The Non Sequitur Humor We All Needed Nestled under a bridge that crosses the Arakawa River lies a world unlike any Kou Ichinoya has ever seen in his life. Kou is a practical business man. Someone who has ambition and worked their way up from a very young age. His only weakness? He suffers from…
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Caution: Food Puns Ahead Food is good. So is manga. A manga about food? Yes, please! There’s a veritable buffet of popular anime and manga series about food: Food Wars!, Restaurant to Another World, Toriko, Delicious in Dungeon, and What Did You Eat Yesterday? are just a few that come to mind. Before you decide what to put…
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Destiny 2‘s first major expansion was released this week, and it aimed to deliver a more satisfying and engaging experience to its players. It told a more personal story of revenge, brought back characters we hadn’t seen since Destiny 1, and introduced us to 2 new locations. Then of course, there’s a new set of…
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Chi’s Sweet Adventure is a manga series that follows the antics of a kitten named Chi. Today we’re looking at Volume 2, but it’s easy to jump in and know what’s going on. The story is simple, but that’s what makes it so enjoyable. The Story After living the life of a stray with her…
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Tools of the Trade There are so many tools available for artists looking to create digitally. These programs vary in what they can accomplish, price, and ease of use. For many, the gold standard is Photoshop, but if you’re just getting your feet wet, what options are there? As someone who has looked into these…
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The Adventure Begins In June 2017, Rebellion Developments, the company that brought us the Sniper Elite series and many other games, announced their next big adventure called Strange Brigade; and a rip-roaring adventure it is. A Tantalizing Tale… Set in the 1930s, players take on the role of one of the Strange Brigade: a group…
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A Little Dragon Goes A Long Way Fans of Harvest Moon have been in a bit of a dry spell. While the game has been re-branded as Story of Seasons, and a different studio has taken over the Harvest Moon title, there hasn’t been much innovation from either. When it was announced that the creator…
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Lovely Day For It! When Compulsion Games started a Kickstarter campaign for We Happy Few back in 2015, prospective players were shown a promising vision of a first-person, story-driven game set in a drug-addled dystopian world. A year later, the game became available to supporters via early release. Although, most people have had to wait…
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Tom Sawyer Mark Twain is one of the most enjoyable classic authors to read. As a child, I was an avid reader of his work, and even got to take a trip to Hannibal, Missouri to visit his boyhood home. He was witty and smart, as well as very critical of the culture of his…
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A Samurai Love Ballad… Giggling under the covers late at night. A passionate evening with a lover? Well, something like that. Otome (Maiden in English) games are a romantic escape from the mundane. I started playing these RPGs while going through a difficult divorce. The idea of being a charming, beautiful girl while handsome, interesting…
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