• Pick Your Poison: Why the Factions of Fallout New Vegas Are Perfect

    Pick Your Poison: Why the Factions of Fallout New Vegas Are Perfect

    A lot of games offer the player control over the story. Problem is, most of them make the choices incredibly simple. Do you want to be a goody-two-shoes or do you want to kill everyone and salt the earth? Gee golly, mister, I wonder what to choose? I’ll really have to work my noggin over…

  • The Call of Cthulhu: Gods Beneath the Tide

    I had pretty high expectations going into this one. Most bits of Lovecraft I’ve seen before reading his work, from board games to TTRPGs to stories penned by other authors, have used this story’s title. Surely this has to be one of Lovecraft’s best, right? Let’s find out. Let’s answer the Call of Cthulhu together.…

  • Rocky: The Underdog Story Perfected

    Rocky: The Underdog Story Perfected

    Some movies are so legendary that it feels like everyone has already seen them. Movies like Alien, Terminator 2, Planet of the Apes, Jaws, the Shining, Good Burger, you know, the iconic films that changed pop culture. The movies that have lasted the test of time and will for…ever, probably. Rocky is regarded as one…

  • The Quiet Beauty of Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End

    The Quiet Beauty of Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End

    Finding good fantasy anime is a challenging task these days. Most of the time, they’re either isekai or lean so heavily into that genre’s worst tropes they may as well be isekai. Disappointing as that is, it’s understandable; fantasy is far bigger here in the West than the East. Something tells me that’s gonna change…

  • Knights of the Old Republic: The Peak of Star Wars Games

    Knights of the Old Republic: The Peak of Star Wars Games

    A long time ago, in an apartment far far away, I made a simple vow: to never talk about Star Wars related media again. In the earliest days of my childhood, Star Wars was my favorite thing ever. I’m not unique in that regard; most boys my age would say the same. But then I…