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    What’s trending and happening this week

    Muse, Kanin Srimaneekulroj, Published on 03/02/2018

    » 1.Come show your virtual football chops this Saturday at Game Over Lounge's Fifa 18 Tournament. One of the most popular video games played in Thailand, with decades-old versions from the PS2 years, the game is still being played in arcades everywhere. Fifa 18 is the latest version of the game to be released on PS4, Xbox One and PCs. To register for a spot to play, you can either call the organisers on 02-170-7684, or shoot them an inbox message through the Game Over Lounge Facebook page. Registrations cost 200 baht, with the winner taking home a 2,000 baht gift voucher, as well as a "special surprise".

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    When the fun stops

    Life, Kanin Srimaneekulroj, Published on 18/02/2016

    » Who is to blame when a child becomes addicted to video games? Some blame the child for a lack of discipline, while others blame the government for not regulating and controlling the influx of these games. Another knee-jerk response from most adults is to place the blame on the addictive violence displayed in games, the infamous Grand Theft Auto being an oft-referenced example.

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    What’s trending and happening this week

    Muse, Kanin Srimaneekulroj, Published on 16/09/2017

    » 1. This Sunday at 8pm fans of HBO Asia can tune in for the premiere of SENT, the latest series from the studio. The series follows meek Financial Compliance officer Jay Bunani (Haresh Tilani), a frustrated man who keeps hundreds of incendiary email drafts he writes to people who aggravate him, but never sends them. When a twist of fate causes all those emails to be sent out to everyone in his life, Jay becomes an instant internet sensation, but not in a good way. Thai viewers can catch the series live on HBO Go through the AIS Play and AIS Playbox platforms. You can also watch the first episode for free online at hboasia.com from Sept 18-24.

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    The couch potato Olympics

    Life, Kanin Srimaneekulroj, Published on 23/05/2017

    » The 2022 Asian Games, set to be held in Hangzhou, China, will be the first to feature professional competitive video gaming -- more colloquially known as "e-sports" -- as an official medal event. It's a huge boost to the industry's credibility, heralding a new age of mainstream acceptance for digital sporting as something akin, if not similar, to traditional sport.

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    Awarding the art and craft of advertising

    Life, Kanin Srimaneekulroj, Published on 06/04/2017

    » Recognising the creative talents behind Asia's most innovative and successful advertising and marketing campaigns, Adfest -- one of the region's most recognised and celebrated advertising events -- took place at the Peach conventional hall, Pattaya, at the end of March.

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    Not-so-great expectations

    Life, Kanin Srimaneekulroj, Published on 14/04/2017

    » As the old saying goes, "too much of a good thing is a bad thing". Fast 8: Fate Of The Furious -- the latest entry to the long-running action/racing franchise -- is an apt example of this phrase, a film that tries so hard to outdo itself the results border on the satirical. While the Fast And Furious films have always managed to maintain their popularity through escalation of everything, from the action choreography to the conflict and the stakes, Fast 8 seems to have gone just a hair too far, with characters performing incredulous feats that wouldn't look out of place in a Marvel film.

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    Pedalling for the long haul

    Life, Kanin Srimaneekulroj, Published on 09/03/2016

    » One-hundred kilometres is a considerable distance to cover in a car, let alone on a bicycle. For context, that is the approximate distance from Bangkok to Suphan Buri, an almost 90 minute car ride, equivalent to almost 1,094 football fields. But for Thawatchai Ekkuturaprakan, 67, 100km can be as simple as a single day's workout.

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    A bridge too far

    Life, Kanin Srimaneekulroj, Published on 15/02/2016

    » The game of bridge has made unlikely headlines. Ten days ago policemen and soldiers as well as local government officials in Pattaya raided a Jomtien & Pattaya Bridge Club get-together, arresting 32 foreign bridge players on gambling charges. Police reported finding a computer and score sheets at the scene, but no money, leading them to suspect that the players were transferring money online.

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