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How to fix Star Ocean: The Divine Force
Are you one of those unlucky PC players like me suffering from horrible lag and stuttering? Suffer no more with this quick tutorial! Honestly, Star Ocean has…
How to Fix the Goku and Vegeta Show
Since the animation has mostly leveled out, the biggest complaint that I’ve seen about Dragon Ball Super has been the that I’s become the “Goku and Vegeta Show”;…
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How to Bring Content to the Fire Emblem Fan Creation Community Table
If you’re involved with the Fire Emblem fan community in any fashion, then you may be aware of the recent controversy that has plagued the community for a…
65: The Sickos Fix College
College is a big grift that is dumb as shit. The Sickos reflect on how deeply they were failed by their education, and propose a new pedagogy that…
Issue #83: To the Self, With Love
Going through the great albums from Q1 2024, Seiko Matsuda's "Natsu No Tobira" and the Vocaloid songs celebrating Pokemon from Project Voltage
Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2024 Categories Revealed
The three newest categories for the Crunchyroll Anime Awards include Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, and Best Slice of Life.
Ditch The Quick Fix: 5 Easy Ways To Replace Expensive Supplements
There are so many products on the market, everyone has an opinion on what’s best, and every product promises magical results. Truth is, all those miracle supplements are…
How Dossoles Holiday Solved the Biggest Issue With Events in Arknights
As much as I love Arknights, there has been one aspect of it has that started to bother me the more I play. For a mobile gacha game…
Crunchyroll Announces 2020 Anime Awards Categories & Judges
Earlier today, Crunchyroll opened their official website for the 2020 Anime Awards. The site includes this year’s list of categories, as well as the panel of judges for…
Your (Almost) Daily Harlock Fix
1. Toei has set up a Harlock film YouTube site [here]. I think it’s a great move and it kind of makes me wonder why it took them…
Can Zeke Fix Eren Jaeger?
No, it turns out Zeke is the one with the emotional baggage.
Issue 19, 2023 - NaruTop99, A Race to the Bottom
The results of the NaruTop99 poll came out and boy do we have some thoughtsThis week we discuss Weekly Shounen Jump Issue 19, published on April 10th, 2023.This…
The site is broken right now, bad update? I’m trying to fix it…
The site is broken right now, bad update? I'm trying to fix it...
Sweatshop Content and our Content Consumption Habits
After I resigned from my library position (I had moral and ethical problems with how I was expected to police policy), I started hunting for remote work.…
Sweatshop Content and our Content Consumption Habits
After I resigned from my library position (I had moral and ethical problems with how I was expected to police policy), I started hunting for remote work.…
Issue 17, 2023 - A Farewell to Waifus
We discuss the recent ending of service for the English language release of Princess Connect Re:Dive, a gacha game that was near and dear to our hearts. We've…
Are educational games effective? How I use Games as Instructional Content
Are educational games effective? It depends. Games and game design for education is only as effective as the teacher! I can teach you how.
I Wrote A Stupid and Now I try To Fix it
I’m probably going to make it worse…orz A few days ago I published a post about, well actually it was a spoof on the concept of coolness and…
Cert Issue
Cert Issue Ugh. Looks like my website certificate failed to auto-update and so the site gets ultra scary warnings like this. I’m not selling anything on the site…
Issue #1
word from the editor Welcome to THE DIALOGUE., the monthly newsletter we hope will foster community, generate conversation, and serve as guidance during your time on the program and beyon…
Case 11 – I’ll Fix Your Sink
We finally make our return to the manga as we start our venture into volume 5 of Detective Conan and we begin with the Mountain Villa Bandaged Man…
Issue #79: On the Edge
Exploring the new kegøn album, MAX's breakthrough single, and the songs of the 2010 film Solanin
Issue #82: Conceive the Sea
Exploring the new marucporoporo album, Shizuka Kudo's "Arashi No Sugao" and the indie-rock hits on TikTok
The Transgender Issue: Shon Faye
I really wish this book didn’t need to be written, and I didn’t need to be writing about it. But here we are in TERFacist 2023 when a…
Analogfish fits the bill for my alt-rock fix.
