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NOSTALGIA: Spoiled by Modern Gaming

NOSTALGIA: Spoiled by Modern Gaming

Metakritiko presents the NOSTALGIA series, where writers remember and ruminate on the cultural relics of days gone by.

The Family Computer may very well be the common (video game) ground among Filipinos born within the last 30 years or so - a wide variety of children grew up playing colorful games on that little maroon-and-white box with the uncomfortable rectangular controller. And nestled on the top of that box? A 30-in-one cartridge, of course.

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Ocarina of Time: One for the Ages (Part 2 of 2)

Ocarina of Time: One for the Ages (Part 2 of 2)

Link continues his quest to find the other four temples with the aid of Sheik, a young man who appears to be one of the only people opposing Ganon’s rule. Sheik teaches Link new songs to play on the Ocarina of Time, enabling Link to teleport from temple to temple. The presence of the Ocarina is anot...

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Ocarina of Time: One for the Ages (Part 1 of 2)

Ocarina of Time: One for the Ages (Part 1 of 2)

On many levels, the video game industry is just that, an industry—from the very beginning, games were designed as things to sell. This is especially true today; video games are now a multibillion-dollar business, with studios on the same financial page as Hollywood. Big game companies release sequel...

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Basta driver...

Basta driver...

As a kid I was appalled (i.e. impressed) everytime I saw those stickers on jeepney dashboards or ceilings with cartoon drawings of voluptuous girls in two-piece swimsuits plus typographies saying: “ Barya lang po sa umaga , (Loose change only in the morning)” or “ Magbayad ng maaga nang tayo’y di maaba...

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Macoy Mini-reviews: Metro Comic Con 2010

Macoy Mini-reviews: Metro Comic Con 2010

Ahh…. Got to love that new komiks smell. Let's go over some of the noteworthy indie comics released during last month’s Metro Comic Convention at the SM Mega Trade Hall, a mix of newcomers that caught our eye, and a new installment that changed our minds about an ongoing series:

Codename Bathala #1/2 by...

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