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🍔 🎮 When Street Fighter Met the Drive-Thru : The “Street Burgers” Drop in Japan
From: The Gamerhood HQ Yo — check this one: the folks over at McDonald’s Japan just leveled up in a way that hits the nostalgia sweet-spot hard. They teamed up with the Street Fighter franchise for “Street Burgers” — yep, burgers inspired by Ryu, Ken and Chun-Li (and maybe their special moves too). We’re talking: Ryu’s flavour? Burnt garlic, mayo, teriyaki and egg — burger meets Hadouken. Chun-Li’s? Yurinchi fried chicken with mayo play. Ken? Triple cheeseburger. Simple does

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Oct 182 min read


🤖 AI: The Baby With Grown-Up Moves
From: The Gamerhood HQ Let’s talk about it. Artificial Intelligence — yeah, the same thing half the world is hyped about and the other half is side-eyeing like it just learned to walk but already asking for car keys. Truth is, AI is still a baby. It’s drooling on itself in one moment and saying something profound the next. But you can’t lie — for something that’s technically “newborn,” it’s already showing signs of brilliance. This thing can write, draw, analyze, mimic human

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Oct 183 min read


🎮 SHAQ-FU: FROM GENESIS TO THE SWITCH 🥋🏀
BY: Knux456 Let’s be real — Shaq-Fu was one of those games you couldn’t forget even if you tried. Dropping on the SEGA Genesis back in ‘94, it was wild to see Shaq — yeah, the big fella himself — step off the basketball court and throw hands in a mystical world to save a kid from an evil mummy. Like… who cleared that idea? 😂 But that’s what made that era so legendary. They took risks. No focus groups, no overthinking — just pure “let’s make something nobody’s ever seen be

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Oct 181 min read


🎵 Unshaken Legacy — How D’Angelo’s Voice Became Red Dead Redemption 2’s Soul
By: Knux456 There are certain moments in gaming that go beyond the controller. Moments that pause you. Moments that make you feel something deeper than the mission you’re on. For a lot of us, that moment came during Red Dead Redemption 2 — when Arthur Morgan, worn down, sick, and betrayed by the world around him, starts that slow, meditative ride back through what’s left of his life… and D’Angelo’s “Unshaken” starts to play. If you’ve played it, you already know — that mome

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Oct 182 min read


🎮 40 Years of Mario — The Jump That Started It All
By: Knux456 You ever stop and think about how deep Mario really runs in our DNA? Like for real — the sound of those 8-bit coins, the flagpole jump, that little victory tune… that’s childhood for a whole generation. They’re saying it’s been 40 years since the original Super Mario Bros. dropped back in 1985. Forty years, bro. Let that sink in. That’s four decades of red hats, green pipes, and impossible jumps that somehow always had us pressing “retry.” I was born in ’81 — t

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Oct 182 min read


🎧 MTV 1981–2025: When the Music Stopped
By: Knux456 That’s the photo that hit me. The tombstone that reads MTV 1981–2025 . For anyone born in my era — this one hurts a little deeper. See, I was born in ‘81. I came up in the age of loud colors, big sound, music videos, and personality. We didn’t just watch music — we experienced it. MTV wasn’t just a channel, it was an ecosystem. The way we found new artists, learned new styles, and shaped who we were. Now, seeing that date carved in stone feels like watching part

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Oct 183 min read


🎮 When Will GTA VI Hit? The Wait, the Hype, and Why We’re Still Watching
By The Gamerhood HQ — Knux456 From couch nights on the original Xbox to PlayStation streaming sessions today, the moment you’ve been waiting for finally seemed near. But for the world’s biggest game franchise, “near” feels like a second-hand rumor. 🕹️ The Franchise That Never Sleeps Grand Theft Auto V dropped in 2013. Let that sink in: your kid might be older than the game. Your daughter — nearly ten? She can remember the launch era of the game you played back then. Since th

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Oct 182 min read


🎮 Hanging Up My Digital Dog Tags: Why I Finally Quit Call of Duty
BY: Knux456 It’s official — I’ve retired from active duty. After nearly 20 years of running, gunning, raging, and respawning, I’ve finally hung up my Call of Duty dog tags. I’ve been there since the early days — when the franchise was still trying to figure out how to move past World War II and reinvent itself for the modern era. From COD3 to Modern Warfare 2 and everything in between, I’ve seen it all. I’ve heard it all. And trust me, I’ve said a few things I probably sh

