• The Growth of 3D Anime

    Outside of Japan, 2D animation has become a near extinct medium. Nowadays, it’s all 3D and CGI here in the West. It’s a large reason why anime has become so successful since the advent of streaming. But the thing about animation is that it ain’t easy. It’s expensive, time-consuming, and requires a ton of skill,…

  • Best Boss Battles: Malenia, Blade of Miquella

    Best Boss Battles: Malenia, Blade of Miquella

    From Software is all but legendary at this point for their boss design. Well, for their everything, but mostly their bosses. Name any one of their games, and at least half a dozen names immediately pop into players heads. Orenstein and Smough. The Orphan of Kos. Sword Saint Isshin. So on and so forth. I’ve…

  • On Shounen and Transformations

    On Shounen and Transformations

    *This article contains spoilers for Dragon Ball Z, Naruto: Shippuden, One Piece, and Hunter X Hunter. Got it? Good.* Transformation as a concept is all but synonomous with the shounen genre. Ever since Goku traded his black locks for gold, every series in the genre wanted a piece of that pie. Who could blame them?…

  • Bookshops & Bonedust: First Loves and Good Reads

    Curse you, real life problems! Kept me from reading this book for months! I absolutely loved Travis Baldree’s last work, ‘Legends & Lattes.’ Few books I’ve read, if any, have made me feel so comfortable and relaxed as that one. Not to mention the phenomenal character writing! It’s a damn near perfect book, and if…

  • How the Fallout Show Saved the Franchise

    How the Fallout Show Saved the Franchise

    In the last few years, Fallout has been struggling to keep afloat. The once legendary series was bound by controversy and disaster. To this day, ‘Fallout 76’ stands as one of the worst video game launches of all time. It seemed that the franchise was doomed. Even so, when the first teasers for the TV…