Manga, Netflix, And Almost Getting Beat Up At Super Nintendo World
Because every theme park has at least one angry dad.
Hello, folks! Has it really been over a month? I guess it has! Well, I hope everyone’s doing pretty, pretty good. Let’s save the doing great for when the summer officially kicks off. We don’t want to spend all of our emotional capital too soon.
Anyway, here’s some stuff I’ve been up to that you might enjoy.
I’ve been obsessed with Ode to Kirihito by Osamu Tezuka. I was going to say “love,” but the book is actually a pretty intense, rough read at certain points. In the book, a mysterious disease in a small town mutates people to have dog-like features. And - wouldn’t you know it? - the doctor who tries to save them gets sucked into a wild horror-filled conspiracy. Like I said, the book is a rough read and certain portions are… well, it’s clear it was written a while ago. There’s some problematic stuff. But Tezuka’s story and writing are so compelling that even the most awful, evil characters feel fleshed out and have real motivations. The book’s a bit like Uncut Gems: I love it, but I think it’s going to scar me for life.
Thank you to everyone who came out to Shit Arcade at the Netflix Just A Joke Festival! We had two amazing shows with four amazing performers and I got to give away at least six copies of War Gods for the Nintendo 64.
I honestly need to do more of these shows. They’re so much fun. I’m so glad I didn’t shit the bed on this. Every person who paid to see this show in person is an absolute hero and I owe you a dollar.
Once again, I’ve got more columns for The Gamer. Here are a couple highlights if you’re interested in games or words or games and words combined.
This column made people very mad because I made fun of right wing culture warriors who get angry at everything in every game. Someone made an entire YouTube video about it. It’s crazy but kind of funny.
Meanwhile, this essay was about a virtual reality meditation app that nearly made me cry.
Also, we need to stop acting like a movie, show, album, or game bombing means that it’s dumb to still enjoy it. Fucking like what you like, man!
And finally, I wrote about the best day of my life at Super Nintendo World, where I almost got the shit kicked out of me by a dad whose kid was a jerk.
That’s all for now. Talk soon. Love you all. You be good.