Beating the likes of "Metal Gear Solid," "Silent Hill," and the "Witcher" franchise, it seems "Cory in the House" for the Nintendo DS is well on its way to becoming one of the highest-rated video games of all time. How did this happen? Currently standing at third under Metacritic 's top...
Step aside, Ozempic Pikachu, it 's Fat Pikachu 's time to shine again. Over the years, the Internet has made jokes about how the original design of Pikachu has changed over the years, with a gradual weight decline. The Pokémon mascot originally debuted with the release of the first...
I came across a map, “Plano de Manila,” showing how the city was 120 years ago, in or about 1905. That was shortly after we transitioned from being a Spanish colony to being an American colony. Streets were still called “calle,” but Taft Avenue and Avenida Rizal were already in existence,...
To understand the textured canvases of Jirah Labanza is to understand the soil of Dingle, Iloilo. In her latest exhibit, “Bosom,” the Grand Prize winner of the Philippine Art Awards returned to the fragments of the countryside that shaped her. By blending thick impastos of oil with her...
For Marge Organo, a glass is a vessel of clarity, memory, and presence. Her recently concluded exhibit, “A Look into the Prism,” was less of a formal gallery show and more of a personal invitation to see the world through her eyes—a decade of experiments and emotions captured in light....
Before satellites and jets, people crossed the seas guided by stars and propelled by currents and wind. They drew maps to hint at lands and peoples beyond the horizon, perils and rewards that await. An exhibit at the National Museum’s Cebu branch presents, through maps, the story of Europeans in...
For over four decades, Carlo Magno has been a fixture in the Philippine art scene, known for a signature style that balances the tangible with the ethereal. In his recently concluded exhibit, “Beyond the Muse,” Carlo celebrated his 40-year career by presenting a collection of 40 original...
Aside from celebrating the New Year, Jan. 1 marks a unique celebration known as Public Domain Day. On this special day, several titles lose their copyright status and enter the public domain, giving anyone free rein to use the characters as they please. Last year, iconic characters such as the...
Two of these novels are the new installments of a series, while the third is a searing and brilliant social comedy, the newest chapter of Baxter’s bright literary career. Happy New Year, and happier hours of reading. "Guide Me Home" by Attica Locke A Highway 59 novel, this latest from Locke is...
The campus was supposedly named Diliman after the thick forest that was once there. By the 1950s, however, the campus was practically treeless, with tall cogon grass being the only vegetation. The administration drew up a greening program, and on Arbor Day 1953, my classmates and I planted the...
Press F to pay respects. Vince Zampella, known to the gaming community as the co-creator of the "Call of Duty" franchise, has passed on at the age of 55 after dying in a single-car accident. Based on reports, he was driving his Ferrari along Southern California’s Angeles Crest Highway when the...
The University of the Philippines (UP) had been in the large Ermita block bounded by Taft Avenue, Padre Faura, Florida, and Isaac Peral. With the Commonwealth government’s plan to move the capital to Quezon City, land had been acquired in Diliman for the university. Building construction had...
