Middle of last year, I read about the sale of Popcap to EA but shrugged and forgot about it. This afternoon, when I opened my Bejeweled Blitz account via Facebook, I got a prompt to accept the new terms and conditions. That’s when it sunk in that the sale really got through. I went [...]
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While watching the evening news tonight, my attention was called by this video when Rafael Nadal nearly collapsed (or when he actually collapsed under the table) during the press conference at the US Open (this after he won in the third round versus David Nalbandian.
That was a scary sight! I know how it feels to [...]
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Last night, we were watching the news where one of the features include a young Fil-Am boy, around 10 years old, who won in a boxing match. Maybe it is just me, but I frown over stuff like that. I cannot imagine young kids being exposed to full contact sports, even if they let the [...]
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There are talks going around Twitter that NBA Superstars that may include Kevin Durant and Derrick Rose arriving in Manila to play an exhibition match against PBA team Smart Gilas. The dates will be July 23-24 and the game will happen at the Araneta Coliseum. This is made possible business tycoon and sports enthusiast Manny [...]
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Four German students of the FH Wedel Campus built a motion-controlled and life-sized version of the game Fruit Ninja. It is implemented on a Cave Automatic Virtual Environment or CAVE. This project came in fruition after two weeks of work. Students Thiemo, Alex, Matze and Moritz created this virtual reality based on 3D recognition, where [...]
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Tennis player Serena Williams is said to be recovering from an emergency surgery to after a blood clot was found in her lungs. A representative confirmed the report that the tennis champion was treated on Monday after falling ill. The representative, Nicole Cabot said that Williams suffered from pulmonary embolism and was treated at Cedars [...]
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The initial deadline was March 1 for the Sacramento Kings to notify the NBA of their plans to move to Anaheim. Sources have said that the extension will likely be granted until the meeting set for April to discuss the options. The plan is to move to LA, home to two other clubs, Lakes and [...]
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On January 11, Jakarta Globe reported that the Younghusband brothers of the Philippine’s Azkals were likely to sign a deal with the Jakarta Football Club. This Asian team is not sanctioned by the FIFA but is "a member of the breakaway National Football Indonesia Reform Movement.”
Filipino-British players James and Phil Younghusband declined the offer, though, [...]
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The stars don’t just play for fame and money. Led by Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, the stars will play exhibition matches on Sunday, ahead of the Australian Open. This is to raise funds for the country’s flood victims. We all know the situation in some parts of Australia, in Queensland particularly, so I will [...]
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*Not Sports or Games related, just worth blogging, I guess*
It’s scary how the world is at the moment. I heard of news of the flood in Queensland, Australia and all the the Ondoy images of 2009 flashed before me. A friend said it has always been sunny and dry in that part of the land [...]
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