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Oscar Torres

Oscar Torres, Co-Arts and Entertainment Editor

Oscar Torres is one of the Co-Arts & Entertainment editors here in Cerritos college. He’s been wanting to study journalism since high school and since then he’s been working hard to continue his goal. He enjoys all things entertainment from manga, film, shows/cartoons, music and video games. Oscar hopes to transfer to CSULA to continue his career in journalism in hope of one day working in a news group that he is passionate about or starting his own brand for all things entertainment.

All content by Oscar Torres
Sonic CD is one of the most obscure Sonic titles, which later would go one as one of the cult classics of the classic 2D games. An updated version made by Christian Whitehead became available in 2011. Photo credit: Courtesy of Sega

A Look Back with Oscar: ‘Sonic CD’ from obscure to whimsical

Oscar Torres, Arts & Entertainment Editor • September 18, 2020
One of the most obscure Sonic titles is considered a hidden gem of the classic era. But how great is it and is it good to go back to or leave it in the past?
The second generation of the Astro A20 will work on the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. Photo credit: Astro Gaming/TNS

Playstation 5 Showcase: Excitement for a price

Oscar Torres, Arts & Entertainment Editor • September 17, 2020
With Microsoft announcing the price and release date for their next-gen Xbox consoles, all eyes point towards Sony.
This is Ubisoft's 2nd presentation of the year. Here they announced updates regarding current content and newly announced games. Photo credit: Ubisoft

Ubisoft Forward: Disappointment with a few diamonds in the rough

Oscar Torres, Arts & Entertainment Editor • September 16, 2020
This is Ubisoft's second presentation this year but was pretty disappointing. Most of the games shown were a letdown but what games did they show that was good?
The time of year where people go out scare and trick or treat may not happen. As officials warn residence to stay at home at all times during the holiday.

Canceling Halloween is scary, but catching COVID-19 is scarier

Oscar Torres • September 11, 2020
With Halloween almost here, many are concerned if it's a good idea to take part in it. With many Halloween attractions being closed and officials advising against the holiday, the future is uncertain.
A lone firefighter battles a raging inferno. As of Sept. 11, over 3000 homes have been lost, with billions in damages.

PG&E: Profit, Greed and Evil

Oscar Torres, Edgar Mendoza, and Sean Davis • September 11, 2020
It's time for the power company giant, to share that power with the people. Battling climate change and democratizing energy are interconnected struggles.
Super Mario World is the fourth mainline 2D plat former for the Mario Series. Its also one of the launch titles for the acclaimed Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

A Look Back With Oscar: Super Mario World 16bits of pure enjoyment.

Oscar Torres, Arts & Entertainment Editor • September 10, 2020
"Super Mario World" is one of the all-time greatest Mario games, with many levels to explore and easy to learn but hard to master gameplay. How good is it today, after 30 years?
This is the second film that Disney has made on the Phineas and Ferb show. A third film is also in the works with the success and popularity of the series.

‘Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candance Against the Universe’ review

Oscar Torres, Arts & Entertainment Editor • September 10, 2020
With the second film's release fans have been dying to know if this is a great film that gives off the classic vibe from watching the show for the first time.
The Transformers is one of the most pop culture icons of the '80s. With its colorful cast of characters and deep lore its no secret that its still around to this day and referencing the first cartoon most of the time.

A Look Back With Oscar: ‘Transformers Generation One’, more than meets the eye

Oscar Torres, Arts & Entertainment Editor • September 10, 2020
The Transformers, a pop culture phenomenon that spans many years of history through toys games, movies, and shows. Is the first cartoon still good as it is today?
Some Companies would go all little on games just to get a quick buck at consumers. But when there charging more money on poorly made games with no next gen changes then we start and wonder why we put up with this for too long. Photo credit: Oscar Torres

Why the gaming industry is the one playing us

Oscar Torres, Arts and Entertainment Editor • September 4, 2020
Many consumers get screwed over by gaming companies that utilize the worst greedy tactics to get more money out of them. What are the tactics that are used and what can people do to avoid it?
This year celebrates 35 years since the release of the original "Super Mario Bros.". To celebrate, Nintendo released a Direct focus of the red and blue plumber. Photo credit: Nintendo

