Sonos has built its reputation on delivering premium audio in compact formats and the Beam (Gen 2) addresses the soundbar needs of space-conscious homes without compromising performance: This Dolby ...

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From its launch in 2005 to its eventual decline in the mid-2010s, Guitar Hero was in service of celebrating bangers. Even after all these years, it’s hard not to think about Guitar Hero when hearing ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

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