PIXELATED A TECHNOLOGY AND VIDEO GAME MAGAZINE Vol. VIII - NO 02 - Spring 2019 SAMSUNG Winning the Smartphone Game CONTENT 6 7 Graphene Airpods vs Galaxy Buds by Lorenzo Hess by Siddiq Nanabawa PIXELATED TECHNOLOGY Andre Dang 4 SpaceX BFR Libby Mather by Lorenzo Hess Editors-In-Chief 8 S10 Lineup by Pratham Gandhi Ryan Eastep GAMING Managing Editor 10 Yoshi’s Crafted World by Leonard Song 11 Link’s Awakening Pratham Gandhi by Jayer Yang Ryan Leung 12 Top 8 Players at MSI Design Editors by Ryan Eastep 14 MLB The Show Lorenzo Hess by Mark Fernandez Mark Fernandez 18 Anthem Victor Dimitrov by Victor Dimitrov Content Editors 20 The Role of Assasin’s Creed in Notre Dame’s Repair Keith Renner Akira Eisenbeiss Faculty Advisor 21 Pokemon Sword and Shield by Ryan Leung 22 New Super Mario Bros U Deluxe by Aidan McAndrew -2- PIXELATED 16 24 Apex Legends Smash Ultimate Tier List by Victor Dimitrov by Ryan Eastep, Melchior Lee, and Spencer Kahn LETTER FROM THE EDITORS Hello again! We’re excited to present to you Pixelated’s second edition for this year! All of our writers and editors put their all into it and for one of us EICs, this is our last year, so it’s bittersweet to be leaving Pixelated behind. This is the last issue of the year, and it’s been a great journey. We have the latest in gaming and tech to present to you in this fnal issue of the year. In technology, we’ve got the updates on SpaceX, the innovations of Graphene, news about new samsung phones, and a discussion about airpods vs. galaxy buds. In video games, we have a discussion about a competitive smash bros ultimate tier list, news about the new hit game Apex Legends, MLB the show 2019, Anthem, Competitive League of Legends, and about Assassin’s creed’s role in the repair of Notre Dame. We also have the latest about new switch games, like the Link’s awakening reboot, Yoshi’s crafted world, New Super Mario Bros deluxe, and Pokemon sword and shield. We want to thank all of our readers for their continued support of our publication and interest. A special thanks to all our writers, editors, and our Faculty advisor, Mr. Renner for helping make this possible, we hope you enjoy this issue! Until next time, Andre Dang Libby Mather Editors-in-Chief, Volume VIII PIXELATEDPIXELATED -3--3- n February 6th, 2018, SpaceX develop a fully functioning, low-cost rocket lunar orbit for an easier week-long mission launched its Falcon Heavy Rocket. that could transport humans and cargo to which is scheduled for the year 2023. Soon Falcon Heavy had never been Mars and back, all while keeping the rocket afer the announcement, Japanese billionaire Olaunched before, and afer years of planning, largely reusable. However, SpaceX has its Yusaku Maezawa bought all the tickets on building, and testing, it completed its maiden eyes trained on the Red Planet and is quickly that fight and has not revealed whether he voyage without exploding into what would be working towards its goal. It has already will invite others along with him. Tis trip the “best frework display” one would have designed, created, and successfully tested an will help to test and further fnance BFR. ever seen, to quote SpaceX CEO and Founder inner-ship spacesuit. SpaceX has proven that Afer BFR completes its frst mission, SpaceX Elon Musk. it can maintain fnancial stability and remain hopes to also land it on the Moon and begin Falcon Heavy can be used to transport proftable, and the accelerating development developing a moon base. Ten, afer proving heavier cargoes than other rockets; it has 27 of rockets and other space technologies the rockets’ capabilities, will SpaceX send it Merlin engines and can deliver up to 5 million ensures the continued demand for its rockets. to Mars. Earth-Mars synchronization, or the pounds of thrust at lifof, the equivalent of the And while it appears that SpaceX has yet to term for describing when Mars is closest to maximum thrust of 18 Boeing 747 aircrafs. begin researching Martian colonization, its Earth in terms of each planet’s orbit, occurs Falcon Heavy delivers the most thrust of any design and construction of an eventual Mars about every two years. In 2017, SpaceX stated currently operational rocket on Earth and rocket is well underway. it would send its frst Mars mission in 2022, is second in total only to the United States’ and its second in 2024, both being Earth- Saturn V Rocket. Falcon Heavy can transport “With reusable rockets, low launch Mars synchronization years. With the lunar up to 141,000 lb pounds of cargo, and its three mission scheduled for 2023, however, it’s rocket boosters of are able to self-navigate costs, and other efcient business probable that SpaceX will send BFR to Mars themselves down to a landing pad