Nintendo Direct Mario 35th Anniversary: Celebrating all things Mario

Oscar Torres, Arts & Entertainment Editor • September 3, 2020
35 years since the original release of "Super Mario Bros." Nintendo wanted to celebrate its anniversary with a ton of announcements that will excite fans with games and merchandise.
Nintendo Direct Mini Partner Showcase is a presentation made by Nintendo. This is dedicated to Nintendo's Third Party partners where they showed off some games. Photo credit: Nintendo

Nintendo Direct Mini Partner Showcase: Giving Third-Parties A Chance to Shine

Oscar Torres and Edgar Mendoza • August 31, 2020
With Nintendo's silence regarding their first-party games, many fans were expecting a general Direct. Instead, we got a Direct Mini Partner Showcase.
TMNT: Turtles in Time is a four/two player co-op beat em up game developed by konami. The players travel through space and time to stop Shredder and bring back the Statue of Liberty. Photo credit: Manuel Sagra

A Look Back with Oscar: ‘TMNT: Turtles in Time’

Oscar Torres, Arts & Entertainment Editor • August 28, 2020
Developed by Konami, "TMNT: Turtles in Time" is one of the many great beat-em-up games released in the 90s.
DC Fandome is a global event celebrating all things DC. In the event they showed off first looks, trailers and announcements of upcoming DC movies, shows and games. Photo credit: Lettawren

DC Fandome: Into the Future of DC

Oscar Torres, Arts & Entertainment Editor • August 28, 2020
DC's version of Comic-Con titled DC Fandome is a global event that spans 24 hours and is split into two parts, films and games.
Indie World is a global presentation made by Nintendo. The point of the presentation is to show off a multitude of Indie games that is set to release either on the same day, weeks, months or in a year. Photo credit: Nintendo

Indie World Overview: 20 minutes of new indie goodness

Oscar Torres, Arts & Entertainment Editor • August 21, 2020
Nintendo comes back from their silence to bring us an Indie World presentation, focusing on indie games coming out later this year and next year.
Dragon Ball Z is a Japanese manga/anime created by Akira Toriyama. It stars Goku a Saiyan from the planet Vegeta as he protects the earth and the universe from powerful opponents with the help of his friends and former enemies

A Look Back With Oscar: ‘Dragon Ball Z’

Oscar Torres and Edgar Mendoza • August 21, 2020
Dragon Ball Z is one of the biggest anime in the world, inspiring fans and animators alike. With the series finished, does it still hold up today?
Fall Guys is a battle royale type plat-former published by Devolver Digital and created by MediaTonic. You go against up to 60 people for the chance to win the crown. (Mediatonic and Devolver Digital )

‘Fall Guys’ Review: Fun but Stressful Experience.

Oscar Torres, Arts & Entertainment Editor • August 14, 2020
The battle royale/platformer game is out now and whether fans watch it on Twitch or play it on Steam or PS4, its chaotic fun brings joy and stress to everyone.
This is one of the arcade cabinets owned by SNK. This has some of their best fighting games like King of Fighters and Fatal Fury. Chris Ainsworth

SNK Retrospective: ‘Their humble beginnings to Now’

Oscar Torres, Arts & Entertainment Editor • August 14, 2020
SNK has been making games since the ‘70s. Read about their humble beginning, downfall, and return to their roots.
Trump signed executive actions barring business transactions with WeChat and TikTok, which could have long-reaching consequences for its many users in the U.S.

An attempt to rid the US of Chinese owned apps

Oscar Torres, Arts & Entertainment Editor • August 13, 2020
Trump announced a Tik Tok ban and sanction against several Chinese companies.
"SCOOB!" is a film based on the character of the same name. It is supposed to be the start of the Hanna Barbara Cinematic Universe. Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons

‘SCOOB!’ is a forgettable mess of a film

Oscar Torres, Staff Writer • May 17, 2020
Spoiler alert! The film offers great animation but the entire plot is sadly something not worth looking forward to.
Photo credit: Flickr

A Look Back With Oscar: Transformers (2007)

Oscar Torres, Staff Writer • May 15, 2020
A film that many people remember but didn't age well at all.
The theme of the level is that there are guys roaming around. Swallowing them would create a giant egg for the player to throw, and if it hits the ground it creates a shockwave.

A Look Back With Oscar: ‘SMW2 Yoshi’s Island’

Oscar Torres • May 6, 2020
"Yoshi's Island" is a fantastic game that still lives up to this very day with its incredible gameplay and outstanding visuals.
This is a model that was used in the Terminator movies. This shows how terrifying the original design was with how it has teeth similar to ours.

