Ash Ketchum's True Identity

In the Japanese version of the Pokemon TV series, Ash Ketchum is called Satoshi. This could mean that Ash was named after Pokemon creator Satoshi Tajiri. Ash Ketchum's original nemesis, Gary Oak was called Shigeru. A fair amount of sources confirmed that Ash's original nemesis Gary was named after Shigeru Miyamoto, the producer of several Nintendo titles such as Super Mario Bros, Donkey Kong and The Legend of Zelda. If you want to know why Gary bullies Ash, this toxic rivalry is believed to be due to Satoshi Tajiri being considered an outsider by Nintendo, just like Waluigi's designer Fumihide Aoki, in contrast to Shigeru Miyamoto and even Wario's designer Hiroji Kiyotake, both of whom are Nintendo employees. This was also the possible reason for Ash's 22-year losing streak in the Pokemon Leagues featured in the mainline Pokemon games. Nintendo, Game Freak and the writers of the Pokemon TV series all feared that Satoshi Tajiri will one day surpass Shigeru Miyamoto, which could ultimately cause Mario to drop dead in despair just like in Dharkon's version of the bad ending in the World of Light campaign. What's more, Satoshi Tajiri's vision for the Pokemon series is the reason the Pokemon series is a very dangerous series. For all we know, the Pokemon War that Lt Surge spoke about, does not have a positive ending unlike Skyward Sword's Ancient Battle or the backstory on how Kirby and Meta Knight were the only surviving Star Warriors in Kirby Right Back at Ya, but rather, somebody more evil and more sinister than Team Rocket or any of the other criminal syndicates in the Pokemon World won the Pokemon War. Who knows, Fei Wong Reed could possibly have gone beyond the borders of CLAMP's manga and placed a death seal inside Ash Ketchum, which will only devour Ash if he ever became a Pokemon Master...

Happy 25th Anniversary, Pokemon! Nintendo would not have survived the rise of Sony's PlayStation without you!

Update: The Ash Ketchum Arc has officially ended, and it ended with "Next Time, A New Beginning". At least Ash did not die from a death seal, but we never got to find out who his father is. Who knows if Ash will even appear in Liko's story arc in Pokemon Horizons...

Royalty-Free OST

It's official. Jagex has already stated on the official RuneScape Twitter account that the copyright protection for the RuneScape game, which was originally registered in 1999, does not cover RuneScape's Original Soundtrack. That is because the RuneScape Original Soundtrack was first created in 2003 for the beta testing of the second-generation version of the RuneScape game, which was launched in 2004 and was later revived in 2013 as Old School RuneScape. Therefore, RuneScape's music is considered royalty-free music, and fair use of royalty-free music is actually allowed.

The real meaning of Mario's name

If you are unhappy and upset with Nintendo's cease-and-desists against alleged acts of intellectual property piracy, you might want to read this article about Mario Draghi. You will learn that the name "Mario" means "war, warring or warlike". Also, Mario Draghi was at one point nicknamed "Super Mario" for saving Europe from bankruptcy in the wake of the worst recession since the recession that lead to The Great Depression, which in turn lead to the rise of warmongering tyrants who masterminded World War 2.

Famicom Disk System 35th Anniversary

While the Breath of The Wild sequel may not be available this year, Skyward Sword is going to get a HD re-release for the Nintendo Switch this year to mark the 35th anniversary of The Legend of Zelda.

For those wondering why is there a Triforce symbol above Diskun, that's because The Legend of Zelda was a launch title for the Famicom Disk System, and Diskun was the hardware's mascot. Both of them came out on the 21st of February, 1986, and 2021 marks their 35th anniversary.

Happy 35th Anniversary, Legend of Zelda and Famicom Disk System.

Nintendo games and characters © Nintendo.

How The Cold War Should Have Ended

Right from the start of the Cold War, Russia's threats against the Allies had always been a bluff. Even when the Korean Peninsula was embroiled in a civil war that is still ongoing to this day despite a peace agreement in 2018, Russia's threats against America was going to be a bluff right from the start. All of this was because the late Herbert W. Armstrong boldly proclaimed "Russia will not attack America!" He was proven to be correct. Eventually, in 1991, Germany's "shadow government" instigated separatist movements in Slovenia and Croatia to entice these two countries to declare independence from Serbia. Many nations condemned it, including Russia, China and their client states.

