• House of the Dragon (Season 1) is a Promising Return to Form

    House of the Dragon (Season 1) is a Promising Return to Form

    Following up Game of Thrones after the utter catastrophe that was season eight was never bound to be easy. Sure, making something of higher quality than the finale wouldn’t have been hard (on a writing front, at least.) But getting the spurned audience to come back? That was another matter entirely. House of the Dragon…

  • Berserk Manga Review: Revelations (Conviction Part 2)

    I was hoping to cover Conviction quickly, but the next section is really long. Seriously, the Birth Ceremony Chapter is basically the entire arc. So… yeah, that ain’t happening. Today, we’re covering: I would cover a lot more, if we weren’t coming up on a massive chapter. So for now, these three will do. All…

  • Ranking the Metal Gear Games

    Ranking the Metal Gear Games

    Here we are. At mission’s end. Every mainline Metal Gear game, played and reviewed. Now only one task remains. To be clear: I don’t think any of these are bad games. I’m of the opinion that Kojima never put out a truly bad Metal Gear game. Each one has their own strengths and shortcomings, and…

  • Main Character in Another World: Kirito (Kazuto Kirigaya)

    Main Character in Another World: Kirito (Kazuto Kirigaya)

    Put on your hazmat suits, everyone! We’re going back to ground zero! Sword Art Online debuted at the perfect time. Anime streaming was just starting to hit its stride, introducing a whole new generation to the medium. Lo and behold, SAO stood at the forefront of new shows at that time. It was inevitable that…

  • Poirot Adventures: The Lost Mine

    Poirot Adventures: The Lost Mine

    Wow. This one was boring! During a quiet evening in their flat, Hastings peruses the new stock options. This prompts Poirot to tell him of a case earlier in his career. A man with a large share of a profitable mine went missing, and the good Poirot was brought in to find him. This whole…