• Main Character in Another World: Catarina Claes (My Next Life as a Villainess)

    Main Character in Another World: Catarina Claes (My Next Life as a Villainess)

    I kind of appreciate how closely ingrained isekai anime and harem anime have become. It makes finding protags for this series so much easier. Being a harem rom-com, ‘My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!’ (fucking anime titles) leans into the classic isekai trope of ‘everyone thirsts for the protagonist.’ This…

  • Poirot Adventures: The Double Clue

    Poirot Adventures: The Double Clue

    Y’all know the drill by now, let’s just get to it. When a collection of valuable jewels are stolen, it’s up to Hercule Poirot to discover them without causing a major scandal. Only two clues remain at the scene of the crime: a cigarettes’ case and a glove. Both point to one obvious suspect. Or…

  • Yuan-Ti Part 1: Lore and Design

    The yuan-ti cast off their humanity long ago, and with it, their sanity. From Masters of the Forbidden City by Codo Vidak Lore: Slithering Tyrants Dwelling within abandoned temples buried within jungles, swamps, and deserts, the yuan-ti plot to supplant the dominant races of the world and become gods. Once, they were humans who worshipped…

  • Does The Mummy (1999) Still Hold Up?

    Does The Mummy (1999) Still Hold Up?

    I’m always down for adventure flicks. But we’re also approaching the spooky season. Luckily for me, we’ve got a movie that strikes a nice little balance between them. I could just watch horror movies or slasher flicks. But then I’d be here for the next year reviewing ‘Halloween’ or ‘Friday the 13th’ movies. Maybe one…

  • Mushoku Tensei (Season 1) is Isekai Perfection

    Mushoku Tensei (Season 1) is Isekai Perfection

    Man, I’m super late on this one, aren’t I? Most isekai stories are simple, dumb power fantasies. They focus less on telling a story and more on providing shallow escapism. Which is fine, if that’s what you’re into. But all the potential of an isekai premise is generally avoided by most of the genre. Mushoku…