Monthly Archives: March 2017

Spotlight: Tales of the Otori

Posted on March 20, 2017 by Rawle Nyanzi

I first encountered the Tales of the Otori series in college way back in the 2000s; I would often wander the college bookstore looking for reading material, and there it would be. As I was (and still am) an anime … Continue reading →

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Culturally Appropriate All the Things

Posted on March 17, 2017 by Rawle Nyanzi

Our world is a diverse one, full of different ways of life, different patterns of thought, and different social and physical environments. As communication and travel have grown easier, contact between different peoples and their ways of life has grown … Continue reading →

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Fantasy Doesn’t Embrace 21st-Century Modernity

Posted on March 16, 2017 by Rawle Nyanzi

My Twitter buddy Benjamin Cheah recently wrote a long Facebook post about the new Beauty and the Beast movie, criticizing it for allegedly portraying 18th-century rural France as more progressive than it actually was. In response, a commenter (who did … Continue reading →

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When Playing RPGs, Go Homebrew or Go Home

Posted on March 15, 2017 by Rawle Nyanzi

Ever since Gary Gygax published the seminal tabletop RPG Dungeons & Dragons, many other creators penned their own gamebooks with their own systems — some in imitation of D&D, some much less complex, and the internet has caused their numbers … Continue reading →

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Story Spotlight: The Witch of Elrica

Posted on March 14, 2017 by Rawle Nyanzi

The Witch of Elrica by Jennifer R. Povey Published in Cirsova Vol. 4 (pp. 45-55) DISCLOSURE: I paid into Cirsova’s Kickstarter, and I regularly communicate with the editor. Marek, bastard son of Ilvia’s king, has a longstanding rivalry with Petor, … Continue reading →

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The New Samurai Jack: A Non-Fan’s Perspective

Posted on March 12, 2017 by Rawle Nyanzi

I watched a lot of cartoons as a child. I still watch them now. But I hadn’t watched Samurai Jack when it was new since the flat art style repelled me. At most, I was only vaguely aware of the … Continue reading →

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