Category: Review

  • The Great One Piece Journey (Part 10): Alabasta

    After three arcs of buildup, it’s finally time for the grand finale of the Alabasta saga. It’s time for Alabasta itself! With Nami at full health and Chopper on the crew, the Straw Hats finally make their way to Alabasta! And things are heating up too quickly to contain! The rebellion against Vivi’s father is…

  • Castlevania (NES): An Unforgiving, Unfair Masterpiece

    There are certain games from my childhood that still haunt my nightmares. Not because they were scary, mind you. Because of their brutality. As a small child, being faced with an insurmountable challenge that your tiny mind and smaller hands are incapable of overcoming can be scarring. Like being beaten over the head with a…

  • The Great Hunt: Building Momentum… Slowly

    The first book in this classic fantasy epic didn’t grab me. Let’s see if book number two can sink its hooks into me. The Great Hunt, book two of the Wheel of Time series, begins a few months after the events of The Eye of the World. Now more trained in the sword and aware…

  • Bo Burnham’s New Special, Inside, Is a Must-Watch

    It’s hard to talk about a comedy special. Mostly because of how subjective comedy is. Most of the time, a review of a comedy special boils down to: was it funny? Yes or no. Not exactly something you can really write a compelling article about. But the thing about comedy: it kind of just… stopped…

  • I Finally Watched Game of Thrones (Season 2)

    The first season of Game of Thrones certainly lived up to the hype. It did a fantastic job adapting the material of the first book onto the screen. The question is: did season two do as well? Yes. Mostly. Season two is an adaptation of the second book of the Song of Ice and Fire…