Well, with so many people writing and talking about Baldur’s Gate 3, it would seem a bit pointless to add to this trend, but…here we are, after 80 hours of gameplay, to talk about some things and rant about others. I won’t spend time however discussing the plot and your ‘build your own suicide squad’…
Waltz and Currency
Given that last time, for the movie of the month column, I gave you two examples of mindless action movies featuring Kurt Russell, I thought I would follow the trend with the same actor. After all, it is summer, so I would assume that deep ontological and thought-provoking themes would be out of the question;…
Che le Cronache abbiano inizio
Una biblioteca dedicata alla decima musa e che arde da millenni, una città rovente e che vive grazie alla PerenneFiamma, dei cittadini conosciuti sicuramente di nome e altri che celano fin troppo bene i loro segreti, questo e molto altro vi attende. Nel territorio del crepuscolo hanno così inizio le Cronache di CindeTown. Tra filosofia…
May the Chronicles begin
Within the Burning Library dedicated to the tenth muse burns the ForeverFire; the fired-up city, its inhabitants – the ones that are well known by name as well as those who conceal their secrets – and the mysteries of old await you. In this twilight, the CinderTown Chronicles begin. Dear LoreKeepers, midst literature and philosophy,…
Not quite Overlord
Hear me out, I know that previously I already addressed several themes of Isekai and reverse Isekai without ever actually writing an article on the genre and its evolution, but to be fair there are people out there who did this way better (thinking at you Gigguk, the Isekai gigachad – you da real MVP)….
The Escapes
Escape from New York (1981) and Escape from L.A. (1996) are two dystopian action movies directed by John Carpenter and featuring Kurt Russell in the role of Snake Plissken; unfortunately, although there was a third entry planned to complete the trilogy, it never quite happened. The movies are by no stretch of the imagination excellent,…
One Ghost, scrambled
Mardock Scramble is an anime movie (divided in three parts), adapted from its homonymous light novel. It presents some very thought-provoking scenarios and deals with crude themes such as rape, suicide, murder and the ontological dilemma of the worth of a life. It behaves somewhat as a noir and a murder mystery narration, while also…
Spins on Stampedes
It has always difficult to take a classic and try to give it a different spin, even more so in anime. This approach thrived on occasion and for various reasons: think for instance of Hellsing Ultimate (which to be fair, the OAV was just a better visual overhaul) or for the innovative style in JoJo…
Boron – B
The Fifth Element is a 1997 science fiction action film directed by Luc Beson. Given how much appreciation I have for this movie, this article will not only be biased (obviously) but it will not be as professional as with other movies I take into consideration for this column. I won’t talk much about the…
A song of the sea
This short story is something I wrote for Haunted Shores, the blog of a research group that investigates coasts and littoral spaces in Gothic, horror and fantastic media. I had the pleasure of meeting them during an online event they organized in which I spoke about WaterWorld. Link: https://haunted-shores.com/2023/05/25/a-song-of-the-sea-by-bogdan-groza/ I have always found that truths…