Category: Review

  • Kingdom Hearts 2: Less Disney, More Anime

    Kingdom Hearts 2: Less Disney, More Anime

    Kingdom Hearts is infamous for a lot of things. People often make fun of the series for just how strange it truly is. Putting Disney and Final Fantasy together was already odd enough. But then you add all the original story elements and it just got all the more strange. At least it made sense,…

  • Baptism of Fire: The Fellowship of the Lion Cub

    I return once again to the Witcher world. Don’t worry, we’ve only got three more to go after this. Then I might finally force myself to play the first two Witcher games. Maybe. Unlike the previous stories, this book focuses almost exclusively on Geralt. After recovering from the battle at the end of the last…

  • The Great One Piece Journey (Part 2): Orange Town

    I’d say that this is the first proper ‘arc’ of One Piece. Everything before this was mostly setup with throw-away villains. Here? We get actually character growth, a fun and memorable villain that would play a larger part in the story going forward, and it does a great job of introducing one of the series’…

  • The Eye of the World: Book One of… How Many?

    I get the feeling like I might make some enemies over this one. The Wheel of Time is one of those fantasy book series that I’ve always been vaguely aware of. I remember seeing it on the shelves in libraries and thinking “Man, there are a lot of those!” Back then, I thought they would…

  • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: The Weird One That Everyone Kinda Remembers

    Is it just me, or do people only remember Harry Potter after book/movie three? Seriously, I don’t know anybody that’s like “Yeah, Sorcerer’s Stone was my favorite!” or “Dude, I loved Chamber of Secrets!” Well, nowadays, the only thing on people’s lips in regards to this series is “J.K. Rowling sucks, am I right?”, so…