Tag: Review

  • 2025-08-25—Travel By Star

    2025-08-25—Travel By Star

    Just in case this is a dealbreaker for anyone, I have to state this as plainly as I can: at no point in Travel by Star (by Paul Scott Grill) does a tiny pink blob hop on a five-pointed glowing stellar object and ride it to another location—or, in other words, travel by star. This…

  • 2025-08-11—Coromon

    2025-08-11—Coromon

    Coromon is a modern take on the classic monster-taming genre. Tame Coromon and explore a vast world filled with thrilling turn-based battles, brain-twisting puzzles, and a mysterious threat to the world awaiting defeat. Nobody said being a Battle Researcher was easy! Coromon Steam Page Description Coromon is a monster-taming RPG where you take on the…

  • 2025-08-04—Frieren

    2025-08-04—Frieren

    Frieren: Slayer’s Journey— No, wait. That’s not right. Frieren: Rip and Tear— No… No, that’s not the name of the show… What was it again… Frieren: Eternal— FRIEREN: BEYOND JOURNEY’S END. That’s it, that’s the show. I watched Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End. The first season. And it was pretty good. And I have some thoughts.…

  • 2025-07-28—Bartimaeus (Amulet of Samarkand, Golem’s Eye)

    2025-07-28—Bartimaeus (Amulet of Samarkand, Golem’s Eye)

    Let’s throw back to the early 2000s today. Remember Bartimaeus? The Bartimaeus Trilogy is an alternate history, fantasy YA series by Jonathan Stroud. Since it’s an alternate history (and events are often moved around and reinterpreted in that genre), I’m not confident about the exact years the books take place in, but for general context…

  • 2025-07-21—The Lost Colony (Chloe’s Kingdom)

    2025-07-21—The Lost Colony (Chloe’s Kingdom)

    We’re back, baby! The Lost Colony, the sequel to Chloe’s Kingdom (by Gregory Michael), has been out for a few weeks. At the time of writing it’s sitting at five stars on Amazon and Goodreads, which is really good, despite the low total number of reviews. Speaking more anecdotally, I’ve only seen praise for the…