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Six live-action TV series I like

Yes, shocking but true: I’ve watched live-action TV series in the past. I almost never write about them, because what can I really add? But since I haven’t…

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Final thoughts on Outer Wilds (from midway to the end)

Finally, finally. After writing that initial thoughts on Outer Wilds post ten months ago, I set the game aside. I didn’t drop it — as I wrote then,…

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OVA/spinoff review: Girls und Panzer

How many new post features can I cram onto the site? As many as it will take. Several of the anime series I’ve watched so far have come…

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The Florida state government’s attack on bloggers

Another unexpected subject, yeah, but I do write about writing online here on occasion. This subject affects every writer, after all, whether they address political issues or not.…

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A look at an assortment of stuff I bought recently

Or a “haul” as the kids say. Look, I have to make these lower-effort posts every so often; I just hope they’re entertaining or informative somehow. I think…

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A full run through the King Crimson discography: Part 14 (VROOOM EP, 1994)

Note: VROOOM seems difficult to track down either online or in physical form. But given that most of it’s already on the following full-length album, it might be…

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SimTower revisited

My working days are full of stress, and those are almost all my days. So what to do? I’ve come to appreciate a certain kind of game —…

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New feeling

The name of this song is New Feeling, and that’s what it’s about. Lately I’ve been feeling pretty up. Not happy, never happy, but energetic at least. It’s…

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Automated creativity (and a new case to follow)

Yeah, it’s more of this. If you’re sick of hearing about AI and/or machine learning, then you may want to skip this post, but I’ll probably be writing…

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Deep reads #7.2: A short course in alchemy (or, let’s make a Mystery Elixir)

Warning: Only applies to Atelier Sophie 2. And it’s going to be a really bad Mystery Elixir, in case you found this looking for a guide on Google.…

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Currently playing (Neon White, my entire Steam backlog)

It’s been a while since I wrote about any games here, but I haven’t been idle on that front. There’s one game I’m nearly done with and will…

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A review of Girls und Panzer

What comes to mind when you think of tanks, those armored war machines? Maybe you think of the Eastern Front, of Stalingrad and Kursk, or of North Africa,…

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A full run through the King Crimson discography: Part 13 (Three of a Perfect Pair, 1984)

By 1984, the Belew/Bruford/Levin lineup was still together: the longest-lasting version of Crimson to date, though apparently things were getting pretty rocky during the Beat sessions. Good thing…

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Currently watching: Kubo Won’t Let Me Be Invisible

What would I do without an anime series or two every season to use as an escape from the world of documents and bullshit? I don’t know, so…

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A full run through the King Crimson discography: Part 12 (Beat, 1982)

For the first time ever, a King Crimson lineup would completely hold together long enough to record more than one album, a true miracle. Beat is also one…

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Currently watching: NieR:Automata Ver1.1a

Hey, the new season of anime is here, and so is NieR:Automata Ver1.1a, an anime adaptation of the game NieR:Automata released several years ago. Automata (not to be…

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The anime roulette: part 4

It’s time again. After half a year and a lot of anime watched (at least by my low standards and with my busy schedule) the anime roulette returns…

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A full run through the King Crimson discography: Part 11 (Discipline, 1981)

After three collapses and three reformations, this fourth collapse of the influential and successful Wetton-Bruford (and Cross and Muir) brand of King Crimson in 1974 was the final…

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A full run through the King Crimson discography: Part 10 (USA, 1975)

Yes, it’s another live album, and put out the year after the band folded yet again. These posthumous live releases are starting to become a theme — my…

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A full run through the King Crimson discography: Part 9 (Red, 1974)

Following the release of Starless and Bible Black and a North American tour, King Crimson would kick out violinist/keyboardist David Cross and record their next album Red as…

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A full run through the King Crimson discography: Part 8 (Starless and Bible Black, 1974)

Man but these guys could be inconsistent. After producing the excellent Larks’ Tongues, the band went on tour, losing their percussionist Jamie Muir (who went off to join…

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A review of Bocchi the Rock!

Middle school student Hitori Gotou is a true loner with social anxiety so severe she can barely speak with her classmates. She desperately wants to connect with them,…

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Notes before the new year

Nothing special today; I just have a few comments to make about where the site might be headed in the coming year. • I’ll likely keep mixing the…

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A full run through the King Crimson discography: Part 7 (Larks’ Tongues in Aspic, 1973)

Back to the true excellence, and it only took a few breakups and reformations! The fourth incarnation of King Crimson featured Robert Fripp (spoilers: he’s in every one,…

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A full run through the King Crimson discography: Part 6 (Earthbound, 1972)

Earthbound is fucking terrible. Now, to address anyone arriving here through a Google search who might be confused (especially considering this is supposedly a site about video and…

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A full run through the King Crimson discography: Part 5 (Islands, 1971)

These guys keep you guessing, don’t they? After the Lizard lineup of King Crimson fell apart, the band reformed now with singer/bassist Boz Burrell (later way more famously…

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A review of Do It Yourself!!

