Book Review: Dirty Little Secrets
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10 THURSD A Y , OCT O B E R 21, 2010 ARTS A ND ENT E RT A INM E NT VA L E NCI A HIGH SCH oo L THE BAND WI ll IN-HERI T AGE T HE EAR T H The band is going to go out and repre- DJ, entertainers, and several specialty such delectable treats, there’s more By: Allen Lin sent our school.” Starting at 9:30 from areas. There will be mimes, clowns, than enough to satisfy. Perhaps you’ll Reporter Morse Avenue, the parade will go north jugglers, slot car racing, and giant follow Mr. Perez’s example and “take on Kraemer until it reaches Tri-city inflatable activities. One could truly a sample of pretty much everything.” Prosperity is a hard thing to de- Park. The parade isn’t the only reason say there are games galore. Clowns Or perhaps one might find a car show fine, but this year we’re on the more appealing, and there’s plenty to road to it, for Placentia’s 46th look at in the festival’s. With over 200 Heritage Festival and Parade! cars, it will automo-blow your mind. March with the band to Tri-City Park There will also be a Business Expo for this October; they’re heading to the emergent entrepreneurs. The Craft Fair Heritage Festival Parade! With over showcases items made with care, with 200 entries participating in the parade, over 40 shops stocked with handmade it’s sure to be one of the most stun- products. Non-profit area will have a ning sights of the year! El Tigre had a variety of organizations explaining chance to meet and discuss the parade how they are improving Placentia. with Peter Perez, assistant director of Of course, Mr. Perez’s favorite the band. According to Mr. Perez, the part is “watching the students per- band is there “To play in the parade form, [and] the students perform, and represent Valencia High School. TH E B A ND IS M A RCHING O N . PH O T O CO URT E SY OF: BRI A N & OLIVIA LUC E R O because they’re so good.” This fes- The band will be marching down the to celebrate. After the parade will be a not your thing? Trade that clown for tival will be the 46th, yet another in street, playing… Joyce’s 71st N.Y. festival, at Tri-City Park, which is on a crown, and eat like a King at his a long line of excellence. Mr. Perez Reg’t March.” He is certainly ready Kraemer Boulevard at Golden Avenue. (Food) Court. With Mexican food, concluded, saying “This will be my to go “On the Road to Prosperity”, The festival will be open from Hawaiian food, pizza, baked goods, 21st Heritage parade since 1990 with stating “I can’t wait. We’re so ready! 10:00 AM to 3:30, and will have a kettle corn, and ice cream, and other Valencia High School. It’s always Book Review: Dirty THE Futu RE O F GAMING demo, Milo and Claire continue to chat Little Secrets By: Richard Ma as if they are long lost friends. This Reporter seemly trivial demo shows the Kine- hiding her mother’s disgusting prob- ct’s potential as the future of gaming. By: Emilie Cady lem from everyone outside the family- Competing with Xbox’s Kinect is Reporter SPOILER AELERT!- the girl’s moth- From an 8-bit version of tennis to the Playstation Move. The motion con- er dies, leaving her alone to decide the spectacular realism of high defi- troller was revealed at Sony’s E3 2009 whether she should take the chance nition gaming, it is no surprise that press conference on June 2, 2009. of her house being seen by the world the next generation of video games Largely resembling the Wii, the Play- and call the paramedics, or trying to is among us. Controllers have al- station Move promises a more realistic Have you ever wondered what it keep her family secret a secret. Her re- ways been the quintessence of video approach to gaming. The PlayStation would be like to live with a Hoard- action to her mother’s death, the fact games; however, this fall, a new type Move is essentially a handheld mo- er? In the novel Dirty Little Se- that she feels nothing after her mother of controller will be available for tion controller wand. The PlayStation crets by C.J. Omololu, readers are was literally ‘buried alive’ underneath gaming: you. The two top video gam- Move uses the PlayStation Eye camera able to experience the disgusting her problem, shows the readers just ing industries, Xbox and PlayStation, to track the movement of the wand, truth about hoarding and the emo- how much hoarding can affect peo- have each created what they believe thus implementing players’ move- tional problems that come with it. ple mentally as well as emotionally. to be the next generation of gaming. ments in the game. Players could use According to the Mayo Clinic The unbelievable imagery that de- On June 1, 2009, the Kinect for the PlayStation Move as a paint brush, staff, hoarding is a psychological dis- scribes the character’s living situa- Xbox was unveiled to the world. The or something spectacular like a sword. order very similar to more commonly tion allows readers to really grasp the Kinect is a horizontal bar connected to The uniqueness of the PlayStation known mental problems such as Ob- problems that accompany hoarding. a small base with a motorized pivot, Move relies on its futuristic orb at the sessive Compulsive Disoreder(OCD). Through the narrator’s eyes, the audi- and is positioned lengthwise below top of the wand. Based on the colors Hoarders are people who never, ever ence is able to visualize and ‘smell’- the video display. What makes the Ki- in the player’s environment captured throw anything away. Everything SPOILER ALERT! - the mold, rotten nect revolutionary is its gesture, facial, by the PlayStation Eye camera, the within the walls of their home, from food, trash, year-old dirty dishes, mag- and voice recognitions. The Kinect is system selects an orb color that can empty toilet paper rolls and bottle caps gots, trash, and countless other things capable of simultaneously tracking be distinguished from the rest of the to clothes they Eve R IM A GIN E Y O UR H O US E THIS DIRTY ? PH O T O the narrator herself up to six people, portraying their im- scene. The colored light serves as an buy but never C O URT E SY FR O M : MINDILY O NS .C O M can’t even identify, age (or as a character) on the screen. active marker, tracking the player’s wear, is consid- revealing the horri- However, the true prowess of the movement around the room. Com- ered a treasure to ble reality of the way grandiose machine was revealed at the bined with the PlayStation’s power- them. Because these people live. 2009 Electronic Entertainment Expo ful hardware, the PlayStation Move of the excessive Also, the in a tech demo titled Milo. Peter Mo- can trace the player’s movements amount of trash emotional stress the lyneux from Lionhead Studios intro- with very high accuracy, providing and miscella- main character deals duced Milo, an artificial intelligence a more realistic gaming experience. neous items that with after her moth- character that interacts with players The PlayStation Move was released often reach from er’s death when try- using the Kinect gaming system. In the on September 17, 2010, while the Ki- the floor to the ing to decide what to demo, a young woman named Claire nect will be available November 2010. ceiling, their liv- do will have people walks up to the screen and greets Milo. Whether you are a die-hard Xbox fan ing quarters are flying through the Milo responds, almost magically, with or a devout PlayStation gamer, there is extremely unsan- deepest thoughts of a warm smile, as if he understands no doubt that these inventions will for- itary and danger- her mind and the Claire’s intentions. Throughout the ever change the definition of gaming. ous. In fact, there memories that she have been cases finds buried under- of people liter- neath the trash both ally being buried literally and figura- alive – and dead. tively, and soaring The thing that makes Dirty through the pages to find out about the Little Secrets so interesting is the situ- dramatic solution the narrator comes ation the character is in and the things up with in order to solve the problem. she does because of the situation. In For those who enjoy venturing the novel, a sophomore girl struggles into the real, but unbelievable, and may- to live with her mother, who to her is be even freakish situations, Dirty Little a source of shame and embarrassment Secrets is a must-read that will have because of her hoarding problem. readers open-mouthed and viewing the While trying to live a normal life and world they live in in a whole new light. TH E PL A YST A TI ao N G E TS A H A NDY N E W C O NTR O LL E R , TH E Move PH O T O CO URT E SY FR O M : TRU E BL oo DTR .C O M VA L E NCI A HIGH SCH oo L ARTS & ENT E RT A INM E NT THURSD A Y , OCT O B E R 21, 2010 11 FL ORENCE AND T HE UPCOMING MACHINE Justin Bieber ries is dancing along to The Rolling Stones By: Dominique Riutort with her father, Nick Welch.