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!

Anime Sunday is a column by Michael Blaker covering various anime titles. This week he covers “Phi Brain: Puzzle of God.”

This week, Fan Collective Unimatrix 47 looks at Star Trek Prodigy’s thirteenth episode of the first season. Dal and the Protostar crew find themselves in the middle of a classic Trek trope: the planet with the slightly inappropriate First Contact. However, despite the differences, the Enderprizians teach Dal a lot about faith.

Michael Blaker is back with a sort of different Bookish Wednesday. This week, he’s covering a new topic area for his column with Typography and You.

Synth Saturday is a column by Michael Blaker covering Fan Fiction. This week, he writes about Chapters 1-10 of “Black Sky,” which is a Katekyo Hitman Reborn and Potter crossover fic by Umei no Mai.

This week, Fan Collective Unimatrix 47 looks at Star Trek: Prodigy’s twelfth episode of the first season. The Protostar encounters a dormant Borg cube, which could hold the key to shutting the Living Construct down. Despite Janeway’s misgivings, Dal decides to risk going aboard the Cube. What could possibly go wrong?

Michael Blaker is back with yet another question for readers in his column for this week’s Video Game Tuesday. This week he poses a question about Game Subscriptions.

Retro Game Friday is a column by Michael Blaker covering various games from the past. This week he covers Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together which was released in 2010. He also describes the newly remastered version of this title called Tactics Ogre: Reborn that is available now on Steam.

This week, Fan Collective Unimatrix 47 looks at Star Trek: Lower Decks tenth episode of the third season, which is also the season finale. In the wake of Project Swing By’s abject failure, the fate of the entire California class hangs in jeopardy. Freeman challenges Buenamigo to a mission race, pitting the Cerritos against Buenamigo’s automated ships. Will Mariner decide to come back? Will Starfleet retire the Cali class?

Movie Monday is a column by Michael Blaker covering movies from the past. This week, he takes a look at a film from 2003 called Big Fish, and it features an all-star cast that includes Ewan McGregor and Billy Crudup.