• We Need to Talk About Dragon Ball Daima

    We Need to Talk About Dragon Ball Daima

    Toriyama is taking the franchise to strange new places… Dragon Ball is a series of highs and lows. Z was amazing… up until the Buu saga kinda messed it all up. GT was one of the most disappointing anime I’ve ever seen. Super was a mixed bag; it had some great moments and the movies…

  • Spider-Man 2 (PS5): A Solid, Safe Sequel

    Spider-Man 2 (PS5): A Solid, Safe Sequel

    As if we didn’t have enough quality games this year… Insomiac has done some amazing work with the Spider-Man IP in the last five years. The first game on PS4 was amazing (heh heh, get it?), easily one of the best games on the console. Miles Morales was basically a tech demo, but I still…

  • Icons of Shounen: Son Goku (Dragon Ball)

    Icons of Shounen: Son Goku (Dragon Ball)

    Shounen is by far the most popular genre of anime. Ever since Fist of the North Star, it’s been manga’s #1 cash cow. As such, it’s also the most competitive and densely packed genres. Which means we’ve got a lot of characters to look at. And more importantly: rank. Starting with everyone’s favorite martial artist…

  • Writer’s Diary: November 2023 Update

    Writer’s Diary: November 2023 Update

    Farewell, scares and skeletons. Hello… turkey. No matter how many years pass, that trade will never stop being disappointing. October was a month of healing for me. Certain events in August and September did serious damage to my mental health. Depression has always been an issue for me, but it got real bad back there.…

  • Best of the Bestiary: Zombies (Monster Manual FINALE)

    Zombies? On today of all days? What a fitting way for this to end. Best of the Bestiary first started way back in 2019. I started it not too long after I moved into my first apartment. Since then, I’ve lost that apartment, several jobs, and moved to a completely different state. Throughout all of…