Behold, Failure Fantasy Part 2! Also, cruise over to Epixaricacy for more details on one of the games I’m about to discuss. So I’ve taken some time to talk about bad protagonists in Final Fantasy games. What, you might ask, are examples of good ones? I’m glad you asked me that, conjectural reader. Zidane Tribal… Continue reading Failure Fantasy, Part 2
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Failure Fantasy, Part 1
Issue 239 of the Escapist is now available, entitled “Anti/Hero.” Below is the article I pitched for the issue. NOTE: Due to circumstances mostly beyond my control, this article has been divided into two parts. Below is part the first. Final Fantasy is arguably the most popular series of role-playing games from Square/Enix, and one… Continue reading Failure Fantasy, Part 1
Dead in the Water?
So that idea I mentioned in yesterday’s IT CAME FROM NETFLIX! podcast? I got it off the ground. I actually got off my ass and tried something new. Basically, the idea goes something like this. There are a lot of podcasts out there that get awfully boring awfully fast. I enjoy podcasting, but just because… Continue reading Dead in the Water?
Imperfection
This is just going to be a quick little reminder about an undeniable fact that is occasionally hard to swallow. I’m imperfect. Yes, I’ll blog about how I go about doing the writing thing as if other people should do the same, or venture my opinion about a piece of entertainment media that some others… Continue reading Imperfection
Televising the Revolution is for Suckers
Voilà! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of Fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is a vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished. However, this valorous visitation of a by-gone vexation, stands vivified and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent… Continue reading Televising the Revolution is for Suckers
The New Fascism
fas·cism (\’fa-,shi-zəm) n. 1 often capitalized : a political philosophy, movement, or regime (as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition 2 : a tendency toward… Continue reading The New Fascism
Double Standards
It’s staggering how much can change in a few short years, isn’t it? During the previous administration, if you spoke out against the President or his policies, you were quickly shouted down as a moron at the very least, and possibly called a terrorist sympathizer or a Communist. Nowadays, if you speak a word of… Continue reading Double Standards
Customer Service
People want to get the most out of what they pay for. Companies and entire economies rise and fall based on customer confidence and loyalty. If a customer sees a solid, dependable product that delivers on its promises, they’ll use it continually and recommend it to others. Pretty simple concept, right? Say your company manufactures… Continue reading Customer Service
