The Best Of October Next Fest

The Best Of Next Fest June 2025

Thunderbolts*, Mission Impossible, and Modern Hollywood's Forgotten Fridges

DOOM, Shooters, Upgrades, and Secrets

Steam Next Fest (Feb 2025) In Review

Writing, Games, Scope, & Stakes - The Law of Small Numbers

No more Game Mechanics in Fantasy, thank you

Writing Memory Loss

A Eulogy For Shounen Jump's Best New Manga

This Week Not In Japan - Geeks & Gaijins Podcast

Shounen, Writing, & Characters: Female Characters

Japanese History for Gaijins: Episode 11 The Ultimate Poetry Exam ( Heian court poetry culture and t

Japanese History for Gaijins: Episode 10 FALL OF THE FUJIWARA ( The Cloistered Emperors and the Hoge

Japanese History for Gaijins: Episode 7 Disturbed Dynasties (The Heian Period, and the terrifying pe

Japanese History for Gaijins: Episode 4 Who wants to be an Emperor? (The Early Emperors and Korea)

Overlord Season 1, aka How Not To Write An Isekai

Isekai, Writing, & The Problems of a Genre