candles, swords, and dressing up like a knight is typical and add to all the fun.

Their cinnamon cluster almonds and the tasty turkey legs are pretty much tradition whenever I go to the festival. Along with having a great time, it is a chance to learn about and experience the Renaissance period.

The Renaissance Festi-val is an event that has be-come a tradition for many.

“I like to go whenever I get the opportunity,” soph-omore Shayna King said.

Ivania GarciaEditor in Chief

The Hunger Games is an intense, addictive book that takes place in the ruins of North America in the new na-tion called Panem. There are 13 districts that are all under the command of The Capitol.

One district rebelled against the Capitol, so 12 remain. Every year, the Capitol holds the hunger games to keep the rest of the districts at bay.

The Hunger Game is a harsh punishment by the Capi-tol where each district must provide one boy and one girl between the age of 12 and 18 to participate. The game is a nationally televised event where the ‘Tributes’ must fight to the death. The winner of the game is insured a life of fame and unimaginable riches.

The story focuses on a Katniss Everdeen from District 12. A poor girl from the ‘steam’, she is 16 and the provider for the family because her father died in a mine explosion. She has a little sister, Primrose Everdeen, whose place she volunteers to take in the games.

Every district is surrounded by an electric fence to keep the blood hungry animals out. But in District 12, there is rarely any electricity allowing Katniss to slip in and out of the District through a weak place in the fence.

Gale, her best friend, goes out of District 12 every day to hunt for food for their families. The previous victor from their District trains the tributes. Katniss and Peeta Mellarks lifes are in the hands of a drunk Haymitch Aber-nathy who cannot even keep down his own bodily fluids.

This book is its own page-turner. You will be hanging on to every last word. Also this book really pulls you into its own setting. It is a romance, action and sci-fi book all in one. This book will throw you into an emotional roller coaster as Katniss battles her way through the arena.

Hurry and read The Hunger Games because it is com-ing to theaters on March 23 of this year.

Photo by Ivania Garcia