• Merrow: Angrier Mermaids

    Wait, didn’t we just do this? Lore: Aquatic Servants of the Demon Prince Merrow are savage hunters that will eat just about anything edible, from fishermen to merfolk. Long ago, they were themselves merfolk, but that all changed when one tribe found an idol of a Demogorgon. All in the tribe touched it and went…

  • The Lion King (1994): Hamlet, Furry Edition

    The Lion King (1994): Hamlet, Furry Edition

    More than a few animated classics have been ‘remade’ in the last few years. And by remade, I mean ‘butchered by live-action adaptations’. Dumbo, Beauty and the Beast, and Mulan are just a few examples. But not one of them are so offensive as what happened to this movie. The Lion King is widely regarded…

  • The Great One Piece Journey (FINALE… For Now): Wano

    Heads up: this review of the Wano material will cover up until chapter 1049 of the manga. This means that my coverage of the arc will be incomplete, as it still hasn’t ended as of the writing of this article. And of course: spoilers! Here we are, ladies and gents. The most recent arc of…

  • Five Night’s at Freddy’s: Sister Location is Bizarre

    Five Night’s at Freddy’s: Sister Location is Bizarre

    I’m not going to talk about FNAF World and nothing you can do will make me. Sister Location is where Five Nights at Freddy’s got oddly experimental. No, not ‘the game is a cute RPG’ experimental. Rather, it took the established lore, gameplay format, and even setting and put a twist on it, focusing more…

  • On Crippling Characters

    Generally, most stories fall into a pretty simple loop. They usually go something like this: Character goes through great struggle of some kind Character learns a valuable lesson and gains a new skill Character uses new skill to overcome trial Rinse repeat until story ends A strong example of this is in shounen anime. Usually,…