Harvests, Change, and Inari.
Inari is often called a harvest kami – in fact, I previously said that Inari is associated with foodstuffs, and so this makes perfect sense. Something else that makes sense, is that Inari is associated...
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Nekocon Preview!
When will you believe in me? That is all that matters. -from the Umineko no naku koro ni Prologue Painting of Beatrice, from Umineko no naku koro ni (When They Cry) This Nekocon, I am debuting two...
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I was going to post about Halloween (sorry), but due to some conversations I had recently, wanted to talk about something more than panels, or even folklore. I once wrote a post on getting the...
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Halloween haunts.
Talking about visual novels such as Umineko / When They Cry got me thinking about other games that have haunted my memories, made me feel for the characters and setting. Games that have told stories,...
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Games and power.
Words have power. Stories, even told through games, have power. Last post I introduced the NWN module/game Excrucio Eternum. But now I want to talk about why it tops my “best games” list. First: the...
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Narrative and Power.
Coming from my previous posts concerning Excrucio Eternum, let me shift gears a bit. Mortis, in Excrucio Eternum. Words have power. So do images. We play games, sometimes because we want to ‘escape’...
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Love and goodwill?
In my panel on heroism and compassion, I look at the various ways the heroines and heroes of Revolutionary Girl Utena and Puella Magi Madoka Magica try to reach out to others, and try to be a hero....
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My winter solstice gift to you, is information about Inari. Inari: is often considered one of the most popular deities for shrines: there are approximately 30,000 shrines that Fushimi Inari Taisha...
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A Chilled Japan?
Is Japan cool? And what makes it cool, nowadays? Skyscrapers of Shinjuku district, Tokyo. From Wikimedia Commons, used for educational purposes. Today is Coming-of-Age Day (Seijin no Hi – 成野の日) when...
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