Now, 30 years after the break-ups of Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union, Germany's true colours may have already been revealed. This means that NATO did not succeed in keeping the Germans down, while keeping the Russians out of Europe. No wonder Russia, China and other rogue dictators have become so angry. Germany's desires for an empire did not die when they lost World War 2. Germany wants to enforce their will upon other countries, including so-called "rogue dictatorships". This will provoke rogue dictators to lose their minds and unleash a nuclear firestorm. In other words, Germany had been lying to the Anglosphere and the rest of the free world, much to the anger of even the German people.

Maybe Russia should have won the Cold War. Then we will not have to deal with a warlike empire headquartered in the Rotten Heart of Europe...

Command and Conquer: Red Alert Series © Electronic Arts.

The Sinking of the Merchant Ship Tyre

Author's Note: This comic was made in memory of the merchant ships and their crew that were lost during the two World Wars. It is in no way made to offend those who perished as a result of unrestricted submarine warfare.

Ezekiel 27 was all about the demise of the city of Tyre, depicted as a merchant ship. Ezekiel described Tyre in his day as well as a future version in a prophecy for the future as a "marketplace of nations". This was basically a continuation of Isaiah 23, as Isaiah also describes Tyre in his day as well as a future version in a prophecy for the future as a "marketplace of nations". The biggest difference was that whereas Isaiah 23 was a prophecy against Tyre, Ezekiel 27 was a lament over Tyre.

If Tyre was a merchant ship that was going to sink, it will not be sunk by a submarine's torpedo as depicted in the comic, but by the "east wind". This means that Tyre would have been sunk by very bad weather such as lightning storms, tornadoes, hurricanes, typhoons or cyclones, and such bad weather have been getting worse and more frequent over the past 20 years. Of course many people will be in mourning over the merchant ship Tyre getting sunk because the merchandise that the ship was carrying is going to end up being located thousands of feet deep in the ocean. Talk about objects being virtually irretrievable...

Oregon Trail Oxen Tribulations

Let's be honest. The oxen that pulled the wagons that brought migrants to Oregon were the unheralded heroes of the Oregon Trail. The oxen, like the pioneers that purchased them to pull their wagons, have to go through trials and tribulations, including sicknesses, and also dying along the way. Sometimes, oxen will die alongside a member of an expedition party during a failed river crossing. There might also be cases of oxen theft, but it's just random crimes that took place during the Oregon Trail. At the end of the day, only God knows the true death toll of both pioneers and oxen alike from the wagons that failed to make it all the way to Oregon.

By the way, 2021 is an Ox Year. However, the terrible pandemic of 2020 is still not over at the time of this comic being published. That is why this comic features oxen falling sick or dying on the Oregon Trail.

Allied Vengeance

Historical Fact: The last original Fokker Dr.I Triplane was once piloted by Manfred von Richthofen a.k.a. the Red Baron. It was destroyed by an Allied bombing raid in World War 2.

If you, just like me, want to get unduly upset and throw tantrums over Snoopy failing to truly defeat the Red Baron, just remember that the last original Fokker Dr.I Triplane got destroyed by Allied bombs in World War 2. So much for the long wait for justice and vengeance. And yes, I used the Allied symbol from Red Alert 3 to depict the Allied bombs destroying the Red Baron's Fokker Triplane.

Just to let you know that if I were the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, I would have sent captured German Panzers (including Panthers, Tigers and King Tigers) and U-Boats to suffer the same tragic fate that befell Hiroshima and Nagasaki at Operation Crossroads. How's that for justice? Because I would like to destroy a King Tiger tank by electrocuting it with a Tesla Coil or blasting it into oblivion with an atomic bomb. If you think villains don't deserve to perish so horribly, you might as well end up on the floor next to Georgi Kukov.

Insufficient Evidence

There are a fair amount of sources claiming that copyright infringement funds terror activities. However, evidence to support such claims are uncommon and therefore cannot be accepted by those who are fighting for digital freedom. This is why even if I am a copyright holder, I have no right to go after my own fans if they get caught for infringing on my copyrights because if I do that, I can assure you that I will get boycotted, and I cannot afford to get boycotted as much as I cannot afford to hire a lawyer to go after offenders.

Perhaps one of my biggest "war crimes" in my video game history was blasting enemies with single-use exploding units. One of the most notable case was that one of my favourite units in Red Alert 2 was the Demolition Truck. That is why I featured a Demolition Truck blasting somebody who wants the Fair Use Act gone from Copyright Law in order to win the War on Terror. Such people who wants Fair Use removed from Copyright Law have no right to stifle freedom and creativity.