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Found 12 results in category: "Opinion Piece"
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ALL EN FEATURE EN Opinion PieceShould You Join Tournaments You Can't Win? Confessions Of A Fighting Game Loser
Should noobs join tournaments? Yes, says guy who spent 5 grand flying over to Japan just to drown in pools.
By W. Amirul Adlan April 20, 2026 -
FEATURE EN ALL EN Opinion PieceYou're Getting Old, Gamer: The Truths I've Learned From Turning 30
No matter how many cults I join I am, regrettably, getting older. Not to act like the TikTok crowd is right or anything- 30 is what 17 year olds think 25 is, where I’ve finally shed the stupidity of being a young adult and have a long life to live at the mercy of the [...]
By W. Amirul Adlan January 17, 2025 -
Opinion Piece ALL EN FEATURE EN UncategorizedOpinion: New Years Resolution For The Gamers- Be Kind
If you’re looking for a new years resolution, here’s one for the gamers: be kind. Despite some great games coming out this year, it’s hard to see 2024 as being anything other than one of its most toxic. Almost every week was highlighted by a persistent theme: a thirst for conflict, usually made up and [...]
By W. Amirul Adlan December 30, 2024 -
Anime ALL EN FEATURE EN Opinion PieceAs Oshi No Ko Season 2 Soars, I Wish The Same Could Be Said For The Manga
Reading an ongoing manga with an ongoing anime adaptation is a trip. If you’re up to date, watching an anime adaptation is something that’s less about “what happens next” and more of an appreciation of how they can tell a story you already know. But it does often create some funny juxtapositions- what if the [...]
By W. Amirul Adlan August 2, 2024 -
FEATURE EN ALL EN Opinion PieceOpinion: When Are There Too Many Guest Characters?
At some point, it feels like I fell through a mirror and ended up in some backwards world. When I was younger, the idea of a guest character was cool. What do you mean Kratos is in Mortal Kombat? Or Ezio in Soul Calibur? But now, even though I’m hyped for reveals like Terry Bogard [...]
By W. Amirul Adlan July 31, 2024 -
Opinion Piece ALL EN FEATURE ENOpinion: Zenless Zone Zero's Appeal Is Not That It's A Character Action Game, But That It Rewards A Love For The Genre
All week I’ve seen a lot of opinions about Zenless Zone Zero. Now, I’ll take some partial responsibility for a bit of the communication error: a lot of detractors of HoYoverse’s newest live service gacha game comes down to the belief that the game is a full-on character action. The problem lies in perspective- if [...]
By W. Amirul Adlan July 19, 2024 -
FEATURE EN ALL EN Opinion PieceWhy Maining Akuma Is Better Than Having A Girlfriend
Akuma is one of the coolest Street Fighter characters ever conceived. Despite Ryu being the face of the series and Chun-Li being the hotter face of the series, no amount of spinning bird kicks or Shin Shoryukens can ever compare to the master of the Satsui No Hado. Nowadays, with gaming getting so time intensive, [...]
By W. Amirul Adlan May 20, 2024 -
Vtuber ALL EN FEATURE EN Opinion PieceOpinion: Original Vtuber Music Videos Are The Best They've Ever Been Right Now
I’d say you’d be hard pressed to find a more competitive sphere than the Vtuber world. A field dominated by corporate-backed talents is also a huge draw for all kinds of streamers, with even predominantly on-camera streamers adopting Vtuber personas. Yet, there exists one bullet that’s sure to make you stand out among all the [...]
By W. Amirul Adlan May 13, 2024 -
Opinion Piece ALL EN FEATURE EN UncategorizedOpinion: The Games Industry Deserves Better Than This
If you’ve ever played a strategy game, there comes a point where you realize you have no idea what you’re doing. Sure, you’ve got the zerglings, yeah, you’re going to destroy a supply depot, but then what? Even winning the battle can be to your detriment, because getting involved at all hurt your economy so [...]
By W. Amirul Adlan May 8, 2024 -
Opinion Piece ALL EN FEATURE ENHumanity Would Be Better Off If We Stuck To Weekly Releases For TV Shows
We used to be a nation of values. One of these values was the shared commodity of watching things at the same time. Since literally prehistoric times, there have existed records that despite being annoying twats, people like doing things with other people. However, the streaming era has been the equivalent of a sugar rush [...]
By W. Amirul Adlan April 15, 2024 -
Opinion Piece ALL EN FEATURE ENWhy Can't Anyone Be Normal About Stellar Blade?
The discourse era of social media is, let’s face it, terrible. What used to be a space for overpriced coffee, Candy Crush invites and a realtime checker for when your favorite celebrities were having bowel movements is now a maelstrom of people at each other’s throats in the least sexy way imaginable. The latest front [...]
By W. Amirul Adlan April 2, 2024 -
FEATURE EN ALL EN Opinion PieceNo, Capcom Didn't Gate Fast Travel Behind A Paywall For Dragon's Dogma 2
All this weekend I’ve read an alarmingly amount of cool discoveries in Dragon’s Dogma 2. Did you know that you can use Cyclopes as a makeshift bridge? What about dressing up in guard raiment to do the night-time stealth missions with literally no challenge? And yet, there’s been another series of features that seem even [...]
By W. Amirul Adlan March 26, 2024