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Rant and Rave: Welcome to Night Vale

Rating:  Welcome to Night Vale (WTNV) is your ordinary community radio show narrated by the eloquent host Cecil Gershwin Palmer (voiced by Cecil Baldwin). Just like any other small town radio, the station broadcasts and archives public service announcements, activities, traffic reports and live news updates of the Glow Cloud that rains animal carcass upon the…

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Rant and Rave: Pokémon X and Y

It’s hard not to get all aboard the hype train when a commercial featuring Pikachu standing on top of the Eiffel Tower announced the advent of a new era in Pokémon gaming. This time, the monster collecting franchise comes to life exclusively on the 3DS family as Pokémon X and Y – the sixth installment…

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Rant and Rave: ‘The Walking Dead’, Season 4 Premiere

It’s October again, which can mean a variety of different things, depending on who you ask; some people may celebrate Halloween, while others will simply enjoy the semestral break. For TV enthusiasts, however, October means the return of AMC’s hit series “The Walking Dead”, a series that shows the lives of survivors in a zombie-infested…

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Rant and Rave: Grand Theft Auto 5

A game that began with just stealing cars and being chased by cops has evolved to a satire of life’s entirety. The minds from Rockstar North and Rockstar Games have mastered the sandbox-type games with previous instalments like Red Dead Redemption and are now just showing off. Welcome to the fictional city of Los Santos,…

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Rant and Rave: iOS 7

Apple’s much-anticipated operating system, iOS 7, was finally released in full version after months of beta testing. Announced last June 10 at the World Wide Developer’s Conference in San Francisco, this colorful new way of operating iOS devices has been on every fanboy’s radar since that day. Since its worldwide revelation, media outlets were abuzz…

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Rant and Rave: Plants vs Zombies 2

True with the game’s subtitle, PopCap (now owned by EA) decided that it’s time poorly authentic zombie games such as Dinosaur vs Zombies, Angry Ninja Birds vs Zombies, Zombies Hate Plants and the like to move aside as the much-anticipated sequel to the breakaway hit that changed the face of tower defense games, Plants vs…

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Rant and Rave: DuLa Salle 2K13 (Silang Mga Walang Pangalan)

DLSU Harlequin Theatre Guild brings its 2k13 batch of apprentices into the limelight with its latest production, DuLa Salle 2K13: Silang Mga Walang Pangalan. Set within the walls of the university, the show is divided into four plays with each one delving into the struggles of the anonymous campus employees as they balance their professional…

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Rant and Rave: LINE

Guess who’s missing? Massively adorable LINE characters are no small help to the rising appeal of the East Asian instant messaging app making its debut on Philippine shores. Technology is indeed fast changing. With the embrace of instant messaging apps that allow people to send and receive messages within seconds, the demand for this kind…

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Rant and Rave: Sandosenang Sapatos

PLAY:  Tanghalang Pilipino kicks off its 27th season with its first play, “Sandosenang Sapatos.” Based on the Palanca award-winning children’s book by Luis Gatmaitan, the story is brought to life on stage by playwright Layeta Bucoy (of Stageshow and Walang Kukurap fame), musical directors Noel Cabangon and Jed Basalmo, and director Tuxqs Rutaquio. Sapatos narrates…

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Rant and Rave: Alpaca Evolution

An alpaca is a domesticated animal that is indigenous to the South American Nations of Bolivia and Peru. Resembling a llama and by extension Kuzco from The Emperor’s New Groove, this hooved mammal is part of the family Camelidae and is a cousin of the llama and the camel. These quirky creatures are mainly bred…