I started writing this at 10pm on the date mentioned, and I hope to write a lot of good stories from this Desk Diary before (a) doze off or (b) I forget stuff. I have no regrets taking more time off the NewsDrop desk (or anything, really, at least for a single day) to meet friends at Cosplay Mania 2024. For once, I asked myself to stop being bothered by the stuff happening on my news feed, meet familiar and new faces, and touch grass. I had several goals in mind: ...
If there’s one thing I learned from being online, it’s the fact that I have overshared my presence. In the past, I told people, “go share your content online, on multiple platforms!,” but nowadays I am but a shell of that. I would now tell you to be wary of what you share, for several reasons: You speak your thoughts in public, and all of a sudden there would be people who will stress you out, call you names, etc. Or you’re on the other side calling out the worst people for reasons you find right and/or justified. And then you end up hurting them, with others hurt along the process. ...
Every year there’s always a case of a streamer (or in this case, a VTuber) getting drugged/spiked at parties around TwitchCons in the US (this you can fact-check in depth), and it’s quite concerning that victim-blaming and harassment happens afterwards. No, rephrase that, it’s deplorable that those who got drugged get torched by some guys online after saying they were drugged. I have been fortunate enough to not see any of this in the bar events I attended here in Manila so far. The one time I see something crazy at the bar in person was the time where one would barf up after getting intoxicated with alcohol. ...
…and why I’m cleaning up my content only to retain what I believe are the best ones. I admit to my mistake of trusting people who will end up destroying my trust, so I will affirm my decision to let keepsakes. stay as a solo project. Any and all transactions on behalf of keepsakes. shall be done by me. In the past I authorized Staff IDs to be used by my collaborators, but all of those are null and void - anyone who claims they’re part of keepsakes. is not authorized to act on my behalf. ...
Only a few thought to put VTubers in their flags: my biggest thank you to everyone over at hololiveUK enthusiast community for making this weekend so special, it sounds a little silly but we really do feel like a big ol family and hanging out with everyone always makes my cons TwT we’ll get our hololive meet one day!! 💙❤️🤍 pic.twitter.com/4y81AVw7zw — Maddie ♡ (@PROMlNENCES) August 12, 2024 Inspired by @geneigalactica, I now have my @MintFantome flag. Hell yea brother. pic.twitter.com/Ulix4KHgPR ...
Esports and Gaming Summit 2023 established itself to be a major hub for the gaming scene in the Philippines. In the past, it has hosted esports brands from major tech companies like Acer (Predator), ASUS (Republic of Gamers) and MSI. Last year’s edition has SEGA (Atlus) and Riot Games (League of Legends). This year, they are celebrating their 10th year edition by hosting the event at the World Trade Center Metro Manila, which is also a host to several major exhibitions. ...
CBZN Perspective in cooperation with the Game Developers Association of the Philippines (GDAP) presents the first Philippine GameDev Expo (PGDX), to be held on August 18 to August 20, 2023 at the function halls of SMX Convention Center Manila in Pasay City. Game development will be put on the spotlight in a platform that gathers local and global game developers. PGDX is poised to be the biggest gathering of games of 2023, giving the opportunity for everyone to interact, discover, and experience every creation in one venue. Game developers overseas are set to introduce their works at this event as well. Visitors can also witness the latest innovations from select hardware companies alongside their latest promotions and offerings. ...
Woohoo! One more episode until we reach 100! Imagine living your dreams as a magical girl who transcends dimensions—singing, streaming, creating art, hosting events—basically being everywhere. You can make that happen because our guest for this episode did so. An artist, animator, streamer, cosplayer, voice actress, idol and VTuber, 5th Dimension magical girl KiraKiraKat joins us on this episode.
Welcome to the 2nd episode of the year 2020, where we talk about a Muppet versus a pet rock. “Elmo vs Rocco” hit Twitter by storm, making people scratch their heads in amusement. Meanwhile, there are some aspects to this debacle that we want to discuss right here in this episode. ...
Before I got home from Cosplay Mini Matsuri Day 1, I took a photo of these bikes. Just before the end of the year 2021, we’ve seen specific posts being shared on Facebook. These posts contain the following information, which I will share to you guys outside the Philippines: King of Anime Groups This first copypasta I’m going to share was shared around two years ago, I believe. The copypasta is about a boastful “King of Anime Groups” who warned his “poor innocent” fellow to move it. ...