Author: Jerald Uy

A couple of years before the turn of the millennium, when Gen Zs were still in diapers, we, the older millennials, frequented arcades, inserted ₱5 coins into token slots, and pressed “Start.” No pun nor innuendo intended, we played with joysticks for a geekgasmic experience. It was among the best times of being a high schooler before the age of social media. The fighting game genre was at its peak. The colorful, cosmopolitan brawlers of “Street Fighter” were the most popular, with VS. crossover games with Marvel, alongside other Capcom characters. There’s also “Tekken” for those into family revenge stories,…

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Two years after Amazon’s streaming platform let go of its executives in Southeast Asia and paused financing local productions, Prime Video is back, investing in Filipino content through its Prime Original slate and acquired films. It is also bringing international titles and beloved anime titles into the mix. Prime Video revealed that a new “The Ghost in the Shell” anime series, produced by Science SARU, will stream exclusively on the platform. In case you’re an anime noob, “The Ghost In The Shell” is a cyberpunk science fiction that follows the story of the full-body cyborg Motoko Kusanagi and the combat…

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