Study Break: Arena.Xlsm Transforms Microsoft Excel into a Turn-Based RPG

Posted 4/30/13 in @hackcollege.com, gaming, oddfeatures, software

For most major videogame developers, graphics are a key selling point for games, as companies try to one-up each other in terms of realism. But when your development platform is a spreadsheet application used primarily for business and educational purposes, realism takes a backseat to functional...

3 Reasons Why Students Should Care About Obama’s Proposal to Change Student Loan Rates

Last year student debt exceeded the $1 trillion mark, surpassing credit card debt. On average, a student graduates with over $25,000 in debt and 17.3% are expected to default on their federal loans. The general public has been clamoring for a solution to the student debt problem and rightfully so. President Obama’s 2014 Budget proposal ...

Un-Collegiate Wisdom

In college, it’s easy to become self-centered. Everything is being given to you all at once; it’s natural to try to grab as much as you. Sometimes, though, we bite off more than we can chew. We have everything we want, but we’re still unhappy. We think it’s because we don’t have enough- hunger- but ...

5 Personal Matchmakers Available For Your Phone

Many college students are told that they’ll never have more opportunities to meet people than in college. This may be true, but what about beyond those ivy walls? Whether a college student wants an easier way to meet someone on their campus or wants to look beyond the world of academia, it’s never been easier. ...

7 Ways To Send Emails In The Future

To send emails in the future has been something everyone wanted, but it never came as a service in any of the dominant free email websites. Thank goodness for enterprising appreneurs and appeneers. Their ingenuity has brought forth several services that are (mostly) free and usually allied with your online email account. WATCH—Hack Tricks: Gmail ...

Quick Tip: Curb Your Appetite with the ‘Apple Rule’

In many circles, the term “Apple Rule” may be associated with accounting tricks used by tech companies to record sales in real time. But for the purpose of this tip, the term will be used to help those with over-eating issues fight hunger pangs. It’s one of the most important rules from food journalist and ...

Study Break: Play Drop, a Trippy Typing Game from the Creator of Minecraft

If you feel like taking a break from your studies but don’t want to enter the endless void of social networks in search of time-wasting videos, a new browser-based game might be just what you need to get away from the books while keeping your mind sharp. The game, called Drop, is an extremely simple, ...