• The Social Network: A Movie About… Facebook?

    The Social Network: A Movie About… Facebook?

    If you asked me five years ago if I’d care about a movie about Facebook, I’d laugh in your face and tell you to fuck off. The only reason I watched it the first time was as a joke with my buddies; we all thought “Oh, hah hah, it’s about Facebook, maybe it’ll be so…

  • Chapter 18: A Stiff Good-Bye

    Energia: Titans of Verità Table of Contents (For Catching Up) Packing her things took Anna longer than she’d admit. Not because she had a lot of stuff. Aside from her small stack of clothes, an old family photo, and her mother’s old notes, scrawled across hundreds of sheets of paper, she had little to take…

  • The Last Airbender: The Golden Standard

    The Last Airbender: The Golden Standard

    I know it’s not technically anime, but I couldn’t find a better slot to put it in. So… we’re going with the anime slot. If you have a problem with that, feel free to email me at the following address: idontgiveashitfuckyourselfsideways@jumpoffaroof.net My writing relationship with this show has been a weird one. I’ve talked about…

  • Shadow of the Tomb Raider: End of an Origin

    Shadow of the Tomb Raider: End of an Origin

    I was going to review Halo 2 this week. But then I remembered that I’d played this one, so it got bumped up the priority list. Sorry, Halo. You’ll have to wait until next week. While I did have my problems with Tomb Raider (2013) and Rise of the Tomb Raider, I still greatly enjoyed…

  • Azula: The Mad Prodigey

    Azula: The Mad Prodigey

    Why yes, I did just finish my Avatar re-watch. What gave it away? One thing I don’t often touch on in these analyses is Negative Character Arcs. To explain briefly: a Positive Change arc is where the character overcomes their Lie and changes for the better; these are what you see most often in fiction.…