Author: jernahblunt
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Mushoku Tensei (Season 1) is Isekai Perfection
Man, I’m super late on this one, aren’t I? Most isekai stories are simple, dumb power fantasies. They focus less on telling a story and more on providing shallow escapism. Which is fine, if that’s what you’re into. But all the potential of an isekai premise is generally avoided by most of the genre. Mushoku…
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My Love-Hate Relationship with Party Games
Party games aren’t complicated. Make a digital board game, add some minigames, release. Do it well, and you’ve got a recipe for fun with the whole family or all your friends. Or so you’d think. Do you know the quickest way to start a fight? Go to a bar and start swinging? Step into a…
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Main Character in Another World: Rudeus Greyrat (Mushoku Tensei)
There is a question at the heart of the isekai genre. If you were reborn in another world, what would you do? If you were given a whole new life, how would you spend it? How would you do it differently? Most isekai are happy to ignore this question. “Don’t think, just enjoy the power…
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Writer’s Diary: September 2023 Update
Remember when I said August was gonna be my month? Yeah, it wasn’t. But that’s life, isn’t it? I’ll spare you my sob story. Let’s just talk about the blog. My next movie marathon is going to be a somewhat shorter one. Featuring something that has been sorely lacking on this blog since the very…
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Yeti: Fear Not the Snow…
On your guard! That’s not the wind howling! Kelesta Hawke of the Emerald Enclave Lore: …Fear That Hidden Within Miners and herders the world over fear the windborne howls of the yeti. Folk traveling the peaks go well-armed in large groups for fear the ever-hungry yeti will smell them out. Not even a blizzard can…
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