• The Rocky Franchise: Final Thoughts and Ranking

    What a wild ride we shared these last few months, eh? My marathon through the Rocky movies was an intriguing one. Not simply because some movies were good and some were bad. In fact, it was never so simple. However bad they got, these movies always had something interesting, compelling, bizarre, or entertaining. Like, look…

  • A Tribute to Akira Toriyama

    A Tribute to Akira Toriyama

    This one is going to hurt. On March 1st, 2024, Akira Toriyama passed away due to acute subdural hematoma. At 68, he’d put his pen to countless creative works, from his original gag manga Dr. Slump to providing artwork for iconic video games like Dragon Quest and Chrono Trigger to, of course, his most famous…

  • The Triple-A Games Industry Needs to Change

    The Triple-A Games Industry Needs to Change

    Back in 2019, Activision Blizzard laid off 8% of its staff. Out of 9,600 people, 800 of them lost their jobs. This sparked some controversy at the time; Blizzard had broken revenue records the prior year, yet the people who made it happen were being fired in droves. To everyone watching, the truth behind the…

  • Maturity and Avatar: Why Netflix Failed the Last Airbender

    In the weeks before the new live-action Avatar series aired on Netflix, the showrunners released a series of statements regarding their vision for the show. They stressed that this new version was going to be more grounded and mature than the animated classic, more of a remix than a remake. That it would, quote, “Appeal…

  • Writer’s Diary: March 2024 Update

    Writer’s Diary: March 2024 Update

    Ah, springtime. The time for flowers, fresh grass, and rampant allergy problems. What better time could there be to stay inside, reading and writing and playing copious amounts of Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth? Finally, we are done with our Rocky marathon. Now all that remains is to rank them and for my final thoughts on…