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  • What is Young Adult fantasy?

    So, I’ve got more than one person telling me that the Black Mark series could fit into the Young Adult classification. I’m not sure how I feel about that. I never intended to make YA material out of this series. On the other hand, it can’t be worse than Twilight and its many clones. Which…

  • Laguna’s Cut

    From the Final Fantasy wikia on Laguna Loire: “Various examples of unused backgrounds hint that Laguna may have possessed a lime-green convertible truck during his time in Winhill. Laguna’s black-and-white intro picture depicts him driving said car and the artisan in Shumi Village, one of the places Laguna spent time in, has a miniature model…

  • Mt. Rainier

    After our visit to Mt. St. Helens, we spent the night at the Paradise Inn on Mt. Rainier. There really isn’t any reason to stay at the Paradise Inn beyond the location. The food is only okay to meh at ripoff prices, the bed is okay, and the walls are paper-thin. We hauled our luggage…

  • Mt. St. Helens

    After visiting Mt. Hood and staying the night at Timberline Lodge, we moved on to Mt. St. Helens. Didn’t do as much hiking, but we visited the Johnston Ridge Observatory and the viewpoints along the way. I took a lot of reference pictures for an upcoming project and got tons of inspiration for it. Even…

  • Legend of Korra Season 1 review continued

    Previously, I posted a mini review of the first season of Legend of Korra. Did I think it was a bad show? No! Did I see a great deal of potential? Absolutely! Did I like it with the same zealousness as other fans? No. Writing for television is a challenging task and sometimes writers have…

  • Ramona Falls

    I visited Ramona Falls in the Mt. Hood National Forest earlier this week and hiked the loop to the falls and back. It’s a little over seven miles to hike, but it’s not very difficult. I was surprised to see as many people on the trail as I did on a weekday. Some of the…

  • Legend of Korra Review: Season 1 Mini-Review

    Let me start by saying that I’m a fan of Avatar: The Last Airbender. It’s a well written series with strong characters, exciting action, and good pacing. In this, it set a high bar for the first season of Avatar: The Legend of Korra to clear. Yes, I know – It is its own show.…

  • Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn

    I’ve been playing around with the character creator and benchmark for Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn. This utility is one of those things I wish more MMOs made available. It certainly piqued my interest in the game. I’m a sucker for detailed character creators to begin with and the benchmark test takes the character…

  • First Look: The Sims 4 Official Gameplay Trailer

      First Look: The Sims 4 Official Gameplay Trailer So far, this looks intriguing. I didn’t get into the Sims 3, because of the more narrow focus of gameplay versus the god-mode of Sims 2. It will be interesting to see what the rest of the gameplay is like for Sims 4. The character creator…

  • An Awkward Situation

    I had a rather insistent dream about drawing the two characters in the center over Saturday night, so apparently it was something that I needed to do. Spent a good chunk of Sunday pounding this out. The characters, from left to right, are Orathane, Rory, Johara, and Novah from a defunct novel project called Interregnum.…