red dead redemption first hour review
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Red Dead Redemption Remastered (PC) – Initial Review

Introduction Red Dead Redemption rereleased last year in Oct 2024 with the price tag of ₹3799 (or $45 in USA). If this price is too much for you then you can access it for cheaper with their GTA+ subscription. The original game was released in 2010 for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. It was a…
Scandinavian Scarf Controversy
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Scandinavian Scarf: A Whitewashing of Indian Dupatta

Neither I have the desire to write this article, nor does it fall into the categories I usually cover on my blog. So why I am writing this? Well, let me explain. I heard about this "Scandinavian Scarf" thing recently, and it stirred a pang in my chest, how something that is part of our…
Everspace 2 review
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Everspace 2 – First Hour Review

Introduction Everspace is an interesting space game series developed and published by German Developers - Rockfish Games. The first entry in this series had rougelike mechanics, this one is an RPGlite in space. Roguelike and rogue lite is not my thing that keep me away from first Everspace. If it is your thing then you…
Elex – First Hour Review
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Elex – First Hour Review

Introduction The very first thing I noticed was that subtitles were not enabled by default, funny for a game developed by non-Anglo developers, Piranha Bytes. Anyway, I bought it yesterday from the Epic Games Store on sale. I was confused between this game and the Outward Definitive Edition. After playing it for an hour, I…
Dragon Age Inquisition Review
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Dragon Age: Inquisition – First Hour Review

In my very first "first-hour review", I'm going to review Dragon Age: Inquisition. Released in 2014, the game is very popular, and thanks to its stylised graphics, it holds up pretty well in 2025. Unlike its earliest predecessor, Dragon Age: Origins, hailed as one of the greatest RPGs ever made, Inquisition is considered pretty mild…
connect cloudinary with react frontend
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Adding Cloudinary to your React Frontend using XHR

Cloudinary allows you to upload images (and videos) through API on their cloud hosting platform. It also alllows (end) user to transform images like changing height/width, adding borders, changing aspect-ratio and much more by adding parameters to their delivery URL. Cloudinary is free and I am introduced to it as an alternative to firebase from this…