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Welp, today is June 15, 2026, meaning that it's been 1 year since I officially launched this blog! This is a very big milestone for me, so just like I did when I uploaded my 100th post, I'll temporarily turn this site gold! Hooray! Originally I
Half-Life
About 2 months ago MrWeenus on YouTube shared an old video from 2006 by 1Up Network where they interviewed Valve during the development of The Orange Box, which included a lot of footage of early versions of Portal, Team Fortress 2, and — the main focus of this post — Half-Life
Weekly Updates
I haven't been that motivated to write recently, so this is my sixth post in a row to be a weekly update. I've noticed I'm getting a pretty bad case of "nobody cares" syndrome with my writing, so I haven't
Weekly Updates
I wasn't sure on if I would write this week at all, let alone a weekly update, but I guess I am! Though this one will be a bit different. To officially reveal what I've been teasing lately, I am currently in New York! It was
Weekly Updates
I've gotten into full prep mode for the upcoming secret thing, which I was originally planning on directly revealing today, but I decided not to, as I don't know when I'll get to write about it here. I did drop a hint on my
Weekly Updates
This was another pretty hectic week for me, but at least I managed to do some nice things. We got a new small cabinet from Ikea on Monday, and we decided to put our board games there! Pretty much all of these games used to be in another cabinet with
Weekly Updates
It's been a bit of a tough week. Although I didn't write anything here, I did spend a lot of time this week on some of my other hobbies, which has been very nice! Plus I still have some cool stuff to share, of course. I&
Weekly Updates
Another week, another update! I've done quite a few new things, returned to some old stuff, and have quite a lot of fun stuff to share! First of all, like last week, I wanna explain the header image. This week I spent a while in Punta Cana with
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An old school project from 2021.
A blog by Karl Abate
After I finished my previous map about how each country divides their currency, I watched a video by RobWords about how a lot of currencies got their names and symbols, which I highly recommend you check out! It's very well made, has lots of interesting bits of information,
Happy Friday! This week has been a bit of a return to form for me. I've been able to actually work on some personal projects again, and I have a good amount of stuff to share today! First off, I do want to mention something that I'
After over a year without getting any new ideas for maps, I suddenly got struck with inspiration to make one again! I was rewatching CGP Grey's video about nickels for no apparent reason, and in it he said that the quarter is "the most American coin"
This is a more personal kind of post than I am currently used to writing, but to me it wouldn't feel right to not write about this today. Exactly 10 years ago, on April 27, 2016, we found my cat, Maya. Well, we didn't find her,
At this point I might just stop saying "it's been a hectic week" in these posts, as it's now rarer that a week isn't in some way hectic for me. But anyways, here's some cool stuff! Videos * I'm
I've had a pretty hectic week, but I still had time to find some cool stuff to share! Videos * On Monday, Nardwuar released his interview with David Byrne, one of my favourite musicians. I've been a fan of both of them for years and so this
This isn't exactly a super deep topic, but it's still something I feel like talking about. Exactly a year ago, on April 16, 2025, I got my current computer! An M4 Pro MacBook Pro. Before it I had a 2020 MacBook Pro, the one that still
I've been playing a lot of older Halfbrick Games lately, as I've mentioned before, including the original Fruit Ninja and its HD version. Of the three modes in Fruit Ninja, zen mode is probably the one I play the least, but only after playing the older
This started out as a very slow week for me, but I've managed to find a lot of nice stuff to share the last few days! Videos * I've been able to catch up with LoadingReadyRun's The Panalysts again, and last Saturday's episode
I've shared before that one of my favourite mobile game developers was Halfbrick Studios, most famous for Fruit Ninja and Jetpack Joyride. They did make a lot of other games though, and my favourite aside from the big two was Fish Out Of Water, which came out on
I was cleaning through my files and I found an old note in Obsidian containing my old predictions for the Retro Tracks in a potential new Mario Kart game, as in which tracks from previous games they'd bring back. Even though the new Mario Kart game came out
A few days ago I was looking through the files of the mobile games on my 1st Generation iPad, and while looking through the files of Fruit Ninja HD I found a .zip file which contains (I assume) all of the assets of the game. Pretty much all of the
