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Two years ago I was getting off a flight that just landed in Amsterdam to kick off my bachelor party. When my cell service returned, I was immediately made numb - Anthony Bourdain, my hero, had passed away. I couldn’t believe it; quite possibly my favorite voice of any medium was gone. It’s surreal discovering the…

Hey folks Ish here holding down the fort on this Wednesday... its Wednesday right? Z is off doing something mysterious, cant get it out of her. So here were are.

Away with you!


I’m undecided on whether it looks more like my Maneater is giving someone directions, or if my Maneater is getting sassy with some other fish. It’s either

“Okay, what you’re gonna do is, go this direction for three miles, then take the next junction left. If you get to the nuclear reactor, you’ve come…

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There are moments in time where I find media that speaks to me on a level that I do not understand the importance of it until much later. One might enjoy a film, a book, or an anime and just remember it fondly without much afterthought. What makes something truly special, to me, has always been if I find myself…

There are a lot of different options these days when it comes to selecting a mouse.

As a website for kids, CoolMath has a lot of games with bright colors, flashy characters, explosions, peppy music, and all sorts of other bits of spectacle that are clearly designed to entice today’s little whippersnappers. But it also has some more mature, subdued games.

When I was a kid, I didn’t understand why Chinese was sometimes called “Mandarin,” or “Mandarin Chinese.” What does that mean? Is it Chinese or not? What is Cantonese?

I spoke about Battle City before, one of the few games of the time that could be played co-operatively on the NES. Nintendo’s own Ice Climber was one of the others that you could enjoy, but wasn’t always sunshine and roses.

It’s not often that a piece of unexpected news can so completely blindside you. Two days ago, when I first heard of Zac Bertschy’s sudden death at home on Thursday May 21st 2020, I sat in silence for several minutes trying to process what I had just read. Bad news has a way of first wrapping you in numbness before icy…

I had an idea that will 99.9% not work because this is kind of time consuming. BUT it might be fun to try, who knows! My idea is basically a choose your own adventure story that we would create. Now, unfortunately this is something that I think is most suited for Discord so if you wanna read what’s written so far or…

Now that the current anime season (and probably the next) has been crippled by COVID-19, perhaps there aren’t many new shows still airing that you want to watch. Perhaps you’ve been furloughed, or have lost your job. I’m truly sorry if that’s the case, and I can imagine this isn’t the easiest time to look for a new…

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There are a lot of great dads out there in the world of anime, and there are some that are, in one way or another, scumbags who either cant even look after themselves or are too self-absorbed to care about anyone but themselves. Sometimes even both.