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.
For this week’s Video Game Tuesday column, Michael Blaker looks at exclusive content only given to certain console or PC players and asks if it really is an enticement to buy games for certain platforms.
It’s creeping ever closer to Halloween, so we are ramping up our coverage of games with a spooky twist. The Darkest Tales falls into that category perfectly as a Metroid-like hack-and-slasher title featuring dark takes on popular fairy tales and a teddy bear hero with attitude.
Movie Monday is a column by Michael Blaker covering various movies from the past. This week, he takes a look at a film from 2016 with Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling called The Nice Guys!
Michael Blaker is back, and he’s taking a look at another exciting volume of the Hell Mode book series for this week’s Translation Necessary Thursday. It’s “Hell Mode: Volume 3” by Hamuo!
Gunslingers and Zombies is a budget turn-based strategy game that is available for the PC through the Steam platform and is also on the Nintendo Switch. It’s well made and may provide a good starting point for those who are new to turn-based, tactical gameplay.
Michael Blaker’s back covering another set of chapters for his fanfiction Synth Saturday column. This column returns to look at more chapters from one of Michael’s favorite Potter Fics called “Price of Being Noble” by Driftwood with Chapters 21-30.