• 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 Morality of Erwin Smith

    Which is better? Doing something horrible for the greater good and succeeding? Or following a more morale path and failing? Of all the characters in Attack on Titan, Erwin is arguably the most complex. At first glance, he seems like a noble man. The leader of the heroic Survey Corps, whose sole mission it is…

  • 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…

  • Githzerai: Psychic Monks, But Not Cool

    Lore: Chillin’ in Limbo While the githyanki are war-mongers, the githzerai are philosophers. They spend their days in Limbo, dwelling on islands and within fortresses of order within the chaos. Using their psychic powers to maintain their homes and defend them in battle, they are a mighty but mostly peaceful people. The hierarchy of the…