on Earth models like in-house vertically later than originally scheduled. for use in following missions. Tis unique integrated manufacturing, SpaceX Te frst BFR Mars mission will only send ability allows SpaceX to greatly cut launch one rocket, the purpose of the mission being costs. It hasn’t fown since its maiden launch is poised to become a global leader “to confrm water resources, identify hazards, but is set to fy again on April 9, 2019, as of the in rocket transport” and put in place initial power, mining, and writing of this article. life support infrastructure”. BFR’s second SpaceX’s other, smaller rocket is the Falcon Originally, SpaceX planned to develop Mars mission will involve at least two rockets 9 Rocket. It is a single-fuselage rocket with its “BFR”, or “Big Falcon Rocket” (also “Big carrying both cargo and a crew. Te BFR 9 Merlin engines and can deliver up to 1.7 Friendly Rocket” or, more bluntly, “Big uses liquid oxygen and liquid methane as millions pounds of thrust at sea level. It can F*****g Rocket”), as a single booster rocket its propellants. Since these resources are transport up to 50,000 pounds of cargo, and standing 348 f tall and delivering almost 12 abundant in the solar system refueling afer being launched into space, its rocket million pounds of thrust. SpaceX recently stations can be set up on planets like Mars. booster can self-navigates itself back down redesigned the BFR, however, and it is now Setting up a refueling station will be one of the to Earth like the Falcon Heavy. SpaceX has a two-part rocket. Its booster is called Super frst objectives of BFR’s frst manned mission. used Falcon 9 for dozens of missions. It only Heavy and its ship is called Starship, with the Once the basic refueling and life support costs $62 million to launch, compared to the whole rocket still being referred to as BFR. necessities are set up, more rockets will be launch cost of the Falcon Heavy coming it at Super Heavy will be about 207 f long, and sent to Mars thereby bringing more cargo and $90 million. Tese prices are lower than what Starship will be about 180 f long, making the more people. competitors can ofer, and are extremely low BFR 387 f tall in total. BFR will be able to Even without factoring in technological when compared to launch costs of previous carry 150 tons, the greatest payload capacity obstacles, further questions surround US government rockets. of any rocket ever, greater than the 135 tons humanity’s likely colonization of Mars. Will With reusable rockets, low launch costs, for Saturn V and 54.4 tons for Falcon Heavy. people be comfortable with the several- and other efcient business models like in- On top of this, Starship can also house up month-long trip? How will Martian gravity house vertically integrated manufacturing, to 100 people. Because it is fully reusable, afect the human body? If we continuously SpaceX is poised to become a global leader BFR also has the lowest marginal cost per struggle with both domestic and international in rocket transport. One of the main goals of launch of any rocket ever built. In fact, the politics, how are we supposed to even consider the industry is lowering the cost/cargo ratio of Falcon 1, Falcon 9, and Falcon Heavy, all dealing with interplanetary politics? How a rocket launch, and thanks to technological SpaceX’s rockets, happen to be the next three will we deal with intersections of Martian achievements like these, the company has rockets (in descending order) with the lowest and Earthian societies? While SpaceX’s frst begun to tout rockets as both economically marginal cost per launch. Martian city may be governed under “direct and technologically viable forms of intercity To fnance BFR, SpaceX designed it to be democracy,” as Elon Musk has stated, how will transportation. It would take approximately able to support all the missions that its current other Earthian nations and corporations rule half an hour to get from New York to Los operational rockets, the Falcon 9 and Falcon their own settlements? Massive infrastructure Angeles in a rocket, SpaceX says. Heavy, are able to carry out all at a lower is needed to create BFR but also to ensure that Overshadowing SpaceX’s “smaller” marginal cost per launch. BFR will not only future Martians are ensured the preservation dreams such as intercity rocket transport is be able to deliver satellites to Earth orbit but of their basic human rights. Questions such the company and CEOs’ prized goal: a self- will transport cargo and humans to and from as “how will passengers live comfortably on sustaining city on Mars with a population of 1 the International Space Station, the Moon, the trip over?” should be answered with “how million by 2060.