mahjong
Bonus: Tournament Report - Riichi Nomi Open 2025 but mostly it's about how 1500 point honba are a stupid rule
"I'm not worried about winning stuff from two opposing business rivals. That just means I'm decorated."
David Cabrera
A Virtua Fighter nerd explains the New Virtua Fighter EVO teaser at length
After months of buildup, the Virtua Fighter staff came up on stage at Evo this weekend, dropped about a minute of actual gameplay footage, updated us on continued support for VF5 Revo, and went on their way. This is a clever way of handling things; we’ve started to expect
The thing where you watch a bunch of first anime episodes and talk about them - Summer 2025
I haven’t done one of these in a long time, and I don’t want to commit myself to it on a regular basis because it often takes time I could be talking about more interesting stuff— like actual finished series which I could give a proper review to—
What, specifically, looks so bad about the new Fist of the North Star TV series?
I had been quietly excited about the upcoming TV series revival of one of my all-time favorites, the post-apocalyptic kung-fu melodrama Fist of the North Star (Hokuto no Ken). It’s certainly been long enough— the original Toei TV series is over 40 years old!— and with a high-end production
Mario Kart World is new and messy. That's okay and, ultimately, it's necessary
Nobody wants to have to follow up perfection, and Mario Kart 8 nailed it. Ten years and two consoles ago, the game refined the arcade kart racer into the very best version of itself. Rather than bothering with a sequel, Nintendo simply kept adding content to it until it was
video games
Bonus : You do not need the Switch 2 Welcome Tour
Education is walking far in front of entertainment here, advertisement's hanging out in the background, and grinding boredom is the main attraction.
arcade games
Capcom Fighting Collection 2 offers a pack of cult fighting classics... and also Ingrid
Part of me wants to say Capcom Vs. SNK 2 isn't that old. But I know. Haruhi Suzumiya is old too.
city of the wolves
Yeah, I bought Fatal Fury: City Of The Wolves, and what's worse, I LIKE IT
I’m only two thousand words in and I finally get to talk about how the game plays!
mahjong
An even and unbiased review of various online mahjong clients by the second-place winner of the 2025 Riichi City Tenkaichi tournament (2/2)
Niche mahjong choices, and therefore, Sega.
games
An even and unbiased review of various online mahjong clients by the second-place winner of the 2025 Riichi City Tenkaichi tournament (1/2)
Not to brag or nothin’, I just want to get that out of the way so we’re all clear.
movies
Bonus: I should probably get out what’s in my head about Sinners
"Everything in the film centers on this one ecstatic moment that everyone builds and inhabits together, unashamed, loving, exuberant, free, and so powerful as to call the spirits out to play."
anime
Isekai isn’t always bad; two atypical and fun isekai series from last anime season
"The thing I hate most passionately about isekai slop is the false modesty of a fake underdog."