To all Zelda Reorchestrated fans, both long-time and recent, and to all of those who have lurked as well: First of all, the views that will be written here are my own. This post is in no way on behalf of the team, nor does it reflect their views (probably). […]
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As I’ve mentioned on here before, I’m not one to go without cracking off a joke or two about SEPTA. There are times when you’re riding with a rather, shall we say “interesting”, crowd, reliability varies, especially in the on-time category, and we still use tokens (although those should be on […]
Yes, an update. Which also means yes, I am in fact still alive. As some of you already know, I am back in Philly now for my third year at Drexel, which I’m now already more than half way through Spring term at – although there are still plenty of […]
One of the hardest questions I’ve ever been asked was one asked on the first day of class for my Human-Computer Interaction class at Drexel. That question is the title of this post, “What makes good design ‘good design’?” It was very interesting hearing people’s answers: in general, the hands […]
I’d like to clear up a misconception that I’ve run into more often than not when I tell someone I work at NOAA. For those of you who don’t know what NOAA is, it’s The National Oceanic and Atmospheric and Administration, part of the US Department of Commerce. Now, while […]
A couple of months ago, after many months of waiting, I finally received a package that was rather special to me. About a year ago, I backed one of my first Kickstarter projects, the Geode from iCache. That special package contained mine, which I had been eagerly awaiting as what […]
I’ll admit that when it comes to newsletters in my inbox, I usually glance over them. However, one managed to catch my eye today, the Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia’s newsletter (JASGP for short). It was pretty hard missing the banner at the top: “Become a JASGP member, win […]
If you were to look through my iTunes library, either just a quick scroll through or in careful detail, you’ll likely notice two key things about it: a lot of the music in it is instrumental, mainly due to the large amount of video game soundtracks present in it, and for the […]
It’s no secret I’m a fan of Japan. I haven’t been there yet, but let’s face it, there are some pretty awesome things that come out of Japan. One thing I’ve found myself doing a lot is sharing things on Twitter or Facebook about Japan with the phrase “Stay [Word], […]
Anyone who has seen the top of my bookcase (the one full of manga) knows I’m a figure collector. However, save for a few exceptions, the majority of my collection is composed of figmas. Personally, I’d say they’re the best out there – both in terms of collection lineup and […]
A special note about this post: The following review is cross-posted from Gemakei, where I am the Community Administrator. As a full disclaimer, a voucher for a free copy of the game to review it was provided by the developers, but this review was not commissioned. The thoughts that follow […]
When ever I show my website to others, the first question I get is always “What’s the name supposed to mean?” Tonight, I’d like to finally set the records straight. I’ll begin with the story behind ai|inc, the parent company of The France Hopper Network. Back in the early 2000s, […]
Awesome. Mind-blowing. Stunning. Incredible. All gross understatements. Describing the Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses’ performance in Philadelphia may well be impossible to adequately do in just a single word. However, there are two things that are for sure: one, it was the best concert I’ve ever been two, […]
In Philly, it’s pretty hard to go too far without seeing the iconic green siren of Starbucks on a corner – especially in Center City – but after being a regular for six years and a Gold Member for two, I’m drinking coffee on a new corner now: 33rd and […]
This is a post I thought I wouldn’t be writing for a very long time, if ever. A couple of weeks ago, I got the chance to visit the Microsoft Store in Freehold Raceway Mall, Freehold, NJ that I wrote about before. I can’t believe I’m saying this but Microsoft, […]
When the Playstation Vita was finally released in the US, there were two main games that I knew I wanted to get: Uncharted: Golden Abyss and Gravity Rush (then Gravity Daze, the JP title). While Uncharted was ready to get into my hands on day one, Gravity Rush would be released later, […]
If this were a movie rather than a blog, this is where one of those fancy transitions would go. But it’s not. Nonetheless, it has indeed been a month since I’ve last posted. Given that the second to last post made on here was the one celebrating our first birthday, yeah, that […]
Yesterday, we celebrated an achievement for us. Today, we’d like to celebrate one just made by our friends at Zelda Reorchestrated. After many months of planning, today, ZREO announced the official recording date for the choir for Twilight Symphony. The recording will take place next month on Saturday, June 9th. […]
I can still hardly believe it as I write this, but as of today, both The France Hopper Network and ai|inc are now a year old. Last year, at 10:18pm edt, I quietly flipped the switch on what was started as a project to try to centralize everything I did on the […]
While my business card (one of them anyway) does proudly state “Apple Fanboy”, I admit I was excited by a little surprise I got over the weekend while at the Freehold Raceway Mall in Freehold, NJ. At first, I honestly thought it was an advertisement, cleverly painted over a store […]