Author: jernahblunt
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Final Fantasy V: The RPG That Bullies You
I have a somewhat odd history with Final Fantasy V. Technically, it was the first game in the series I ever played; I would play it a fair bit when I was a kid. But I had never actually finished it. In fact, I never even got that far; I’d get to the ship graveyard…
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Why We Adore the Body Improvement Club (Mob Psycho 100)
ONE’s greatest strength as an author is his consistent ability to subvert tropes and expectations in a clever, funny way. Oftentimes, it’s this very skill that is at the heart of his stories. The entirety of One Punch Man is built off of his ability to subvert tropes and characters seen in shounen anime and…
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Leviathan Wakes: Lots of Style, Little Substance
I knew absolutely nothing about the Expanse series going into this. I know there’s that show on Amazon, and I know people really like this book, but that’s about it. Going in, I was 100% blind. Did it live up to the hype? For me, I’d have to say no. It’s still a good book,…
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Otyugh: Uh… Gesundheit?
How the hell do you pronounce that? Did someone at Wizards of the Coast trip over their own tongue in a meeting and they all just decided to keep it? Oh yeah, by the way, the monster is a waking nightmare. Lore: Gluttons in Garbage Buried beneath mounds of offal and carrion, the otyugh only…
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Netflix’s Witcher Series Screwed the Pooch
Season one of the Witcher show was far from a masterpiece. Even still, it was a solid bit of fantasy television. It adapted the first book in the series, ‘The Last Wish’, while bringing plenty of new stuff to the table. In the end, it was a decent enough show that I enjoyed quite a…
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