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Roy Jones Jr. vs. Bobby Gunn and Other Dumpster Fires
A week ago, I saw my Facebook news feed filled with posts about this boxing match I didn't hear about. Roy Jones Jr., who is pushing 50, fought someone I've heard of in recent times—Bobby Gunn. He has...
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Pacquiao vs. Khan Preview — A Flash of Lightning
With apparent confirmation of the deal for a fight between Manny Pacquiao and Amir Khan in the United Arab Emirates, which can happen as soon as April of this year, I thought the whole thing was...
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Bathos, Sincerity, and Viewing Precaution
There's this thing with Marvel movies I couldn't put my finger on until now. I had previously reviewed Doctor Strange and thought that while it was good, it wasn't the best and was even generic in...
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Giant Robot Duel — Expected Nothing, Still Let Down
So, it sort of actually happened for real well over a week ago. The Giant Robot Duel that had been two years in the making finally came to pass, and it was pretty much how I expected it to be when I...
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Schrodinger’s Keylogger in Chinese Mechanical Keyboard
There was this recent news of a model of mechanical keyboards made in China that turned out to have keyloggers illicitly installed in it. Of course, this is scandalous on a potentially global scale...
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On the “Coherence” of Marvel’s The Punisher
This article on The Verge about how Marvel's The Punisher on Netflix is a mess with how it tackles gun violence in America caught my eye. Since this blog is full of cobwebs and I recently got rejected...
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The Buck Stops Here: Loot Boxes and Predatory Practices
Pardon me while this blog post is a couple of weeks late, it's still better than never. The controversy with EA's Star Wars Battlefront II and its loot boxes made the rounds in gaming news, even...
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The Decade Rule — Limits of Staying True to an Original
What I wish to talk about here is not a new trend, but definitely a recurring one. As of this writing, the divisiveness of Star Wars: The Last Jedi is still harped on every now and then in memes and...
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The Dreaded Video Game Price Hike
There has been talk lately about how video games may actually be underpriced these days, as unbelievable as that may sound since AAA games are quite expensive already. However, pundits are making...
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A Filipino Perspective on the GPU Crypto Mining Fiasco
Never mind how more expensive video games may get later on due to the current situation regarding graphics cards. Prices have gone as high as twice the MSRP and are keeping consumers from building...
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Salt and Recommended Sodium Allowance in Games
At the moment, I have a video project queued up regarding deliberate practice and the importance of stakes in competitive video games to incentivize performance improvement. Perhaps I’ll actually...
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Well-Meaning Idiots Have Something in Common
Perhaps you’ve seen the recent viral news on an American missionary travelling to the infamous North Sentinel Island to spread the Gospel to the primitive residents there, only to be killed by their...
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Abandon Ship, Overwatch is Sinking
Overwatch is a sinking ship. I start this blog post with that statement as I’ve seen this before with another Blizzard game I used to be obsessed with. StarCraft II peaked in 2012, then floundered in...
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On the Perplexing Inability to Not Be a Turbo Fanatic
Spending time in the martial arts space is kind of like being in a school playground. Imagine you’re at the swings, and everyone brags about their own way of pushing the swings to make it swing...
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No One is an Exception
The last two weeks have been rather weird for me. I came out with that vlog for Retro Gaming Expo on the Facebook page and got a good number of positive reactions to it, which is gratifying. However,...
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A Brief Look at Etika and the Venus Project (Not That One)
The suicide of Daniel Desmond Amofah, better known as Etika, has become a hot topic a few weeks ago. As his personal belongings, and then his body, were found along the East River, more information on...
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Apparently, I Wasted Time Having Played Mirror’s Edge
This is a personal gaming story from a long time ago, back in simpler times when Electronic Arts was slightly less deplorable than it is now. It was from the late 2000s to the early 2010s when EA...
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Role Queue is an Interesting Way to Balance Overwatch
Overwatch is still a fairly important game to me, even if I tend to hurl verbal trash at it these days. I still play it with my friends whenever I can. Competitive play doesn’t really make me as salty...
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Call of Duty Mobile is My New Trash Game
Call of Duty Mobile was something I thought I’d never care about, but ended up becoming a current mainstay in my daily routine. Since I don’t feel like playing StarCraft II these days due to the whole...
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Pathologic is Fascinating Hipster Fodder
In some corners of the YouTube gaming space, where those who profess to more discerning tastes roam, there are videos about a game that recently got a good bit of attention. Pathologic is one of those...
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