A chill place for anime gamers
As much as I love great mecha anime, I never could get into Gundam. I’d watched a little of the original 1979 series and Gundam Wing on Toonami back of the day, but all the spin-off series, alternate timelines, and convoluted lore made the franchise felt impenetrable for a filthy causal like myself. But Studio... Continue Reading →
On November 30, 2022, we lost a music legend. Christine McVie, keyboardist, singer, and songwriter of Fleetwood Mac, passed away at the age of 79. While she was often overshadowed by her co-stars Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, McVie’s soulful alto and impeccable chops made her the architect of some of the band’s greatest hits.... Continue Reading →
2022 was a rough year in a string of *rough* years for the world. It was a year of war, toxic politics, COVID still lingering, and whatever the heck Elon Musk has been up to recently. But amidst all the garbage, there were a few things that made 2022 a bit more bearable. Some of... Continue Reading →
Before I rant too much, I have to address this. Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is a polarizing series, but the most toxic online debates have been about the casting of women and people of color. Now, I could go on about J.R.R. Tolkien’s views on race and gender, and why I... Continue Reading →
In Japanese mythology, the tiger and the dragon are rivals, but equal in strength. The tiger represents the earth, passion, and the physical world. The dragon represents the sky, the ocean, wisdom, and the spiritual world. Their clashes can shake the heavens, but neither can completely overpower the other. The truth is, they both need... Continue Reading →
"The brave things in the old tales and songs, Mr. Frodo: adventures, as I used to call them. I used to think that they were things the wonderful folk of the stories went out and looked for, because they wanted them, because they were exciting and life was a bit dull, a kind of a... Continue Reading →
Maybe this is a weird take, but I love the glorious piece of trash known as the Nintendo 3DS. Sure, the graphics were terrible and the 3D gimmick was very tacked on, but the system had a fantastic library of JRPGs, visual novels, and remakes of beloved classics. Towards the end of its life cycle... Continue Reading →
I've been working on this write-up on-and-off for months. I didn't expect it to be so gargantuan, but I hope it's still fun to read. I don't know if I will write any more posts like this, as I want to focus on my Let's Plays for now. But I felt this game, as big... Continue Reading →
I want to be real. Things haven't felt right for a while now. This past year and a half has been hard on all of us. I want to talk about this game, not because it's taken 150+ hours of my life to complete, but because every second I had the biggest, stupidest smile on... Continue Reading →
Like many old-school Nintendo fans, I first discovered Fire Emblem from Super Smash Bros. Melee. The long-running strategy RPG series was Japan-exclusive for the longest time, since Nintendo thought the games would be too complicated for our tiny Western brains. But once I unlocked Marth, and his hot-headed counterpart, Roy, in Smash, I just had... Continue Reading →
Drifting Soul 