Sebastian Hernandez
Sebastian Hernandez is a junior at Washington High School. He was born in Fairfield then moved to Fremont, CA in 2023. This is his first year with The Hatchet. He is interested in covering music, retro games, physical media, movie reviews, and arcade sticks. His favorite hobbies are hiking, biking, playing basketball, drawing, playing fighting games, and caring for his CRT TV. In the future Sebastian wants to go to college and become a nurse, and a repairman for CRT TVs restoring them to their glory. Going to the Philippines to visit his family members and going to the tropical beaches.
Love retro? Buy a CRT
In this day and age, we already have OLED TVs that are leagues better than ancient CRTs, with higher resolutions and those deep blacks. OLEDs (Organic Light-Emitting Diode) are the newest advancement in display technology and are packed with many features, namely black frame insertion and a high refresh rate of 120hz, meaning they have low input lag and native 4K resolution. Its “real” blacks cannot be achieved on LCD (Liquid Crystal Displays) TVs since they use backlights and darker colors lose their detail…
What’s the hype around Deadlock?
After six years in development, the video game company Valve released a new game called Deadlock in beta testing, and I got the chance to play it and lend it out to a couple of friends to see what they thought.