As I laid down on my couch with my switch in hand, I recently found myself asking myself a pretty important question as I tried a challenge for the third time in Playtonic’s Yooka-Yaylee. “Why the hell am I playing this?” Being a kickstarter backer for the original project I had high hopes for the […]
Read More Life Is Too Short To Play Bad Games“The final chapter… I’ll call it: Frog at the bottom of the well drifts off into the great ocean. Just barely glorious… But glorious indeed. Now I suppose it’s about time I put down my pen.”
Read More 72 Views of Konoha: A Naruto Retrospective (Part 1)Did anyone ever tell you that Japanese homes lack a central heating system? Standing in my appartment on a cold Chrsitmas morning is like standing in the freezer isle of a supermarket. Although Japan has nothing on Canada’s bitter winters that drop well below freezing, my appartment’s complete lack of insulation makes the rather mild […]
Read More An Otaku’s Journey Towards Japanese Fluencey Part ２: Beware the BurnoutThe Beginning Siting at the window of a hotel room 40 floors above the empty Tokyo streets, I took a moment to take in the city’s skyline. I had waited a little over a year and a half for this moment, and nothing had really sunk in yet. I had the next two weeks all […]
Read More An Otaku’s Journey Towards Japanese Fluencey Part 1: A Journey of One Thousand StepsLaying on his death bed, Yuji Itadori’s grandfather gives him one last piece of advice before parting ways. A way of life for Yuji to live by. No doubt this scene is supposed to be the emotional drive for Yuji’s decisions that follow, as he goes on to risk his life to save his friends […]
Read More Jujutsu Kaisen Episode 1: Motivation and ImpactLife can be pretty hectic. From the long school days of our youth to the hustle and bustle of adulthood, it can feel like there are simply not enough hours in the day to get everything done. With so much going on in our lives, it feels like we are just going from one task […]
Read More Enjoying the Simple Things in Animal CrossingSeeing the girls struggle to complete their project in Episode 4 of Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! probably resonated with me more than it should have. My creative presence online, both on this blog and elsewhere, has been spotty at best. I often find myself writing out half a post before deciding my point wasn’t […]
Read More KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF EIZOUKEN!: WHEN IDEALS AND REALITY COLLIDENaruto Chapter 79 will always remain a vivid memory as the chapter that would get me hooked on manga. My memory is fuzzy on whether I was already watching the anime by that point or not, but what I do remember is reading Chapter 79 (and 80) over and over again, taking in all of its best panels, story beats and emotional moments. The iconic clash of techniques Neji and Hinata throw at each other forever remaining one of my favorite action panels in Naruto.
Read More Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!: InspirationIt’s easy to forget about the quite moments in Mob Psycho 100 when the show is packed full of scenes like this….
Read More Mob Psycho 100 II: The Quiet Moments Between The ChaosIt feels like it has been forever since I watched Mob Psycho 100, but the time has finally come for its triumphant return.
Read More Mob Psycho 100 II: Reminding Me Why I Loved Season 1
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