A Look Back With Oscar: Terminator (1984)

Oscar Torres • May 4, 2020
The Original Terminator is an astounding sci-fi horror film that gives out tension and suspense the whole way through.
Guilty Gear Strive direction focuses on making more people into it like casuals. Here we see Sol Badguy the main protagonist fighting against his Rival Ky Kiske.

‘Guilty Gear Strive’ brings new fun, needs more work

Oscar Torres, Staff Writer • April 26, 2020
How do gamers feel about the new closed beta so far?
"A Look Back With Oscar" is a film column dedicated to reviewing popular movies from years ago and deciding whether those movies still hold up to today's standards.

A Look Back With Oscar: Iron Man

Oscar Torres • April 25, 2020
In this "A Look Back With Oscar", Oscar reviews the first Iron Man film. Is it still considered a good movie?
The Original Street Fighter 2 released in 1991. The game is considered the weakest one due to how slow it was but it was revolutionary at the time and started the fighting game craze of the 90's. Photo credit: Oscar Torres

A Look Back with Oscar: ‘Street Fighter 2’

Oscar Torres, Staff Writer • April 19, 2020
Still staying strong in the fighting game community since 1991!
"A Look Back With Oscar" is a film column dedicated to reviewing popular movies from years ago and deciding whether those movies still hold up to today's standards.

A Look Back with Oscar: ‘Space Jam’

Oscar Torres, Staff Writer • April 15, 2020
Join Oscar Torres as he looks back on old pop culture gems and reviews them as if they were released today. Do they still hold up to today's standards?
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[Photo] Retro Review Episode One: ‘Super Mario Bros’ staying strong after 35 years

Oscar Torres • April 12, 2020

A couple of students stopped by the game truck to play a bit of smash bros with each other. Everyone was having a blast with how chaotic the game was on March 11, 2020. Photo credit: Oscar Torres

The Super Smash Bros: A big but fun community.

Oscar Torres, Staff Writer • April 9, 2020

From the Nintendo 64 to the Nintendo Switch and onward, people have been spending their time on Super Smash Bros, making long-lasting friendships, enjoying time with siblings and family members or competing...

You can collect many fish in the game ranging from big to small. Many players can either sell it or donate it to the museum.

Animal Crossing New Horizons makes quarantine a little more tolerable

Oscar Torres, Staff Writer • April 8, 2020

Animal Crossing: New Horizons is a wonderful experience for fans of the series, or newcomers alike, with many hours of creating your own fun island experience. When the game was announced in 2018 many...

Fire chief of Downey saying a few words to Andrew Martifian. He congratulates him for his work.

[Photo] Downey awards local officer for ‘bravery’

Oscar Torres, Staff Writer • March 7, 2020

Fire chief of Downey saying a few words to Andrew Martifian. He congratulates him for his work.

Portrait photo of Richard Castro player number 17 of the Cerritos College baseball team. Photo credit: Oscar Torres

Motivated by family, determined to win

Oscar Torres, Staff Writer • March 9, 2020
A look at Cerritos College's notable baseball player.

‘My Hero Acadamia: Heroes Rising’ Review: a plus ultra experience

Oscar Torres and Edgar Mendoza • March 4, 2020
The second and last movie for the franchise delivers nonstop action and an emotional experience for old and new fans alike.
Here's Bob Iger on the opening premiere of World of Colors. A water them show at night that showing the beauty and music of Disney. Photo from Commons Wikimedia

Opinion: Saying Goodbye to Bob Iger, the man that made Disney what it is today

Oscar Torres, Staff Writer • March 2, 2020
From ABC to the House of Mouse, Bob Iger steps down.

Clone Wars season seven episode one a great return to form

Oscar Torres, Staff Writer • February 26, 2020

Episode one of the seventh season of the Clone Wars is a true return to form and fantastic way to start off the new and final season. Many fans were left wondering about The Clone Wars as the show ended...

‘Sonic The Hedgehog’ review: From looking bad to looking good.

Oscar Torres, Staff Writer • February 20, 2020

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This is the main stage for three of the biggest games for the end of they last day tournaments. The competitors are playing Street Fighter 5. This picture was taken in EVO 2017. Photo credit: Oscar Torres

Classics games return for the glory

Oscar Torres, Staff writer • February 19, 2020

It was announced on Feb. 4 that EVO 2020 will be on July 31 through Aug. 2 with the location of the event being held at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas. The founders of the event also announced...

