While I do plenty of writing for work, all of it is technical and done for an audience behind big metal doors. I love making a well-crafted powerpoint as much as the next person, but that can only become so much of a creative exercise before your boss takes you off the project. To make up for that I'll be using this space to talk openly, freely and without financial risk. Expect plenty of talk about giant robots, video game narratives and blogging. Perhaps a pinch of prose every now and then, too.
I finished up The Sopranos right around the start of the summer, and loved every bite of that spicy meatball. I had to get some thoughts down about that ending. Beyond being incredibly narratively satisfying, I thought that there's a few thematic tricks done in the last five minutes or so that really make the final scene shine. Come grab a plate and listen up.
This past January, I saw the English premiere of the movie adaptations of Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. Those movies gave me a lot to think about; I grew up with the show, and being thrown headfirst into the past like that gave me a chance to reflect on what I love so much about it. Dig into my thoughts on it here.
Inspired by the recent conclusion of Xenoblade Chronicles, I dedicated 2023 to The Xenoyear, an excuse to explore the back catalog of the broader Xeno franchise. I wrote down my thoughts along the way, and have been trying to condense them into something others can reasonably interact with. I'm still working through some of those pieces, but feel free to follow along as I finish them up! The Xenoyear posts start here, with more to come.