The SMCC Beacon

By Elliot Clark Play Time: 4 hours (with optional rules for a 2-hour game) Players: 2 – 4 people Themes: Map-Drawing, Narrative, Cooperative, Indie. Cost: $6 (PDF only) or $25 (physical booklet + specialized cards) Using a standard deck of cards and a short pamphlet of rules, The Quiet Year, by Avery Alder, offers its… Read more

By Liam Woodworth-Cook While our government was shut down, two major strikes were occurring in North America. Just south of Brownsville, Texas, in the Mexican city of Matamoros, more than 25,000 Mexican workers at dozens of factories went on strike, demanding a 20 percent pay increase and annual bonus. In one march, they detoured and… Read more

By Cole Horne Security? Privacy? Why not both? VPNs are used to achieve both of these. Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) are a way to encrypt and transmit your data over a public network. So what are the 14 eyes and why does it matter if I use these VPNs, that are in the jurisdiction of… Read more

By Magella Cantara Its January in Portland, Maine, where there is more snow falling than people who fall in love in their lifetime. There’s black ice like the intentions you can’t decipher when you first meet someone. Best of all, there are days it will stay negative thirty. You will probably find yourself hiding away… Read more

By Magella Cantara Since the 1980’s our country has fought against discrimination against the LGBT community. It’s been a hot topic recently that transgender people deserve their equal rights just as anyone else who’s alive and making a living in this world. It was January 22 of this year that President Trump banned transgender people… Read more

By Celina Simmons Time will feel like it’s flying faster than ever this month since we all know February is the shortest month of the year. A few more weeks of this cold weather and spring will be right around the corner. Luckily for us, things are looking pretty positive in the weeks ahead. But… Read more