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4 Anime Recommendations for Philosophers

Recently, I have found myself fascinated by the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). I have been reading up on the different types a little at a time. Nothing heavy, or

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Comic Bandit

In a serendipitous coincidence of fate (in other words, luckily), soon after writing the article on Jigida Comics, I received two actual Nigerian comics in the mail. They were a belated birthday present from my mother. The 2 comics, Taboo & Uhuru, are both

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Time's End

Another project which caught my attention, was Time’s End by Theophany. Now for me, this was all about the incredibly thematic release modelled after The Legend of Zelda game: Majora’s Mask. The project itself, is a remix of all the

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The Final Countdown

From our old friend Andrew of STWPT, came the album The Final Countdown: A series of covers to an original song of the same title release by Europe in 1986. There are 7 versions in total, each using a different style of music, and

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Apocalypse 2012

According to the Mayan calendar, the world ought to have ended on Dec. 21st 2012 which funny enough, is my brother’s birthday! Of course the world didn’t end, he turned a year older (much to his chagrin), and we have

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Jigida Comics

Unlike Kuluya which involved multiple Nigerian digital artists, Jigida Comics is the work of a single person who goes by the pen name of Sugabelly. Sugabelly is a Nigerian blogger and illustrator according to her website, and Jigida Comics is her sole proprietorship comics

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Deviant Explorations

Last month, I introduced you all to DeviantArt, and I briefly talked about how much I like it, and how addicted I have become to it. I mentioned how beneficial I feel it is to me as a writer, and how much my writing

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Laugh Factory

‘Tis now the season to be jolly, and what’s more jolly than comedy? Nothing! So allow me to introduce you to Laugh Factory. They are a stand-up comedy club in Los Angeles that has featured (and still features) some of the

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A Deviant Artist

Some of you may already be familiar with deviantArt.com and what it’s for, but for the rest, let me give you a brief introduction. deviantArt was created to entertain, inspire, and empower the artist in all of us. Founded in August

Discoveries

Songs To Wear Pants To

Meet Andrew, the face behind the website http://songstowearpantsto.com/. You can commission him to write a song for you, or you could just suggest an idea and hope that

Discoveries

Did You Know About NaNoWriMo?

Because I didn't. That is until I read this article on LifeHacker at the beginning of the month. Apparently, the month of November is National Novel Writing Month in the

Leisure

Philadelphia Zoo

Last month while my mother was around, we decided to make a trip to the Philadelphia Zoo and my mother being who she is, of course had it all planned

Leisure

The Anatomy of a Woman

The other play I got to see at Terra Kulture was The Anatomy of a Woman by Wole Oguntokun. First off, let me just say that I personally liked this

Leisure

The Cost of Living

As at the National Theatre, I also got to see a couple of plays at Terra Kulture. The first of the plays that I had the pleasure of seeing is

Leisure

Rhythms & Reminiscences

Moving from my virtual social life to my real one, I've been getting to see a lot of art & theatre during my stay here. Last month I got to

Books

A Game of Thrones

A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin is my latest fantasy fiction novel and funny enough, it was recommended to me by one of my readers after she

Books

The Thousandfold Thought

So I finally finished The Thousandfold Thought by R. Scott Bakker this past month, and it gave me no reason to retract any of my previous statements. If you haven't

Leisure

Lagos Bound

You ought to have gotten the hint by now that I was going to be away from the U.S for awhile. All this talk of backup content and not

Games

Chaos Rings

From my favourite game developer (Square-Enix) comes Chaos Rings. If you already know this game, then you know it's been out for a while but I am just getting to

Games

Infinity Blade

The most recent purchase is called Infinity Blade. You have never seen graphics like this on any mobile device in all of human history. This game is stunning! At its

Games

iPad Games

"'Tis the season to be jolly", and what's more joyous than spending money on things you want but don't need? Plenty, but that's besides the point. You and

Games

Xbox Kinect

So my brother Deji, bought the Xbox Kinect around the beginning of December. So far we only have a few games, Kinect Sports which is similar to Wii sports -

Books

The Thousandfold Thought

Because I am still reading this book, I am not sure what is most important to include and what must be left out of my synopsis to give you a

Books

The Warrior Prophet

By the second book, the world is seeing a major turn of events. The religious leader: Maithanet, has decided to make war against the holy city of Shimeh and by

Books

The Darkness that Comes Before

In the first book, we are introduced to our protagonist - Kellhus Anasurimbor of the Dunyain - as he receives a summons of sorts from his father beckoning him to

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