By Danica Davidson

It may sound crazy, but even in 2014, bigotry is alive and well. After seeing racist posts on social media from fellow students and battling day-to-day biases, students at Colgate University decided they’d had enough.

Mimi Ballard, ’18, has experienced bigotry firsthand. She reported another student saying to her, “Oh, I didn’t know your people got in here.” She also recalls a group of white guys calling her names like Shoniqua and Shanene.

“I wasn’t going to spend the rest of my four years here being miserable and hating myself,” she said. “I wanted to do something about it. Personally, I plan on protesting until the administration hears us and there’s actual change. I’m going to stay here until I can be comfortable in this community.”

Fed-up students like Ballard created the Colgate Association of Critical Collegians (ACC), which swiftly launched its powerful #CanYouHearUsNow campaign. Hundreds of students are protesting, wanting to make their campus more all-embracing, open-minded and diversified.

“During the beginning of this year, there were a series of events that led me to a low point and I think I felt defeated,” explained Natasha Torres, ’15, who is one of the founders of ACC. “I can’t not do anything. It led to a group of us getting together about how we could address it. People think these [examples of bigotry] are isolated events, but they’re not. They happen every day.”

Bladimir Martinez, ’16, has definitely experienced bias. He described how he’ll be casually ...

By Clint Mize

Though “Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor” doesn’t hit stores until September 30, MTV has been hands on with the ambitious game – which takes place after the events of the upcoming “The Hobbit: The Battle Of Five Armies,” and before “The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Rings” – for the past week.

It’s a deep gaming experience that’s steeped in the movies, heavy on action and an easy to jump into whether you’re a Tolkien fan, a movie fan, or just want something new and exciting for your game system.

Here’s everything you need to know… Because one does not simply walk into “Shadow Of Mordor”:

Lore of the Rings

Warner Bros.

“Shadow” — as its name suggests — is somewhat set behind the scenes of the immense world created by J.R.R. Tolkien’s mind. The story takes place after the events of “The Hobbit,” and leads up to “Fellowship of the Ring.” Thus, you’ll have a cameo from some mainline characters within the plot, and in flavor text for collectible extras.

The plot itself boils down to a revenge story. You’re Talion, an elf who is part of an elite ranger outfit guarding the gateway to Mordor. A massive attack on your outpost — lead by the fearsome Uruk-hai — devastates your base and the agents of Sauron perform an insidious ritual taking your life, as well as those of your wife and son. However, the spell has a secondary effect of binding your spirit ...

By Clint Mize

“Hyrule Warriors” is a curious thing. When we first got a look-see way back last December, we weren’t exactly sure what Nintendo was thinking. Mixing “Zelda” with “Dynasty Warriors” seemed too weird to be true. However, the bold move proves that Nintendo still knows what they’re doing.

Of course, fans have solid reasons for casting a side eye at “Hyrule Warriors”. Previously, game co-developers Team Ninja worked on “Metroid: Other M,” which attracted some serious flak. To hand them perhaps Nintendo’s most precious series was almost too much to bear. This go-round, TN – partnered with ω-Force – would have their work cut out for them if they wish to quell naysayers.

Fortuntately, they have seemed to do the impossible and make a decidedly un-”Zelda” game fit together.

Here’s what we thought of “Hyrule Warriors,” which hits shelves September 26.

Become The Hero of Time
“Hyrule Warriors” is more or less “Dynasty Warriors” with a healthy coating of a “Legend of Zelda”-colored paint. The core to the series involves battle scenarios in which you play as a general and must capture opposing bases and defeat their champions. As the missions progress, you have varying tasks that decide the fate of your army. It’s up to you meet and exceed these objectives and win the day.

On the story side, this game is everything that makes “Zelda”… well, “Zelda.” You won’t find many surprises if you’re deeply rooted in the 25-year-plus-old series, yet the familiarity is charming nonetheless. Basically, you’ll ...

By Andrew Maclean

Madison Square Garden has always been a symbol of success for musician. It’s a stage that demands a performance as legendary as the venue itself, and this Saturday, producer/DJ Eric Prydz will bring his EPIC 3.0 show to the New York City arena.

“Doing a show like Madison Square Garden obviously is the biggest venue I’ve taken on so far in terms of my EPIC show” Prydz told MTV News. “It’s very exciting and a bit scary as well. I’m not really nervous; I don’t really have time to [be] because there’s so much preparation in the music and the productions and everything going into the show.”

