https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oWBMDII2pE I like the pro/con format so it prevents me from only focusing on the negative. A review of Steam Whistle Alley by Joshua Mason. Tl;dr: 4 stars out of 5. This is a YMMV novel because so many things it gets right and wrong will sway how you feel about it, depending on personal… Continue reading Review of Steam Whistle Alley by Joshua Mason
Monster Hunt NYC YouTube review
When to ban (again)
So Ramon of LitRPGPodcast got banned from the LitRPG forum. I am not surprised in even the slightest, as I've covered Aleron's typical behavior towards banning and his practices in general. On the latter issue, he went after Dave Willmarth for having the word "Land" in his title, so I feel safe to say that… Continue reading When to ban (again)
Anime Quick Reviews: Re-evaluating How Not To Summon a Demon Lord and Overlord
Housekeeping news: I routinely troll Jeff Hays of narratorial fame with requests for him to read explicitly bad books, known as "Cringe Theater". And the cringe is strong in the series: Troll: The First Three Books. Described by Jenny Nicholson as "The worst book ever written", it's chock-full of cringe at every moment, worse than… Continue reading Anime Quick Reviews: Re-evaluating How Not To Summon a Demon Lord and Overlord
When Yes, you plagiarized
So the first bit is a bit of housekeeping news. I haven't published anything since WordPress switched to its Gutenberg editor. The UI is a huge improvement, but it sucks at the things I need WordPress to do like: Add Media content Save progress as I'm working on an article Allow me to publish an… Continue reading When Yes, you plagiarized
Adobe Story ends and my first screenplays
Adobe Story is coming to an end, which is not surprising. It ran on Flash/Flex back in the day and Adobe didn't migrate it to HTML5 until that ship had long since sailed. As they're killing the service, they're going to shut down all versions of the software and delete any scripts that are stored… Continue reading Adobe Story ends and my first screenplays
The Use and Abuse of Tropes: Anime edition
So I've been watching animes recently and several of the shows, even the ones I like, fall under the use and abuse of tropes. As a refresher, tropes are often literary shorthands for conveying a scene's idea. An example is several shows have a newcomer who initially butts heads with an old military general, until… Continue reading The Use and Abuse of Tropes: Anime edition
Short Reviews, GameLit Anime
This is just a few short reviews on some GameLit anime that I've watched recently. Most of these are based on light novels or manga series, I have no idea how faithfully they follow the plotline of their original series. Re: Zero The first one up is Re: Zero. This is the iffiest of the GameLit… Continue reading Short Reviews, GameLit Anime
The Escapist and criticism
I wrote about the art of criticism with the distinction between emotivism and criticism. This one deals with criticism and politics. The impetus is the Escapist, which just came under new/old leadership. One of their ex-employees left the company in 2011, and came back to it in 2017. He wrote that when he came back,… Continue reading The Escapist and criticism
Michael Scott-Earle getting banned, Jason Cipriano banned, and a new trademark kerfuffle
Tl;dr: Sign this petition to get the two authors reinstated. If you want to find out what's going on with Jason, see his blog post here and find out where to get his books. Anyway, the sad news is both authors have been terminated with Amazon for right now. Fans are sending emails to jeff@amazon.com… Continue reading Michael Scott-Earle getting banned, Jason Cipriano banned, and a new trademark kerfuffle
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