I have a major announcement in the upcoming weeks about this journal. For now though, because nothing is properly official I cannot say what it is. Also I do not want to screw it up so it's all hush hush for now.

Stay tuned and we’ll have some amazing news planned along with some radical changes.

Does anyone even use radical anymore?
So too does ( Read more... )

It occurs to me in my pseudo review of Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure that, despite my knowledge and fondness for the series I found myself at a loss for what to speak of once I was done summarizing. In turn, when I was thinking about what to speak of this week an outpour of words came when I settled on a particular topic.

With Anime North around the ( Read more... )

Here’s something I’ve happened upon that I’d like to share with you.

Recently I’ve started reading a Marvel comic; specifically that of Carnage Vs. Deadpool.

While reading that I realized that I was witnessing a transition in the character of the Merc with the Mouth.

A good portion of Deadpool’s personality is that he is a mercenary that would kill ( Read more... )

Hooo boy. This is a hard one to write about.

There’s certain anime that you point to (if you’re an anime fan) that you use to settle arguments about the quality of the medium. Conversely, there are examples of anime that completely and utterly destroy arguments about anime being a serious art medium.

And then there are the ones that fall right in the ( Read more... )

You know I’d like to search the internet for Pathfinder just once and not have the shitty film come up.

I’ve been contemplating writing about the Pathfinder system for some time on this journal but find myself at a loss for what to say.

Now, on the surface that’s weird considering I’ve spent more money on that RPG system than any other I’ve owned, I ( Read more... )

There’s a large consortium now of web journalists that are quite fixated on pushing any work that might feature a female protagonist to the forefront of human awareness. This is a process with which I have no strong objections or opinions because I know better than to shake that hornet’s nest. Or even look at it really.

That being said, in the rush ( Read more... )

Despite my education it seems I’ve sorely missed that period where one discusses the themes and nature of Cyrano De Bergerac.

As a result I’ve been often hesitant to ever approach a subject a discussion for fear that my analysis would be considered obvious and therefore trite. But, the subject of Cyrano is something quite dear to my heart both as a ( Read more... )

I’ve gotten into several arguments lately about the upcoming Godzilla adaptation for western audiences. I’ve argued, vehemently, that the film will be a monstrous disappointment.

But I’ve gone on hate tirades in the past on this journal and it’s never worked out well. So, instead, I’m going to rip the upcoming reboot completely out of the equation ( Read more... )

I’m going to share with you something I’ve come to realize. As many of you probably already know, this past April Fools Google put an add on into their mobile app for Google Maps. This allowed users to scan various locations and find 150 Pokemon at various points on the globe. Well 151 if you could find Mew which is a task harder than getting him ( Read more... )

It's good that there's a clear niche market for difficult video games. On top of that now more than ever it seems there’s a clear divide between games that implement good design features with unique challenges the players learn from. Instead of, you know, just arbitrary increases in damage and health and such. That’s why Dark Souls is now ( Read more... )