It’s the end of another season of anime, and quite a season this one was — one of the most exciting for a while. So it’s maybe no…

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A full run through the King Crimson discography: Part 4 (Lizard, 1970)

After the release of In the Wake of Poseidon (or in the wake of Poseidon? Yeah? Sorry) King Crimson reformed in 1970 for the first time out of several times…

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A full run through the King Crimson discography: Part 3 (In the Wake of Poseidon, 1970)

I did say King Crimson changed their sound a lot throughout the years and decades in that first post in this series, but this album is an exception.…

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A full run through the King Crimson discography: Part 2 (In the Court of the Crimson King, 1969)

Oh yeah, it’s the progressive rock classic, if there’s a single one that deserves that title. Debut albums aren’t usually considered career peaks — typically the artist or…

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A full run through the King Crimson discography: Part 1 (Start)

What? Have I finally lost my mind? Probably. It certainly feels that way. I’ve been at the end of my rope for what feels like years now, yet…

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Deep reads #7.1: Better living through alchemy (or, why I like the Atelier series)

When you hear that a game has crafting in it, what do you immediately think of? Perhaps some thrown-together tacked-on gameplay mechanic like “put this piece of wood…

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A review of Yuru Camp Movie

Or Laid-Back Camp: The Movie as it was licensed here (originally Eiga Yuru Camp△ not forgetting the triangle-tent.) However you want to write the title, this is a film that follows the…

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A review of Super Cub

High school student Koguma lives alone in a small, nearly empty apartment. She wakes up early in the morning, makes breakfast, and goes to school on her bicycle.…

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Post #400, fantasy, and reality

I didn’t even realize this milestone had come up, but hey, this is the 400th post I’ve put up. Seems strange to think after nine years and over…

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A look at some obscure punctuation marks

Did I mention this would be a lazy month on the site? That’s how it’s turning out, though maybe my overwork at my job is contributing to that.…

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A look at two more artbooks (Eshi 100 Generation 2, Ganbare Douki-chan PIN-UPS)

Well man this is what this site is now. Why not? This is yet another lazy “look at some artbooks/photobooks/doujins I have” post, only a little more adult-themed…

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Currently watching: Do It Yourself!!

I’m doing my best to keep up with several anime series this season. The second cour of Spy x Family goes without saying, and so does Chainsaw Man,…

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A review of Conway’s Game of Life

Okay, it’s not actually a “review” this time. But then Conway’s Game of Life isn’t quite a “game” in the regular sense. Strangely enough I’ve already…

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A review of Conley’s Game of Life

Okay, it’s not actually a “review” this time. But then Conley’s Game of Life isn’t quite a “game” in the regular sense. Strangely enough I’ve already…

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A look at Visions 2021 Illustrators Book

It’s another one of these posts on the lazier side today, but I do have something to write about. When I went to the bookstore to get Sono…

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A look at My Dress-Up Darling / Sono Bisque Doll wa Koi wo Suru Vol. 6

This is an unusual post for this site. It’s rare enough that I write about manga since I hardly ever read it — the only post I’ve made…

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A review of Coffee Talk

Last post I wrote about my probably unhealthy coffee-drinking habits, so I may as well have a look at a game all about coffee, coffee-adjacent drinks, and the…

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Behind my lousy writing process

It’s Monday night as of this writing, and the week is already hell. Normally I’d be too exhausted at the end of a long day to write anything,…

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A review of Nichijou

Early one morning, three high school girls sit in the back of their class waiting for homeroom to start. Mai is mostly silent, sitting in the corner against…

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A review of Mieruko-chan

Miko Yotsuya is by outward appearances a pretty normal high school girl, the type who diligently attends class, does her schoolwork, and hangs out with her friend after…

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A review of Call of the Night

Here’s an anime I might have missed out on if it hadn’t been for that dumb anime first episode wheel post series I have going. Or maybe not,…

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Why AI content generators can’t kill art (part 2: the one that actually matters)

I have to admit this, even as a lawyer (or especially as a lawyer) and as commenters confirmed in the last post: the law is often designed to…

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A review of Touhou Suzunaan ~ Forbidden Scrollery (Vol. 1-7, complete)

Each morning, Kosuzu Motoori opens her parents’ bookstore for business and waits on their customers. Suzunaan carries all sorts of books for rent and sale, both natively written…

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Why AI content generators can’t kill art (part 1: the legal framework)

Last year, I wrote about the short anime series Time of Eve, a science fiction story dealing with the relationship between humans and a set of androids with…

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