A very Bookish Affairs Review – The 2025 version By Nkandu Mukabe It’s a picture-perfect July afternoon. The sun’s out, the birds are chirping, and there’s a body bag lying on the lawn. This is the scene that greets me as I step through the gate of Global...
A Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 review As someone who has only ever flirted with the turn-based RPG genre, I am surprised at how much Expedition 33 hooked me in. To set the scene: I am your stereotypical, action-adventure junkie. I am also enthralled by the flashiness...
GASLIGHT, GREMLIN, GIRLBOSS: THE APOTHECARY DIARIES AND HOLLOW FEMINISM There’s a kind of beauty in restraint, not the kind that hides emotion, but the kind that simmers just beneath the surface, like heat behind a half- glance. Watching The Apothecary Diaries feels...
THE VIDEO GAME CANON ACCORDING TO THE GAME AWARDS. The medium of film or motion pictures has existed for just over 100 years now. 50 years in, they had already established a canon, and a set of values or expectations that creators and the audience had become...
N|O WRITER’S CHOICE: 2024 From Arcane to Fallout, Black Myth Wukong to Marvel Rivals, and The Substance to Anora, 2024 has undoubtedly been a big year for film, TV, novels, video games, and music. We, the writers of Nerd|Otaku, had a long discussion on what our...
BORDERLANDS WASN’T RELEASED BY LIONSGATE, IT ESCAPED! Ever wondered what happens when you get one of the most popular game franchises in the industry known for being unhinged and adult-oriented, throw it at a director who’s never interacted with the source...
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