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Why remakes of beloved titles are sometimes genuinely needed, and what remakes can offer. Over the last several years, many of the most successful and acclaimed game releases have been remakes of older titles. Franchises such as Resident Evil, Silent Hill, Dragon Quest, and many others have seen fully rebuilt remakes of titles from generations…
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Shelves full of books, movies, and music are a thing to be proud of. The last 10+ years have been a very convenient time to engage with your favorite media. Streaming has become the dominant form of viewing film and television, as with just an internet connection and a monthly fee, massive libraries are at…
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A look at the most fascinating and unique chapter in the Halo universe. After 343 Industries took the reigns of the Halo franchise from Bungie, they set about exploring some of the further reaches of the game series’ lore. While Halo 4 would be their first new entry in the main series, most of the…
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A look at how one of gaming’s most beloved universe’s best stories have to be read instead of played. Halo is one of the most iconic franchises of the 21st century. Ever since the release of Combat Evolved in 2001, the series has been one of the most recognizable in the landscape of modern gaming.…
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A look at some of my favorite books I checked out over the last year. Over the last decade or so, most of my reading has been has been almost exclusively comic books and graphic novels. I really got into collected editions and fell in love *hard* with the medium to the point that it…
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A quick look at the coolest things I watched during the past year – not *just* from this year though. The two mediums of art I spend the most time with are the written & drawn word and the interactive. Books, comics, and video games have been my leading artistic passions for most of my…
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My personal best of list for games I played in 2025 2025 has been considered yet another banner year for game releases. From massive RPGs like Kingdom Come: Deliverance II to hugely awaited sequels such as Hollow Knight: Silksong and Death Stranding 2, this has been a year of incredible variety and quality with successes…
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A look into an entire subset of the reading world stays so popular, and some personal picks from the Jackals library. In the world of genre fiction, one of the main objectives of a writer is to immerse the audience in the world they have created. In some stories, that can mean making a story…
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Why Alien is such a “Perfect Organism” of thematically rich sci-fi horror. The marriage of science fiction and horror began as we know it with Ridley Scott’s Alien. A fusion of Lovecraftian cosmic horror, H.R. Giger’s sexually charged biomechanical nightmare vision, and Dan O’Bannon’s thematically rich writing, Alien is a landmark of multiple genres with…
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Jumping headfirst into one of gaming’s most iconic and intimidating genres I’ve actually long held the belief that fighting games are objectively the coolest genre of video game. As much as I love great RPG’s and shooters, no other style of game aside from insane character action games embodies the adage of “hit button, make…
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