Month: November 2024

And Now We Give Thanks

An often overlooked part of being a writer is that people tend to open up to you. Maybe it's because we're not shy about publicly giving our two cents that folks feel inclined to confide in authors. That's a long way of saying that I know this past year has…

November 27, 202410 Comments

Larry Correia on the A.I. Enthusiasm Deficit

In case you missed it, speculation about the effects of A.I. on the publishing industry are bubbling up again. For instance: Over on X yesterday, a bunch of authors struck up a conversation about A.I. that included this item: That tweet caught the attention of best selling author Larry Correia,…

November 26, 202411 Comments

The Anime Girl Depopulation Psyop

In recent years, the cultural exchange between Japan and the West has seen anime grow from a niche interest to a major entertainment force. However, this cultural phenomenon coincides with alarming trends in birthrates, both in Japan and in Western nations. Crazy as it sounds at first, the severity of…

November 25, 202443 Comments

How Pop Culture Trapped Millennials in the Phantom Zone

Spend enough time with Millennials, and you’ll notice their conversations often gravitate toward their favorite pop culture franchises. For many, these brands aren’t just entertainment—they’ve become extensions of their identities. It’s not unusual for people of any age to fantasize about being part of their beloved stories, and that goes…

November 22, 20246 Comments

When a Witchcraft Law Jailed an English Medium During WWII

It's no secret to readers of this blog that witchery–in the secular form that phenomenon has now taken–remains a scourge of civilization. What you may not know is that His Majesty's government took action to protect military secrets from a suspected witch during WWII. Eventually, Parliament had to step in…

November 21, 20245 Comments

Poso Notices Generation Y

This past year especially, the media blitz trying to psyop people into conflating Generation Y and Millennials seems to have gone into overdrive. But reality always wins. Now, the inherent absurdity of predictive models that lump in kids born oline with those who didn't have cell phones until college is…

November 20, 202411 Comments

After the Mall: Can We Build a New Third Place?

It's hard for Zoomers to believe, but the mall was once not only the preferred place to shop, its importance went beyond a mere retail hub. The mall served as a gathering spot where people connected, interacted, and shared their lives beyond their homes and workplaces. Malls, which began in…

November 19, 202412 Comments

How ACT Helped Kill Adolescent Entertainment

What are kids watching these days? Gen Y's nostalgic myopia for Saturday morning cartoons and PG-13 horror flicks can leave them blinkered when it comes to how their now-adolescent children are entertaining themselves. This piece, wherein Variety indulges in handwringing over teens rejecting smut in movies and TV shows, seems…

November 18, 202425 Comments

How JRPGs Made Anime Mainstream in the West

Japanese roleplaying games and anime share a symbiotic relationship. And that symbiosis transformed global entertainment. While anime gave Japanese media the potential to capture international audiences, JRPGs provided the crucial delivery system for popularizing anime aesthetics and storytelling conventions in the West. Together, they established a cross-cultural phenomenon that continues…

November 15, 20249 Comments

The Rise and Fall of the Western Anime Scene

If you are reading this, it's a near certainty you've encountered Japanese animation, or anime. It's also a good bet that your introduction to the mediuam came through the Pokémon craze of the 90s, Toonami's afternoon lineup, or a Studio Ghibli film. It's hard to conceive of now, but anime…

November 14, 20248 Comments