Late to the memorial

Naruto was probably my favorite anime growing up. I first watched 1986's Dragon Ball, and I distinctly remember doing silly things like watching an episode at my neighbor's house when Mom wouldn't let me at home. Shout out to Norm and Sue, wherever they are now. However, that show never stuck with me like Naruto. I had …

Eliwood rides again

We already have a Legendary alt for Lyndis and Hector, so it only makes sense that we'd be filling out the Blazing Blade's lordly roster with the father of the Lion: It's Eliwood's time to shine. Eliwood — Blazing Knight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9M9OV5ZPgYE I rolled my eyes when first watching this video. "ANOTHER Legendary sword cavalier?" I …

Gotta read ’em all!

The Unova Region has enveloped a lot of my life over the last few days. First there was the start of my fanfiction. Then the locale of Pokémon Black & White came up again when I was wandering Barnes & Noble with my sister and discovered a book of Santa Harukaze comics, put out by Viz Media. …

The highs and lows of recomposing Zelda

I never played Crypt of the NecroDancer. When the roguelike rhythm-based dungeon crawler was released by Vancouver game studio Brace Yourself Games in 2015, it got a lot of good press for being a unique Indie game that blended disparate genres seamlessly. I'm not sure why I didn't try Crypt, so I'll just say I assumed …

More fanfiction: Pokémon edition

Creating myself a fanfiction.net account truly opened a Pandora's Box I'll never be able to close. Last time on "The Adventures of Jason Ruining his Credibility on the Internet," I had a bizarre reaction to Stardew Valley that drove me to write a fanfiction about the budding relationship with my farmer character. I spent a whole …

Commitment to unexpected storytelling

I was planning on writing a different blog post today, but this caught me so off-guard that I had to talk about it. Since the release of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate in December, I've become a fan of YouTuber Alpharad thanks to his Ultimate Level 9 CPU Tournament video. The premise was simple: Throw a bunch of …

Puzzling

Have you ever had the desire to play a puzzle game? There are many varieties to get hooked on. Some of the most popular are grid-based matching games like Bejeweled or Candy Crush; fast-paced luck and skill games like Tetris or Puyo Puyo; and logic-driven games like Sudoku or crossword puzzles. I like myself some …

Summer returns in Fire Emblem Heroes

Hard to believe it has been two years since I joked about using Fire Emblem Heroes as a surrogate for not going to the beach despite living in Southern California. Even harder to believe I still don't go to the beach nearly as often as I should. But at least Fire Emblem is still here …

A family tradition

Many years ago, my Mom helped Alyson and I create a special gift for Dad. We went to Color Me Mine, a chain of shops for the commercial buying and painting of porcelain goods ranging from dinnerware to sculptures of robots and dragons that are put through a kiln on-site. In my experience it's a …

Father’s Day 2019

Another year, another celebration. Today we brought the current peak of the Rochlin's patriarchal totem pole up to my Aunt's house in West Hills to ring in Father's Day with some barbecue and time out by the pool. Let me tell you, there are few things more magical than having some ribs, taking a dip …