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  • Old Site, Old Posts, New Realizations

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    I found snippets of an old journal written between July and August 2004, and looking back at these, I had fun remembering and understanding.

  • Humble Choice No Choice

    Humble Choice No Choice

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    A humble history Humble Bundle’s subscription service “Humble Monthly”, initially launched in October 2015, featured a curated set of games at the start of each month. Five percent (5%) of the fees go to charity and every month, there would have also been different charities featured. One of the hits and misses of the Humble…

  • Steam vs Epic: My take on the battle between storefronts

    Steam vs Epic: My take on the battle between storefronts

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    Originally launched in September 2003 to provide automatic updates to Valve’s games, Steam eventually evolved to include games from third-party publishers (2005), offering digital rights management; social networking services and community-based features, such as Steam Workshop (2011); game discoverability features, such as Steam Greenlight (2012), Discovery (2014) and Steam Labs (2019). Since 2005, the number…

  • Mystery Boxes: Sometimes You Win, Sometimes You Don’t

    Mystery Boxes: Sometimes You Win, Sometimes You Don’t

    Originally launched as Bundle Stars, Fanatical is a UK-based online PC game retailer (similar to Humble Bundle) known to offer Steam games, bundles, and now, even digital comics. One thing that’s unique about Fanatical, as compared to Humble Bundle, is their Mystery Box bundle offerings. Considered to be a sham among fellow Reddit users, Fanatical…

  • On Tabletops without the Actual Table Top

    On Tabletops without the Actual Table Top

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    Over the years, tabletops have become increasingly popular and in-demand, even in this age of the internet, technology and virtual reality. Even from where I’m located, board game cafes and shops have been popping up and I, myself, have been getting into tabletops more and more: buying party games both competitive and cooperative, filling up…

  • The Evolution of My Personal Website and Portfolio

    The Evolution of My Personal Website and Portfolio

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    As I was doing some updates on my new WordPress website, I decided to look back and revisit the older iterations and versions of my portfolio website. Before this website you see now, the layout of my portfolio came across several redesigns, both published and scrapped. Here’s a brief history and showcase of the evolution of…

  • Designing my identity

    Designing my identity

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    I’ve been spending my free time in the past couple of days trying to design a new logo for myself. For the past several years, I have been using this logo, which is a monogram derived from the initials of my name: Although I really like this logo/monogram and somehow I feel like this has…

  • A question for Rick Riordan

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    A question for Rick Riordan about his novel: Percy Jackson & The Olympians. (Spoilers ahead)