I'm a gamer, and voracious reader. I love stories of all kinds, except Twilight, and will partake in any meal subsisting of any type of medium.
Raised in the Pacific Northwest and an avid admirer of Japanese culture and language.
Michael Blaker is back with a look at the Winter 2023 season for this week’s Anime Sunday. It’s Michael’s Most Anticipated Winter 2023 Anime! Find out which anime series Michael is most looking forward to this winter, and see if you should add any of them to your list.
Bookish Wednesday is a column by Michael Blaker covering various novels. This week, he’s back with the fifth entry in a series he started covering years back called The Others. It’s “Etched in Bone” by Anne Bishop.
Michael Blaker reviews “Stranger Sins,” the fourth book in the I Am Legion series by author Michaelbrent Collings. “Stranger Sins” brings the chaos and mayhem put forward by main character Legion, and we find him in this book training two new students, a mother and her daughter, to be just like him.
Michael Blaker is back with more great fan fiction for his Synth Saturday column. This time, he’s continuing with more of the chapters in one of his favorite Fics with Chapters 21-25 of “New Battlefield” by operation.meteor.
Retro Game Friday is a column by Michael Blaker covering various games from the past. This week, he covers a title from 1999 that was released for the Nintendo 64. It’s Sucker Punch Productions’ first title, Rocket: Robot on Wheels.
Movie Monday is a column by Michael Blaker covering various movies from the past. This week, he takes a look at the 1983 holiday classic A Christmas Story that stars Peter Billingsley and Darren McGavin.
Michael Blaker is back with the first entry in a Light Novel series for this week’s Translation Necessary Thursday. It’s “Japan Summons: Volume 01” by Minorou!
Continuing our first look at new games this week, we take a look at Mahokenshi, a card battler that is steeped in deep Japanese Folklore. This beautiful game is due to be released in January, but we got a look at the first five levels of the game on Steam.