Fiction

Fiction | Headless Statues Eat for Free

"I'm going to kill you."

Games

Talking games | Super Fire Pro Wrestling Special

piledrive the abyss and the abyss piledrives back

Games

oops i made a visual novel

I made a short visual novel and you can play it (for free)!

Movies

Talking movies | Baby Assassins: Nice Days

Being a slacker is a moral, ethical good actually.

Translation

In Translation | Four Seasons: Utopiano (dir. Shoichiro Sasaki, 1980)

The hugely influential masterpiece from one of Japan's great unsung directors finally in English

Translation

In Translation | "The Swaying Sky" and "His Way of Loving" by Bebe Daizai

Two delicate vignettes from Bebe Daizai.

Games

Talking games | The Portopia Serial Murder Case

Purgatory made digital.

Fiction

Fiction | Over Heart/Under Soul

Emily woke up in a stranger’s body and her feet on the ceiling. Just her feet and nothing more.

Translation

In Translation | "My Picture Book" by Fumiko Okada

An echo of a scream; a dense and personal one-shot from Fumiko Okada.

Translation

In Translation | "The Nintendo All-Stars Free-For-All! Smash Brothers" by Hirokazu Hikawa

The Super Smash Bros. manga, fully scanned and translated in English

Update

Break Time Updates & Things I'm Liking (November 9, 2024)

An extra grab bag of thoughts & reminders

Translation

In Translation | "Mailbox" and "That Which Vanished" by Bebe Daizai

Two keenly observed vignettes of modern life from an artist never available in English.

Movies

Talking movies | WXIII: Patlabor the Movie 3

The forgotten sequel and the death of memory

Movies

Talking movies | Cloud

Welcome to hell. Rise and grind.

Translation

In Translation | "Just a Man" and "A Bird" by Taro Higuchi

Two disaffected new wave one-shots from an artist lost to time.

Translation

In Translation | "Apple" by Yosuke Inoue

A surreal adventure from a major artist.

Games

Talking games | D2

Welcome to the 21st century.

Games

Talking games | Fatal Frame

Cameras, ghost hunts, and a past that hasn’t passed.

Games

Talking games | Ghost in the Shell

The hidden masterpiece of a storied franchise.