• 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…

  • Wight: Ambition in Death

    Lore: Soldiers of the Underworld In days long past, the word ‘wight’ meant ‘person.’ Nowadays, it means just the opposite; it now refers to an undead soul driven by dark desires and vanity. When death comes to claim them, those that cry out to the demon lord Orcus, or some other evil god of the…

  • John Wick: Chapter 4 is Sheer Action Brilliance

    John Wick: Chapter 4 is Sheer Action Brilliance

    So… are these movies just gonna keep going? This one has an actual ending to the story, and a pretty damn good one at that. But it’s Hollywood. You know they’re not just gonna let it go. Anyways, this movie is awesome. No surprise there. John’s quest for revenge continues, and the High Table seeks…