UNSPECIFIED - OCTOBER 10: In this photo illustration the YouTube website is dispayed on October 10, 2006. Google has bought YouTube, the popular online video website where users can upload and watch videos for free, for $1.65billion dollars.

JayStation, the Worst Person on YouTube

Oscar Torres, Staff Writer • February 13, 2020

When thinking of the worst possible person on the internet, in all of YouTube, look no further than ImJayStation, a YouTuber that has over 5.42 million subscribers, with the majority (if not all of his...

Detail of a young woman playing video games on a Nintendo Switch home console, taken on March 7, 2017.

Huge sales numbers for the Nintendo Switch and its games

Oscar Torres, Staff Writer • February 13, 2020

Nintendo revealed their financial results for their consoles and software sales going from a nine-month period, showing that in last year's financial report Nintendo managed to sell over 30 million Switches...

City Council Members giving out plaques for the Hometown Heroes that were in the Room. They considered Kevin Gano as one of their Hometown heroes.

Norwalk honors one of its heroes

Oscar Torres, Staff Writer • February 13, 2020

Norwalk held their second city hall meeting on Feb. 4 where they gave a speech and a few words about Kevin Gano, a former Deputy City Manager and Public Safety Department founder who tragically passed...

HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 09: Brad Pitt accepts the Actor in a Supporting Role award for 'Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood' onstage during the 92nd Annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre on February 09, 2020 in Hollywood, California.

92nd Academy Awards: The winners and performances

Oscar Torres, Staff Writer • February 13, 2020

The Oscars was a well-done show with many nominations taking home the award. "Parasite" made history at this years Oscars by winning four awards, including Best Picture, which makes it the first foreign/international...

Los Angeles Lakers forward Kobe Bryant (24) hugs Minnesota Timberwolves forward Kevin Garnett (21) before the game at Target Center. Photo by Jesse Johnson-USA TODAY Sports

Off The Field: Kobe ‘Mamba’, it hurts to think we lost a great person

Oscar Torres and Luis Lemus • February 6, 2020

The loss of Kobe Bryant will definitely be felt by many people around the world for many different reasons. Olympic swimmer Mark Spitz said after his record was broken by Michael Phelps winning his...

The Best and Worst Super Bowl 2020 Commercials

Oscar Torres, Staff Writer • February 6, 2020

With every Super Bowl game comes the commercials. This year's 54th Super Bowl spawned some commercials that were both great and not-so-great. This year there were only a few bad commercials but the...

MIAMI, FLORIDA - FEBRUARY 02: (L-R) Shakira and Jennifer Lopez perform onstage during the Pepsi Super Bowl LIV Halftime Show at Hard Rock Stadium on February 02, 2020 in Miami, Florida.

“Super Bowl 54th Halftime Show”: Shakira and Jennifer Lopez The Singing Duo

Oscar Torres, Staff Writer • February 6, 2020

This years Super Bowl 54th Halftime show presented by Pepsi featured not just Jennifer Lopez but Shakira as well, putting on some of their most popular songs and included a tribute to Kobe Bryant in their...

Dozens upon dozens of storm troopers on guard next to the transport ship. All of theme were real with people in the costumes. Photo credit: Oscar Torres

Photo Gallery: Star Wars Rise of the Resistance Opening

Oscar Torres, staff writer • January 21, 2020

‘Dolittle’ Review: A mess of a film and waste of time

Oscar Torres, Staff Writer • January 21, 2020
Spoiler Alert
Dozens upon dozens of storm troopers on guard next to the transport ship. All of theme were real with people in the costumes. Photo credit: Oscar Torres

‘Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance’ An Unforgettable Experience

Oscar Torres, Staff Writer • January 21, 2020

"Rise of the Resistance" treated Star Wars fans with a ride that puts attendees up close to feeling like they're actually in one of the scenes from the movies. It starts off with guests walking through...

The Game Awards: Industry unites bringing icons together

Oscar Torres, staff writer • December 20, 2019

The Game Awards came out and with it announced the winners of all the categories while also announcing new announcements on current games and future projects. Firstly the awards show was somewhat disappointing....

The Game Awards; who deserved to win

Oscar Torres • December 20, 2019

The Game Awards came out and with it announced the winners of all the categories while also announcing new announcements on current games and future projects.Firstly the awards show was somewhat disappointing....

The Golden Globe’s 2020: Nominees and Predictions

Oscar Torres • December 20, 2019

The 77th annual Golden Globe Awards is just around the corner and already the nominees have been decided.This time the host of the awards show will be Ricky Gervais, an actor/comedian and writer who is...

