By Izo Lopez, a contributor from Mineski.net A Filipino audience only has two modes: stoic and hype. In the former, the crowd is quiet, shy, with people shifting from foot to foot and content to watch any show without budging until it’s time to applaud. The latter on the hand is, for every bit that…
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The Fundamentals of Fear Fear is an important aspect of human physiology: Fear can induce certain bodily responses through neurotransmitters. Adrenaline, for example, makes the body more alert and gives a physical boost for a certain period of time, called an "adrenaline rush," especially when people feel threatened. The feeling of fear could be addicting,…
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Ever had a brownout come around between save points and wipe out precious hours of game play? Ever come home to a devastating PC crash that took your files and your game saves along with it? Or, alternatively, did you have a bad run-in with the wrong kind of player in a MOBA? Did…
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It only makes perfect sense for a basketball anime to make landfall in the Pearl of the Orient. Barangay 143 will be a gritty Manila-based basketball anime to air in the Philippines next year. Who'd have thought? Barangay 143 will be produced by the partnership of Singapore-based media company August Media Holdings, Japanese national broadcaster TV Asahi, and of…
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San Diego Comic Con is today! We've all heard about the tons of amazing stuff and incredible sketches available to con-goers this year and we even made a wish list of exclusives that we need. Well, just a few days after we published that post, tons of updates from different retailers and artists came out and…
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We corrected our earlier statement that Pokémon Go was released in Japan. We apologize for the confusion caused by this. Thanks to Krishna Calingacion! KHAN (lv.4 KOFFING) For those of you who somehow missed it, Pokémon Go launched last week to a limited release; it being an online thing, Australia and New Zealand are on the…
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