• The Great One Piece Journey (Part 7): Entering the Grand Line and Whiskey Peak

    Okay, now One Piece can actually start. Upon entering the Grand Line, the Straw Hats encounter Laboon, a massive whale, and Crocus, an old man who cares for him. During this encounter, they meet a pair of strange individuals, Mr. 9 and Ms. Wednesday. After learning how to navigate the Grand Line from Crocus and…

  • My Cautious Excitement For Guilty Gear: Strive

    My Cautious Excitement For Guilty Gear: Strive

    Guilty Gear is one of the most underappreciated fighting game franchises out there. It’s been around for about twenty-three years now, but it’s always been mostly under the radar. It’s had a large enough following to keep going, but nothing to blow the world away. It’s always played second fiddle behind the Street Fighters and…

  • The Character Personality Test

    It’s hard for a writer to gauge the quality of their own writing. You can’t really judge any of the surprises or emotional moments when you yourself created them. The longer you work on a project, the more familiar with it you get. And the more familiar with it you get, the harder it is…

  • Elantris: Tell Don’t Show… Without Much Telling

    It’s been a while since a book made me genuinely frustrated. Elantris is a very frustrating book. It scratches the surface of greatness but never manages to break through. Instead, it continues to skim the surface until it eventually comes to a disappointing end. The entire time I was reading, I was wondering when it…

  • Gibbering Mouther: I’m sorry, what?

    Doing horror in Dungeons and Dragons is incredibly difficult. Since the game is inherently fantastical, people tend to do what they want and not take anything seriously. As such, it’s hard to properly setup a horrifying atmosphere without someone cracking wise or doing something to undercut the whole thing. It certainly doesn’t help that most…