The Student News Site of Colorado State University

The Rocky Mountain Collegian

The Student News Site of Colorado State University

The Rocky Mountain Collegian

The Student News Site of Colorado State University

The Rocky Mountain Collegian

Brian Fosdick

An open letter to holiday Facebook posters

December 2, 2013

I don’t really enjoy policing Facebook and I’ll probably never say this to my friends personally, but every year around holiday season there is a certain type of person who believes that is their...

Brian Fosdick

The smell of a fresh new paper weight

November 22, 2013

My original plan for the week was to write about the NSA and Google and how your inbox is slowly becoming everyone’s favorite hangout spot. That was until I realized that all of the new gaming consoles...

Brian Fosdick

Shooting prevention finally coming to a local level

November 11, 2013

At some point in our lives we’ve all been forced to sit through a safety class. Whether it was the ridiculous classes that encouraged us to put our heads under our desks in case of a tornado, or how...

Brian Fosdick

Micropayments are the future

November 7, 2013

It wasn’t too long ago that microtransactions were considered a major scourge on the gaming world. Many people associated the microtransaction market model with games that were imbalanced in the name...

Brian Fosdick

It is getting better

October 31, 2013

It’s always funny to look back on myself in my high school years and realize how much of a jerk I was. I came from Pueblo, Colorado and while my personal experiences say nothing about the town as...

Brian Fosdick

Niche hobby clubs and why they will continue to grow

October 24, 2013

I’ve had the honor of being an officer in two niche clubs in my two years at CSU and I’ve had the chance to watch them grow through good and bad. The most recent club I’ve been a part of that has...

Brian Fosdick

Learning to take no for an answer

October 15, 2013

If you’ve ever been in a serious relationship for a long period of time, you probably ran into the situation where someone else hit on your significant other. Normally, this situation isn’t a big...

Brian Fosdick

Splitting the political difference: a chance for new parties to shine

October 8, 2013

So if you’ve been reading about the government shutdown in the news recently,you’ll know the general consensus on our congress at the moment is that they are just below cockroaches in the latest...

Brian Fosdick

Gaming as a tool for learning

October 1, 2013

If you played games growing up, it’s no great secret that many parents thought video games were trying to turn you into the next Charles Manson. The jury is also out on what is the “prime age”...

Brian Fosdick

Political extremism isn’t always bad

September 27, 2013

A recent article in the Denver Post caught my eye. Not because of the actual topic the article was written about, but because of one of the assertions made by the political consultant interviewed in...

Brian Fosdick

Video games as a growing art

September 20, 2013

Not long ago, calling video games an art would’ve gotten you laughed out of the room by most people. Despite that, video games have grown significantly over the past ten years. Whether it’s the increase...

Brian Fosdick

Words online and why they matter

September 12, 2013

It's common to hear the opinion that what you say online means nothing. That behind a shroud of anonymity and the glowing barrier of the computer screen, one is immune to consequences no matter what...

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