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Today is the 43rd year that Martial Law was enacted in my country by Ferdinand Marcos via Presidential Order No. 1081 which effectively suspended the basic rights guaranteed by the 1935 Constitution; here, the rights to assembly, habeus corpus, bear arms and freedom of expression were forfeited for an indefinite time until the government deemed it safe. What followed after that is the attempt of the Marcos regime to restructure the nation under his vision of a "New Society" - similar to Indonesia's guided democracy and Singapore's socio-economic plan of the time. To say it shortly, it was a dream all patriots and nationalists have dreamt of s

While watching local late-night news, I came upon a news item celebrating Mario's 30th year in this Earth. It feels weird for me seeing footage of Mario Golf: Ultra Smash and Super Smash Bros. 4 that came with the news item. Why? my nation wasn't really into games as far as what I have seen. I have seen very few local news sites making video game - centered items and for those who do not always did it (I am looking at you, Rappler). The last time my nation ever make a news item (sometime four months ago about Josie Rizal in Tekken) on a video game, the public was frothing in the mouth for the blatant stereotyping of an entire national entity