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Jan 31, 2019

The Curious Non-Release of Granblue Fantasy

Granblue Fantasy, or GBF to fans, is a Japanese mobile role-playing game that boasts over 23 million players worldwide. Critics have praised the amount of freely available content, myriad upgrade mechanics, and the surprisingly deep battle system. Most of the game’s menus and all of its narrative are completely translated…

Gaming

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The Curious Non-Release of Granblue Fantasy
The Curious Non-Release of Granblue Fantasy

May 21, 2017

Take Your Heart

It’s been a long time since I binged a game straight through. Sometimes they overwhelm me with quality content, where there is simply too much to do in a single serving (see Witcher 3), but most of the time, I am worn out by a repetitive core loop, or hit…

Videogames

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Take Your Heart
Take Your Heart

Apr 6, 2017

Saving the Ghost: Two Ways Hollywood can Crack Anime Adaptations

It should not surprise you to hear that the live action adaptation of Ghost in the Shell is awful. But it is awful to the extent that it raises a question: should Hollywood give up on anime? You could write a film studies dissertation on all the ways the movie…

Film

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Saving the Ghost: Two Ways Hollywood can Crack Anime Adaptations
Saving the Ghost: Two Ways Hollywood can Crack Anime Adaptations

Jan 13, 2017

Platform Anxiety

Or “How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Publish On Medium.” It began last spring with a bit of friendly advice from a buddy: “You should stop writing your blog.” Okay, maybe not the friendliest way to start, but he got my attention and meant well enough: “Not because what…

Writing

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