latest ARTICLES by mikkel
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Editorials, FeaturesPlots & Pants: The Great Equalizer of the Game Mastering
One of the most popular writing taxonomies that has arisen over the years is the “Plotter versus Pantser” dynamic. It’s…
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Anime, Editorials, Features, Media, TV ShowsFifteen Years is Long Enough: The ‘Soul Eater’ Anime Deserves a ‘Brotherhood’ Edition
Modern anime fans have a real good deal. So many of the major anime properties in this day and age…
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Editorials, FeaturesCrowdsourcing No Longer Enough, Bring Back Renaissance Style Patronage
Back in 2019, in my somewhat odd mission to watch a variety of sports anime despite having absolutely zero interest…
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Art, Editorials, FeaturesSuggested Materials for Any AI Art Apologists
Back at the tail end of 2021, I remember stumbling upon a random image on Twitter. It was clearly something…
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Current Gen, Editorials, Features, Video GamesMy Greatest Regrets in Video Game Romances, Part 2
A couple years ago, I lamented over the fact that a younger version of me had dedicated to romancing Ashley…
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Editorials, Facing Nerd Problems, FeaturesTrains of Thoughts II: Playbill Scrawlings from the Filipino American Correspondent
Now. I am a sucker for what I call “Narrative Appropriateness.” When the sequences of events in a story, or…
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Current Gen, Features, Nerd in Residence, Video GamesThe 2023 Video Games Forecast Report
So despite being the in-house resource for video games, I actually play staggeringly few games as I tend to take…
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Current Gen, Editorials, Features, Video GamesA Quick Loop Back and Forward Through the Modern Heyday of Roguelikes
Welcome back to the start of another essay about roguelikes. Are you honestly surprised that we have somehow managed to…
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Current Gen, Editorials, Features, Video GamesAn Ode to ‘Deep Stone Crypt’
It was November 2020. After an excruciating long season with Arrivals that had been constantly foreshadowing the coming Darkness and…