Here's Corey Autrey giving his view/voice on that matter. He dislikes the idea of the new wirless implementations and does not favor it. Photo credit: Oscar Torres

Norwalk implements new wireless facilities in city-owned infrastructures

Oscar Torres • December 13, 2019

On Dec. 3 The City of Norwalk held their first and only meeting in December where they went over a few things that needed to be discussed, including the city installing new wireless facilities in the city...

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 12: Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day performs onstage during The Game Awards 2019 at Microsoft Theater on December 12, 2019 in Los Angeles, California

The Game Awards: Predictions and announcements discussion

Oscar Torres, Staff Writer • December 11, 2019

On Dec. 12 The Game Awards will be held and will be bringing together every company and person who has ever been working in the gaming industry. They will be awarding the top games that were released this...

Casey Piotrowski, Juan Negrete and Donald Steele present the plaque they were given by city hall on Dec. 3, 2019. Photo credit: Oscar Torres

W.P.M.D awarded at City Hall

Oscar Torres • December 11, 2019

WPMD, Cerritos College's radio station, was recognized by the Norwalk City council at its Dec. 3 city council meeting for being named America's best two-year college radio station.Casey Piotrowski, a faculty...

HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 13: (L-R) Executive Producer Jon Favreau, Composer Ludwig Göransson, Executive Producer/Director Dave Filoni, Director Deborah Chow, Pedro Pascal, Rick Famuyiwa, Carl Weathers, Director Bryce Dallas Howard, Gina Carano and Werner Herzog speak onstage at the premiere of Lucasfilm's first-ever, live-action series, "The Mandalorian," at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, Calif. on November 13, 2019. "The Mandalorian" streams exclusively on Disney+.

‘The Mandalorian’: Great introduction to the future series

Oscar Torres, Staff Writer • November 20, 2019
Spoiler alert.

‘Terminator: Dark Fate’ an okay successor to ‘Judgement Day’

Oscar Torres, Staff Writer • November 6, 2019
Spoiler Alert!
Photo Gallery: Golf n' Stuff Halloween Fair

Photo Gallery: Golf n’ Stuff Halloween Fair

Oscar Torres, Staff writer • November 4, 2019

The city council gave out an award to a couple of local kids for Red Ribbon Week. Photo credit: Oscar Torres

Norwalk approves concept design for Hermosillo Park

Oscar Torres • October 26, 2019

Norwalk just held their City Hall Meeting on Oct. 15 where they gave out information and resolved some issues, with the most important one being the approval of the concept design for Hermosillo Park.The...

Photo by Oscar Sutton on Unsplash

City of Norwalk approves plan for coyote management

Oscar Torres, Staff Writer • October 14, 2019

The City of Norwalk had their council meeting on Oct. 1 in Norwalk City Hall where they discussed and recognized multiple people and issues that was addressed, including the situation regarding wild coyotes...

‘Joker,’ a fresh new take on the famous comic book villain

Oscar Torres, Staff Writer • October 9, 2019
Spoiler Alert!

Is ‘Mario Kart Tour’ for players or profit?

Oscar Torres, Staff Writer • October 8, 2019
Mario Kart races towards mobile and brings in very little to show for.
"Barbie" by JeepersMedia is licensed under CC BY 2.0

Mattels ‘Creatable World’ Dolls

Oscar Torres, Staff Writer • October 8, 2019
A new line of dolls that any kid can grab and play, yes even the boys.
Gladys Garcia hitting the ball back in and interesting way. managing to hit it back before it hits their court.

Falcon Women’s Volleyball team is defeated by El Camino College Warriors

Oscar Torres, Staff Writer • October 5, 2019

Cerritos College's women's volleyball team lost a difficult game for them against El Camino college volleyball team the Warriors on Fri. Sept. 27. the scores for the first three sets were 25-12, 25-16,...

Helping the Nation Through Sports

Oscar Torres, Staff Writer • October 1, 2019
How sports heal the country during its tragic times.
Movie Review: "Rambo Last Blood"

Movie Review: “Rambo Last Blood”

Oscar Torres, Staff Writer • September 25, 2019
Spoiler alert!
Models of woody and buzz in car form. This leads to tables outside the expo. Photo credit: Oscar Torres

The House of Mouse takes over Anaheim Convention Center

Oscar Torres • August 28, 2019
Three days worth of exciting information on all things Disney.
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