Online games have replaced backgammon as the source of gaming entertainment for many young people. But do online games lead to dangerous addiction? Ilias Kiritsis, Giles Leonard, and Gina Vagia went into the cafes to find out.

World of Warcraft, the online role playing game, has introduced an alternative way for youth to entertain themselves and socialize. According to Blizzard, which own World of Warcraft, the number of users that play this game reached 10 million worldwide the last year.

For three years now, when Nick’s friends want to see him, they must drive to his home, because he spends so much time in front of a computer screen playing World of Warcaft. His obsession with the game is such that when he isn’t playing it, he is talking about it. He even shirks his responsibilities to play. Even when he decides to do something else, he looks forward to returning home and logging in again. This… Continue reading →

Match Point (2005)

Written and directed by Woody Allen

With Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Scarlett Johansson, Emily Mortimer, Matthew Goode, Brian Cox, Penelope Wilton

Woody Allen left his beloved Manhattan for the first time in his film career and returned to the big screen with Match Point, a pleasantly surprising film that received an outstanding reception at the Cannes Film Festival in 2005.

The story takes place in modern-day London. Irishman Chris Wilton (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers), a young ex-tennis professional, lands a job as a tennis instructor at a very exclusive tennis club, where he meets his first rich student, Tom Hewett (Matthew Goode). Discovering their mutual interest in opera, Tom invites Chris… Continue reading →

The music of the Greek bands Old House Playground and Dustbowl flooded the crowded Planet Music, a live stage club in the center of Athens on an April night. The difference in sound which swung from country-rockabilly to alternative excited the fans that danced and sang along with the bands.

Old House Playground opened the evening with Ain’t gonna rain today, from their debut album, The Whore and the Dog. The fans savored their drinks and music, which made a great combination. “They played very well, even though the singer was sick with fever,” said Jenny Kapatai, who sings professionally. “What I also enjoyed was Conor’s bass, which has never sounded so good.”

Tryfon Lazos, the band’s singer,… Continue reading →

An aging, high-ranking, workaholic public servant meets a young girl in a London coffee shop, starting a story which balances on an unlikely romance and a powerful political message.

Lawrence, portrayed by Bill Nighy of The Pirates of the Carribean and Love Actually , is a senior adviser to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, or the British equivalent of our minister of finance. He personifies the stereotype of the elder, brilliant bureaucrat who is clueless when it comes to socializing with other people.

Kelly McDonald (Trainspotting) plays Gina who is a mysterious young woman seeming as if she represents a totally different world in the beginning of the film, despite her loitering in the same coffee shops as executives… Continue reading →

Lights fade. A yellow box illuminates the center stage. Behind the curtains, someone strikes chords on an acoustic guitar. Then, a drum triplet blasts the curtains open, warping the audience to the 1980s as the instruments pump out the Scorpions’, “Rock you like a hurricane.”

The rock band Bonus performed live on Sept. 23 at the Pierce Theater. The Deree College Ambassadors organized the event.

“We’re going to rock this college,” said Nassos, Bonus’s lead singer and acoustic guitarist, after the opening song. “We’re going to turn this place into a School of Rock.”

Attendance was lower than expected due to poor weather conditions, said college ambassador Aikaterini Papaioannou. The audience, however, applauded the band with shout outs and… Continue reading →