2023 game of the year: Baldur’s Gate 3
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Contributor
I never played any Dungeons & Dragons as a kid, but I always wished I did.
When I rolled that famous 20-sided die for the …
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2023 game of the year: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
The mark of an incredible game is the ability to return to it in different moods and stages of life and have the experience be …
208 Fiction competition results
Welcome to the third annual Sandpoint Reader 208 Fiction contest, in which we invited any and all writers to submit a work of fiction totaling exactly 208 words for consideration …
Andor brings grown-up storytelling to Star Wars
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Empires by definition are so huge that they bend reality to their shape — so much so that their subjects often forget they live in …
Nature and narrative
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
As decades of language arts teachers have told us, there are four central forms of conflict inherent in any narrative: character vs. character, character vs. …
Do you wanna build a sequel?
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
I went to see the first Frozen movie with my three sisters in 2013 as a senior in high school. My baby sister was 11 …
More than craft beer
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Indecision can sometimes be fortuitous. Early in the planning process for what would become Utara Brewing Co., husband-and-wife owners Dave Kosiba and Christina Stecher were …
Home away from home
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Stepping into The Longshot cafe feels a bit like stepping outside of Sandpoint — in a good way. Though located in the former Wrenco Arms …
Not your average rap album
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff Writer
The stereotypes that accompany contemporary rap music are not the same stereotypes that accompany being a 21-year-old college-educated white female in North Idaho. Thanks …
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