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buy this article By Kotie Geldenhuys; Photos courtesy of Pixabay In 1992, a visionary author named Neal Stephenson introduced the world to a ground-breaking concept in his science fiction novel Snow Crash. Within its pages, he coined the term “metaverse” – a digital universe where characters could escape their bleak realities by diving into a
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buy this article By Kotie Geldenhuys; Photos courtesy of Pexels and Flickr The sports landscape has been transformed by the rise of e-Sports, with the Internet enabling global online competition between video game players. Video game tournaments, or e-Sports, have seen rapid growth in recent years, attracting millions of viewers and large financial investments. However,
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