This is the second in a three-part guest series by James. – – – – – – In Part 1, we saw that Okabe and his friends suffer greatly for presuming to meddle with time travel. Whether that suffering comes at the hands of an impersonal universe or a personal God is the question we… Read More In God’s Good Time – An Analysis of Steins;Gate (Part 2)
We are all going to die. Eventually. That’s a simple fact of life – death and taxes are coming for you. Nothing reminds us of our mortality more clearly than the popular (over 6 million downloads and counting) Japanese mobile game Survive! Mola mola (Apple, Android). If you haven’t played it before, Survive! Mola mola! is… Read More Newman’s Nook: Death is Imminent, Don’t Fear It
We’re excited to introduce the first post in a three-part guest series by James, a research associate with the Institute for Faith, Work & Economics. He writes regularly at their website, tifwe.org, and a sample of his work can be found here. He wrote a series for us about the visual novel Planetarian in September 2014, so… Read More In God’s Good Time – An Analysis of Steins;Gate (Part 1)
Over the past few months, our Patreon funds made it possible for us to move to a new independent web hosting server that has given us the ability to make numerous behind-the-scenes changes to the way our site operates. This change has also opened the door to many new, exciting changes for this year! A contribution of… Read More Patreon: Thank You for Your Donations
“If anyone affirms that one can reach perfection without practicing exterior mortification, do not believe him; and even though he confirm this assertion by working miracles, know that his contentions are nothing but illusions.” -St. John of the Cross… Read More Examining Old School Anime: Asceticism
If you’re not familiar with the popular series One Punch Man, it has taken the anime community by a storm with its silliness, ridiculous fights and pretty cool story. If you would like to read more about Saitama, the main character, I suggest going here but for now I want to talk about how he got… Read More One Punch Man: How We Should Train for Life
The second season of Daiya no Ace (aka Ace of the Diamond) ended today. And this time, it’s really ending, at least for now, not just switching air dates like it did between the first and second seasons. It’s catching up with its source material, the manga, and it needs to take a break to let the manga get ahead… Read More Annalyn’s Corner: The Cloud of Witnesses in Daiya no Ace
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