• How Shounen Protagonists Have Changed

    Shounen is a genre of anime that doesn’t often change. And if it does, it does so very slowly. Ever since Dragon Ball rolled around and established the core rules and narrative beats of the genre, shounen has remained more or less the same. Whether it be about ninjas or grim reapers or a simple…

  • Warbreaker (By the Cover): Colors! Colors! More Colors!

    Guess what I’m reviewing next week. Go on. Guess. You’ll never get it. Up until recently, Warbreaker was one of the last gaps in my knowledge of Sanderson’s Cosmere. That, and the second Mistborn series (which I’ll get to sooner or later… after another Wheel of Time book or two). And now that that gap…

  • Griffon: An Alliance Player’s Old Friend

    I still remember first getting one of these back in the glory days of WoW. Made my life so much easier. Remember when getting a flying mount in World of Warcraft was cool? Remember when WoW was cool? I’m bumming myself out, let’s talk about the monster now. Lore: The Sky Predator Unfortunately, the ‘lore’…

  • I Finally Watched Game of Thrones (Season 5)

    It’s been a hot minute. May as well hop back onto this train. We’ve come this far, we should at least see it through to the end. Even if the train is going to fly off a fucking cliff. Up to this point, Game of Thrones has been pretty faithful to the original Song of…

  • Interlude: A Crucial Mistake

    Energia: Titans of VeritàTable of Contents (For Catching Up) Scott sat with his arms crossed, trying not to let the anger show on his face despite being alone in his room. “I’ll ask again,” he said into the holo-phone in a level but cold voice. “What. The hell. Happened?” He was having such a nice…