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Oct 172 min read


Mass Appeal x Marvel: The Comic Drop That Hip-Hop and Pop Culture Needed
Knux456 There are certain collabs that feel like they just make sense — moments where two worlds meet and history practically signs itself. That’s exactly what happened when Mass Appeal and Marvel teamed up to drop Legend Has It #1 , a limited-edition comic book that reimagines Hip-Hop icons as full-fledged superheroes. Reviewed and revealed at New York Comic Con 2025 — the Mecca for everything comics, cosplay, artistry, and creativity — this project quickly became one of

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Oct 172 min read


🕹️ Falling Into Gaming Season – Hibernation Mode: The Decompression Code 👨🏾💻
By: The Gamerhood HQ | Written by Knux456 It just feels right, The outside world’s always loud. But in here, it’s calm — the screens glowing like a campfire in the dark. This is that time of year when we fade into focus. As the leaves change, the world slows down, and gamers like us everywhere, start slipping into what I call Hibernation Mode — the sacred season of recharge, reflection, and raw creativity. This isn’t about disappearing. It’s about decompressing. 🎮 The Shift

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Oct 172 min read


👻 The Top Horror Games Ever Made... (Who made the list?)
Knux456 Let’s keep it real — horror games hit different when you’re the one holding the controller. You can’t just scream and throw popcorn like you do at a movie. You gotta move through it, listen to every sound, check every corner, and pray nothing jumps out at you before you save your progress. So let’s talk about the real ones. The horror games that changed the game. The ones that made us put the controller down, take a breather, and question if we really wanted to go ba

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Oct 175 min read


🎮 Why Xbox Died — and the Five Games That Kept It Alive
Knux456 There was a time when being an Xbox player meant something. Back in the 360 days, Xbox was the system. The online play was smoother, the party chats were fire, and the exclusives actually meant something. But somewhere along the line — right around the Xbox One era — things started falling apart. The exclusives were weak, the lineup was dry, and most of us ended up waiting two or three months just to play what PlayStation gamers were already enjoying. Xbox didn’t ju

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Oct 164 min read


🎮 Tomonobu Itagaki: The Rebel Who Redefined Action Gaming
Tomonobu Itagaki Tribute: The Rebel Who Defined Ninja Gaiden & DOA

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Oct 163 min read


🎵 Remembering D’Angelo — The Soul That Never Faded
A tribute to D’Angelo — the Grammy-winning R&B icon who reshaped soul with Brown Sugar and Voodoo. From “Devil’s Pie” to “Untitled,” his sound redefined vulnerability in music. Though gone too soon, his legacy still feels like home.

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Oct 143 min read


🎁 The Lost Magic of the Toy Book
From: Childhood Memories There was a time before algorithms and “Add to Cart” buttons — a time when the biggest event of every kid’s year came in the mail, wrapped in glossy pages and pure imagination: the Toy Book . When October hit, the world shifted. You’d rush home from school, flip through the mailbox, and there it was — the holy grail from Toys “R” Us , Kay-Bee Toys , or even the Sears Wish Book . That catalog wasn’t just paper; it was a portal. You’d grab a pen, circl

Knux456
Oct 133 min read


🎮 Ghost of Yōtei — First Impressions
The Gamerhood By: Knux456 💭 First Thoughts Soon as I heard they was droppin’ another one from the Sucker Punch crew, I already knew I...

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Oct 42 min read


🕹️ Bugged Out & Tapped In: From Lanternflies to Demon Slayers 🐉
Posted By: Knux456 There I was—mid-game, headset on, locked in—and outta nowhere… I swear I saw something crawling on the mic. Not in the...

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Jul 183 min read


📝 The Hidden Game in the Notes App
By:Knux456 There’s a new lane of deception that’s quiet, slick, and right in your pocket. People are cheating… through the Notes app on...

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Jul 91 min read


Controller in My Hand, But No Control in My Heart
By: Knux456 I turned on the game today to escape. Not to rank up. Not to flex. Not even to laugh. Just to disappear for a little while....

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Jul 71 min read


🏁 Gamerhood™ Is Official — The Trademark Is Filed
Created by: Knux456 Filed. Stamped. Locked. The name “Gamerhood” now belongs to me — legally and spiritually. On May 13, 2025, at exactly...

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May 162 min read
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