Analogfish swam into focus for me this week as I was wading through oceans of J-music, listening for something a little different. おもいつくかぎりのすべて/Omoitsuku Kagiri no Subete (Everything You…
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Impact Indeed! Mecha Smile Impact #MODEROID Reveals: Various Categories
Before 2021 ended, Good Smile Company and its mecha sub-brand Good Mecha Smile have been promoting Mecha Smile Impact, an event which they promise would excite and bring impact…
Content Creator’s Best Friend: Visual Watermark | Branding Your Content
The Kitsune Network relies on Visual Watermark as a fast, user-friendly way to protect their digital assets. Easily watermark photos and videos to share with your audience.
The Ebbs and Flows of Content
Every content creator experiences the hit of incredible amounts of inspiration and then the lull that comes after it, and I'm no exception to that. But now? I…
The Ebbs and Flows of Content
Every content creator experiences the hit of incredible amounts of inspiration and then the lull that comes after it, and I’m no exception to that. But now? I…
The Awesome Blog Content (ABC) Award
Moira from Just Another Heaven nominated my blog for this award, in spite that I have yet to post content on the revival version of Japanese Melodia, for which…
Issue 16, 2023 - Kyoichiro Goes to Horny Jail
Unfortunately, this week's chapter of Mission: Yozakura Family was so egregious the Horny Police Shiba has injured his bonking hand (er, paw).This week we discuss Weekly Shounen Jump…
How to Seinfeld
I’m in The Japan Times with a look at how “Seinfeld” is being translated into Japanese: “These senbei are making me thirsty? How ‘Seinfeld’ sounds in Japanese.” “Seinfeld”…
How to Osaka
To be honest, I don’t know how yet. I’m still figuring it out. I got here three weeks ago and had 10 days before work to learn the…
How to improve the Shenmue Series
The Shenmue series, which was released in the 90s, is surely a series that we all should be thankful to, as it invented various aspects of the games…
Demystifying Eculture- Star’s Journey to becoming an egirl- Content
The competition is tough. At various points they start to overlap. Egirl/boy, models, Ethots, Cosplayers, Camgirls, Pornstars. All of which are at different degrees of content, ranging from…
Demystifying Eculture- Star’s Journey to becoming an egirl- Content
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How To Bring Characters Back To Life. ( And How To NOT )
With some of the recent events in JJK, I thought it would be fun to talk about writing characters back to life, when it works and when it…
Issue #68 postponed
A quick update on the upcoming newsletter
Issue #70: Journey
Exploring the new Yurufuwa Gang album, X JAPAN's first number-one and favorite J-drama tie-ins of the year
Issue #87: Liberation
Exploring the new JUBEE album, Elephant Kashimashi's breakthrough hit and the film Let's Go Karaoke!
Issue #81: Botanical
Discussing the new Plant cell album, Omega Tribe's big '80s hit with S. Kiyotaka and songs from this season's J-drama shows
Issue #72: Launchvox
Discussing the new Yuka Nagase album, ZONE's "secret base," and favorite songs from this year's summer J-dramas
Issue #77: Naive
Discussing the new rowbai and ZARD's "Makenaide," plus recommendations from friends of the newsletter
Issue #68: Optics
Exploring the Koh-Gaku EPs, Naoko Kawai's number-one double A-side and Ano's viral hit "Chu, Tayousei"
Issue #73: Remember
The year's last issue brings the newsletter's 50 best anime songs of 2023 and a hit from Sukeban Deka, along with the usual 3 singles
How Do You Know How to Know?
All knowledge is a matter of faith. You trust that I offer something worth your time and thought. I trust that you understand the words and my logic.…
How Do You Know How to Know?
All knowledge is a matter of faith. You trust that I offer something worth your time and thought. I trust that you understand the words and my logic.…