I Went To A Vancouver Whitecaps Match. Here Are My HONEST Thoughts.

I was in Vancouver for a couple of days, and lucky for me, my visit coincided with the CONCACAF Champions Cup Round of 16 1st leg match between the hometown Vancouver Whitecaps and Mexican side CF Monterrey at BC Place. I did not have anything planned that night, so I bought myself a ticket. Outside of Toronto FC, I have never been to a match at another MLS team's home ground, so I was excited that I got to see what the Whitecaps match experience would be like, especially compared to when I would go watch Toronto FC matches at BMO Field.

 

March 2025 Update

Update time!

So I have been posting mostly consistently since around June 2023, and I have finally hit my brief spell of writer's block (which is why I did not post anything last week). My writing ebbs and flows where there would be instances where I cannot stop writing, and other instances where I struggle to put two sentences together. I am currently in a struggle phase with the writing and I want to use this time to take a short break from the blog.

In a couple of days, I will be going on a bucket list trip across Canada as I fly to Vancouver and try to make my way back home to Toronto on VIA Rail's 'The Canadian' train. I will be on a train for four nights as I try not to get cabin fever, sample the food offerings, and look outside for hours at a time. I also realize that this is a perfect opportunity to get a lot of writing done.

I will also try to fit as many things as I possibly can while I am in Vancouver for two nights. I know this is not enough time to check out everything I want to do but I will book a longer trip in British Columbia at some point. The star of this trip will be the crazy-long train ride, so look out for future blog posts.

Be back soon!

The Auto Show Is Not Dying...At Least Not In Toronto

I went to the Canadian International Auto Show (CIAS) this year for the first time since before the pandemic, back in 2019. Before I talk about my experience at the show, I have been hearing a common opinion about the concept of the auto show currently, and that is either the auto show is dying, or the auto show is dead. This could be true from a car media perspective, where car companies prefer to reveal their new cars online to global audiences instead of traditionally revealing their cars at big auto shows such as Detroit or Geneva. This is like video game developers revealing their games directly to consumers through online showcases such as Nintendo Direct or PlayStation's State of Play, effectively killing off the big E3 video game trade show in Los Angeles.

My Greatest Act Of Self-Care (So Far)

Last year, I performed one of my greatest acts of self-care in my life. I touched on this briefly on a couple of my blog posts last year, but I want to use this post to talk about this in detail and discuss why it is important for me to continue doing this.

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Surprised Me

By Bethesda - Steam cover https://steamdb.info/app/2677660/, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=75847090

I finished playing the newest Indiana Jones video game: Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, and this game was such a surprise to me. The developers of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle are MachineGames (best known for making the latest Wolfenstein titles), and I thought they were the best studio to create a new Indiana Jones title. Most people know Indiana Jones for the classic movies in the 1980s, but there have been many Indiana Jones video games as well. The last Indiana Jones game I remember playing was Indiana Jones and the Emperor’s Tomb on the Xbox around 20 years ago (maybe this game is worth revisiting). With that said, here are my thoughts on the newest Indiana Jones video game.