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Ang Huling Laro ng Aking Anak

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Ang Huling Laro ng Aking Anak by Joseph Adrian A. Maramba Have a long time playing computer games in a lifetime? How can persistence be done because of playing games with another one? The story has no glaring loopholes but the plot itself has a tendency to turn mawkish. It takes an excellent actress to astutely manage to hurdle the maudlin elements of the story. The story can touch on a timely concern among the youth - the seeming addiction to online games. But the story wisely does not just gloss over the issue but goes beyond the surface, presenting one poor lad's story as a microcosm that mirrors the many ills of modern technology and modern life, the consequences of video game gambling, how it almost breaks a family apart but in the end, gives that every family a chance to start over after a significant bump on the road. In effect, the episode also pays tribute to the resilience of most Filipino families. And I am talking here of the regular families that fight to s...