While the EPIC show is surely going to be exactly that, Prydz seems to be preparing everything except what he will be playing.

“As always, for me, I don’t really prepare. I go to a club or to an event like this and I improvise” revealed Prydz. “And you know there was this whole thing about these EDM DJs and these new big production shows where people just press play and it’s pre-programmed, and I think with EPIC, we can show people it doesn’t have to be like that. You can improvise and you can improvise with the visuals and with the whole production side of it as well as with the music.”

Not only will the show be improvised, but fans can expect a slew of special edits and remixes unique to show.

“For the EPIC shows, I do a ...

Blizzard just dropped a bomb for fans with news that the successor to the uber-popular “World of Warcraft” massively multiplayer online game (MMO), “Titan,” has been canned. After seven years in development it looks like Blizzard is reevaluating their model and going back to the drawing board.

By Clint Mize

Of course, “Titan” was never actually official announced – even we couldn’t dig out a confession. However, rumors permeated the gaming community, which had everyone eagerly waiting their next big thing. Unfortunately, if you were expecting the next dynamite MMO experience, you’re out of luck.

It seemed those Blizzard wizards had trouble conjuring up the next proper step for MMOs.

In an interview with Polygon, Blizzard co-founder and CEO Mike Morhaime said of “Titan,” “We set out to make the most ambitious thing that you could possibly imagine. And it didn’t come together.”

“We didn’t find the fun,” Morhaime said. “We didn’t find the passion. We talked about how we put it through a reevaluation period, and actually, what we reevaluated is whether that’s the game we really wanted to be making. The answer is no.”

What this means is that Blizzard would rather take the hit than release a subpar game. On the positive side, developers who can take a long look in the mirror and decide to change things up in spite of massive loss is ultimately better for gamers. We’ll get a better, tighter, richer experience rather than a middling recursive sequel.

Fortunately, Blizzard has substantial market ...

By Charles Webb

Scooter Braun is confident “Scorpion” can stand on its own. The producer for the CBS genius drama thinks the hour-long series will be able to survive without gimmicks like celebrity cameos… But in his other role as a music talent manager, he’s got some of his clients interested in making an appearance on the new series, which makes its debut tonight (September 22).

“The most important thing I want to do is let the show speak for itself,” Braun told MTV News on the red carpet for the show, at the Paley Center for Media in Los Angeles. “If you make a really good TV show, you don’t need any other gimmicks.”

The School Boy Records owner – home to acts like Justin Bieber, Airana Grande, and Carly Rae Jepsen – isn’t saying “no” to cameos to any of the acts he manages.

“There’s definitely been a lot of interest from our friends,” Braun said. “A lot of our acts and friends of mine are intrigued by the show and would love to be a part of it.”

Explaining how he was drawn to the series, Braun said that it was after meeting the inspiration for “Scorpion,” Walter O’Brien, that he was interested in tackling this series about a collection of brilliant minds trying to solve the world’s unsolvable problems. Elyes Gabel (“World War Z,” “Interstellar”) plays O’Brien in the series alongside Katherine McPhee (“Smash”), Eddie Kaye Thomas (“American Pie”), Robert Patrick (“Terminator 2″).

Tonight’s pilot, directed by “Fast ...

Technically speaking, @JK_Rowling has been a thing for more than half a decade, but most of that time the “Harry Potter” scribe’s account was locked under a super-strong silencio spell. As she warned right off the rip, she originally meant for it to exist and cast away posers, and that’s about it.

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Muggles by the millions clicked right on the little “follow” icon anyway with the hope of someday charming her into the digital fold, even though for years she kept being like, “Nope. Really, really busy, guys.”

“Seriously. Stuff to do.”

Though she did resist the dank pits of social networking for an impressive stint, deep down we all knew it was really only a matter of time before she would finally come in and brighten the place up a bit with some of her special magic.

Alas, the wait was not in vain. Our gal Jo (we get to call her that now, right?) has at long last deigned to grace the interwebs with her presence, and it is exactly as awesome as expected.

‘Cause first of all, she’s just as saptastic about her stories as we all are, yo.

And, by the way, she’s totally been trolling everyone this entire time.

Queen J.K. knows precisely what her loyal subjects need. Exhibit A: This 411 on her ridiculously adorable patronus.

(Warning: The sight of this creature may and probably will induce gushy feels.)

The fact of the matter is that there is no better ...