Voldo is a very memorable character from the video game Soul Calibur II by Namco. Out of the main characters that are not clones, he is my most hated of them all. First of all, he is just really, really, REALLY strange. He is supposed to be an Italian who was tortured, so all he…
Fun Facts and Trivia About The 1998 Video Game Resident Evil 2
RE2 was released on January 21, 1998 in North America. It sold nearly five million copies, becoming one of the best selling PS1 games. It held a Guinness World Record for “Highest Grossing Survival Horror Game” at the time. Resident Evil 2 was originally almost entirely different as it would have been the infamous Resident…
Things I Like: Battlebots (TV Series)
I distinctly remember when BattleBots premiered on Comedy Central back in 2000. But for the record, why was this even on Comedy Central? There’s nothing funny about the show. It definitely should have been more of a Nickelodeon or MTV thing. Looking back, the program really shows its age. You can tell it was made…
Fun Facts and Trivia About Math
Zero was invented independently in multiple places, including India and Mesoamerica. It was not a concept in many cultures at first; for example, zero is not part of Roman numerals. Zero is the only real number that is neither positive nor negative. The number 1 is not considered a prime number. The number 2 is…
My Very First Visit To The Emergency Room
I have avoided it for 37 years, but one recent night was my first visit to the emergency room as a patient. I had a severe case of pharyngitis (strep throat) that required IV antibiotics. I originally thought I had a canker sore in the back of my throat, but it was an abscess. Fortunately,…