• Best Boss Battles: Bayle the Dread

    Best Boss Battles: Bayle the Dread

    Bayle! Vile Bayle! O terror incarnate! There is life in me yet! I will soon feast upon your heart! Mark my words! You too shall know fear! You know what? I’m tired of demigods. Radahn, Malenia, Messmer, Radahn again, I’m over ’em! ‘Elden Ring‘ is a fantasy game, god damn it, and you know what…

  • Stardust: Unicorns, Witches, and First Loves

    Neil Gaiman books are always a delight. I only review one, maybe two a year. But they’re a treat that I always look forward to. Like a holiday sweet. In 1856, the rural English village of Wall stood on the border between the normal world and Faerie, a world of magic and wonder. Though the…

  • Starting Fresh with Gamera: Guardian of the Universe

    Starting Fresh with Gamera: Guardian of the Universe

    Here we are, folks. It’s the 1990s. The Heisei era has officially begun. I know nothing about the Heisei Gamera trilogy. But I am vaguely aware of its pedigree. From what tidbits I’ve gathered, these movies seem to be considered the GOATs of the franchise. Or so I understand. There’s only one way to find…

  • Summer Anime 2024: Quiet Time Under the Sun

    Summer Anime 2024: Quiet Time Under the Sun

    Huh. Not a lot of exciting stuff is on this season, is there? Or am I just burnt out on other worlds, magic academies, and high school rom coms? Oh, god. I really am getting old… Unlike the last few anime seasons, there aren’t a whole lot of sequels this time around. Beyond the obvious…

  • Best Boss Battles: Promised Consort Radahn

    Best Boss Battles: Promised Consort Radahn

    Miquella awaits thee, o promised consort. Y’know, when I wrote my article on the original Radahn fight, I wasn’t expecting to write a sequel so soon. Or at all. Nor did I ever want to. Thanks, Miyazaki. As you travel through the Land of Shadow, many powerful foes will bar your path. Renalla the Twin…