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The Student News Site of University of Kentucky

Kentucky Kernel

The Student News Site of University of Kentucky

Kentucky Kernel

The gamers lounge, consisting of an Xbox, PS4, Nintendo Switch and 50 gaming computers, is now open in the new Cornerstone building on the corner of S Limestone and Winslow St on Friday, Jan. 22, 2021, at The Cornerstone in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Michael Clubb | Staff.

CVLY Roger wins Kentucky ESports’ 71st edition of “Don’t Get Tilted Super Smash Bros Tournament”

Collin Lewis, Reporter March 10, 2023

Kentucky ESports hosted 33 players for a “Super Smash Bros.” tournament at The Cornerstone on March 6. The tournament consisted of two brackets with 34 rounds played in the winner’s bracket and...

Senior computer science major Phong Nguyen, left, dances with sophomore biology major Laine Call during the Esports Lounge rhythm game night on Feb. 24. 2023, at the Esports Lounge in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Samuel Colmar | Staff

Students get groovy at Esports Lounge ‘rhythm game night’

Courtney Suber, Reporter February 27, 2023

UK’s Esports Lounge hosted a rhythm game night at their location in Cornerstone Garage on Feb. 24. The event featured the video games “Just Dance” and “Clone Hero” as well as karaoke. “Just...

Rafael Estrada, Sam Morris, Michael Probst and Caleb Geyer work on Singularity, their game for the Global Game Jam Event in late January on the the Bluegrass Community & Technical Colleges Newtown campus in Lexington, Ky. Photo provided by Ryan Whitt.

How a video game design competition opened friendships, opportunities for UK students

Ryan Whitt February 19, 2020

They came together as strangers passionate about video game design and left as friends.Rafael Estrada, Sam Morris, Michael Probst and Caleb Geyer met at Lexington's Global Game Jam Event in late January.Probst...

Rafael Estrada, Sam Morris, Michael Probst and Caleb Geyer work on Singularity, their game for the Global Game Jam Event in late January on the the Bluegrass Community & Technical Colleges Newtown campus in Lexington, Ky. Photo provided by Ryan Whitt.

How a 48-hour video game design competition, opened friendships, opportunities for UK students

Ryan Whitt February 12, 2020

They came together as strangers passionate about video game design and left as friends.Rafael Estrada, Sam Morris, Michael Probst, and Caleb Geyer met at Lexington's Global Game Jam Event in late January.Probst...

Old television sets cover a wall at the Burl Arcade in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Kayleigh Conrad | Staff

Travel back to the ’80s with The Burl Arcade

Kayleigh Conrad November 1, 2018

One quarter per play starts up vintage video arcade games such as NBA Jam, Star Wars Pinball and Vindicators in The Burl’s newest project, The Burl Arcade.Located just off Manchester Street in the heart...

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Gamers must demand an end to female objectification in games

September 11, 2018

As both a proud gamer and a feminist, an issue has weighed heavily on my mind for quite some time. I feel that aside from internet memes here and there, there is little discussion about the objectification...

E3 Rundown – Should we be optimistic about the video game industry?

Dalton Stokes June 15, 2018

From the 12th to the 14th gamers, everyone has turned their focus to the world's biggest gaming conference and expo known as E3, or the Electronic Entertainment Expo, where video game lovers, players and...

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The New Age of Gaming

January 23, 2018

In the past year an entirely new genre of video games have emerged and its taking the gaming industry by storm. A major shift in an industry that has reached a point of elite status, something that wouldn’t...

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‘Star Wars: Battlefront II’ is a lesson for the gaming industry about pay-to-win schemes

Dalton Stokes December 7, 2017

The newest Star Wars game, "Star Wars: Battlefront II," experienced something short of a revolt by the players in a monumental backfire.In mid-November, videogame supergiant EA published its sequel to...

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Wait for the price tag to drop before you buy ‘Call of Duty: WWII’

Dalton Stokes November 29, 2017

"Call of Duty: WWII," the latest installment of the classic game franchise, is not worth the chunk of change that gamers are forced to pay in order to play."CoD WWII" released in early November and does...

‘Become Legend’ with Destiny 2

Dalton Stokes November 17, 2017

A few months ago, Bungie and Activision released their newest hit game, Destiny 2.As anyone could have guessed, it has been quite a blockbuster game. Bungie has continued to show consistency in making...

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November is jam-packed with upcoming game releases

November 8, 2017

The past few weeks have been an exciting in the world of gaming, with many developments leading to a midgen refresh, along with other revolutions in PC gaming.First and foremost, many console gamers...

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