• Lycoris Recoil: Cute Anime Girls… with Guns!

    Lycoris Recoil: Cute Anime Girls… with Guns!

    I’ve seen a lot of shows about cute girls doing cute things. I’ve seen them go camping, play sports, work out, etc. Shows like this are slow, calming, and fun. How they managed to make that work in a John Wick action story, I’ll never know. Japan’s peace is upheld by the Lycoris, secret agents/assassins…

  • God of War: Ragnarök is a Masterpiece

    God of War: Ragnarök is a Masterpiece

    This year has been a rather slow one for games. After Elden Ring came out and shook the world, things more or less went quiet. Plenty of indie releases and a few triple-A duds, but nothing truly exceptional. It was starting to look like FromSoftware was going to sweep Game of the Year with little…

  • Thor (God of War Ragnarök): Product of One’s Environment

    Thor (God of War Ragnarök): Product of One’s Environment

    *Major spoilers for God of War: Ragnarök ahead! Read at your own risk!* Throughout God of War (2018), Kratos and Atreus were told many a story of Thor, the champion of the Aesir gods. Everything pointed to him being a murderous maniac. A monster who lives for killing and drinking and nothing else, a bastard…

  • Poirot Mysteries: The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor

    Poirot Mysteries: The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor

    The last Poirot short left a bitter taste in my mouth. Seeing the lovely little Belgian act like such a dickhead was rather upsetting and unsatisfying. Poor Hastings deserved better. Luckily, in this story, Poirot redeems himself. Now, instead of being an asshole, he acts like a psychotic maniac! Shortly after taking out a new…

  • Owlbear: Like Peanut Butter and Chocolate

    The only good thing about Owlbears is that the wizard who created them is probably dead. Xarshel Ravenshadow, gnome professor of Transmutative Science at Morgrave University With respect, Xarshel Ravenshadow, I must disagree with you. The only good thing about owlbears is literally everything about them. Lore: Mysterious Nighttime Hunters Ferocious, aggressive, and stubborn, the…