A strange awards season has come to an end. A faster than normal season (that left me slower than normal when responding to it) saw the rise and fall of many contenders before an ending that seems to be begging everyone to forget about last …
Notes from the Kraken: February
Welcome again to We Have Always Live the Kraken, a pop culture blog transmitted directly to you from the belly of the beast. Here in the Notes we’ll show you this month’s posting schedule, but first, here are some thoughts. Taking a break from all this Oscar …
Oscarathon 2020: Oscar Predictions
Okay, so this year has been a massive step back in terms of Oscar coverage, but I am still here to give some final predictions before the big show. Once again I will have a Confidence Index that will tell you how sure I am …
Notes from the Kraken: January
Welcome again to We Have Always Live the Kraken, a pop culture blog transmitted directly to you from the belly of the beast. Here in the Notes we’ll show you this month’s posting schedule, but first, here are some thoughts. So Oscar Awards season is finally upon …
Notes from the Kraken: December
Welcome again to We Have Always Live the Kraken, a pop culture blog transmitted directly to you from the belly of the beast. Here in the Notes we’ll show you this month’s posting schedule, but first, here are some thoughts. David: With the end of 2019, …
Oscarathon 2019: Golden Globes Live…ish Blog
We are finally here: the 2019 Golden Globes. Stay tuned in as I more or less live blog the super important and not unnecessary at all awards… 5:03 PM PST: And we have started! Sandra Oh and Andy Samberg are doing bits and opening monologue stuff that …
How Haven’t You Seen That!?: Your Lie in April
It has finally come: the first real edition of How Haven’t You Seen That, a new feature where I will take a look at some key pieces of pop culture, such as TV, film, video games, or anime, that I have for whatever reason not …
How Haven’t You Seen That!?: An Introduction
We live in a world full of content to consume: an overwhelming amount. Due to this, everyone has gaps in the content they have seen, read, played, etc, etc. I have always found it kind of silly when people get too riled up about whether someone has …
Death to Anime Strike, Long Live the New Trash
It was with a heavy heart that I learned of the end of Amazon’s Anime Strike service. While many in the anime community had their complaints about the service (double paywall, inconsistent airing schedule), it was a great sign for the mainstreaming of anime, and …
“I can’t believe my Nazi loli waifu is this Objectivist”: Winter 2017 Anime Worth Watching
Blogging teaches certain life lessons, a surprising number of them maladaptive. Today’s anime post was originally the winter 2017 anime preview, but by putting it off until the season ended, I’ve succeeded in giving better recommendations of what shows from the current anime season are worth …
The Loaded Die: Sentinels of the Multiverse, Metro, The Bridges of Shangri-La
Welcome back to The Loaded Die, a biweekly feature here at the Kraken where your host, Kyu (that’s me!) reviews three new board games in every delicious post. For each game, I’ll give an overview of what it is, a description of how to play, and my subjective thoughts …
The Loaded Die: Ladies and Gentlemen, Hanabi, Robinson Crusoe: Adventure on the Cursed Island
Welcome back to The Loaded Die, a biweekly feature here at the Kraken where your host, Kyu (that’s me!) reviews three new board games in every delicious post. For each game, I’ll give an overview of what it is, a description of how to play, and my subjective thoughts …
The Loaded Die: Konexi, Tanto Cuore, Guillotine
Welcome back to The Loaded Die, a biweekly feature here at the Kraken where your host, Kyu (that’s me!) reviews three new board games in every delicious post. For each game, I’ll give an overview of what it is, a description of how to play, and my subjective thoughts …
The Loaded Die: The Resistance: Avalon, Bananagrams, Pit
Welcome back to The Loaded Die, a biweekly feature here at the Kraken where your host, Kyu (that’s me!) reviews three new board games in every delicious post. For each game, I’ll give an overview of what it is, a description of how to play, and my subjective thoughts …
The Loaded Die: Crows, Tzolk’in: The Mayan Calendar, City of Horror
Welcome back to The Loaded Die, a biweekly feature here at the Kraken where your host, Kyu (that’s me!) reviews three new board games in every delicious post. For each game, I’ll give an overview of what it is, a description of how to play, and my subjective thoughts …
How Haven’t You Seen That!?: An Introduction
We live in a world full of content to consume: an overwhelming amount. Due to this, everyone has gaps in the content they have seen, read, played, etc, etc. I have always found it kind of silly when people get too riled up about whether someone has …
Baturdays: Batman #6, “The Clock Maker”
“The Clock Maker,” or, Time Does Not Pay.
Baturdays: Batman #6, “Murder on Parole”
Batman and Robin are not springing into action; they’re just watching, coldly, as one set of criminals prepares to execute another.
Baturdays: Detective Comics #52, “The Secret of the Jade Box”
Our story begins, then, befittingly, with the transfer of the MacGuffin, a jade box.
Baturdays: Detective Comics #51, “The Case of the Mystery Carnival”
Actually, funny story–it turns out the mystery of the carnival is how much cotton candy Dick can eat in one afternoon! Ah, good times.
A Glance at 2017 Movies SXSW Edition
Things have been a bit chaotic lately here at the Kraken (the monster’s been moody). Way back in March (Lord, that feels so long ago in the 2017 landscape) I went to the SXSW festival in Austin, TX. It was a crazy fun ride. Most …
The Comic-Con Report: SDCC 2016
After a whirlwind of activity, another San Diego Comic-Con has come and gone, a little more than a week ago. This was the sixth time I have gone to SDCC, and each time has been a different and fun experience travelling into the belly of …
Conpocalypse 2015 SDCC Edition: Sunday Funday
Well, it has been a good run, but all good things must come to an end. In the final part of Conpocalypse SDCC Edition, I will discuss the events on Sunday, plus the highs and lows of SDCC 2015 as a whole. Sunday is always …
Conpocalypse 2015 SDCC Edition: From Friday to Saturday to Hall H and Back Again
I had really wanted this to go up while SDCC was still happening, but the juggling of getting ready to go on Saturday night and then the combination of going to the con and actually leaving on Sunday made doing so just too difficult to …
Conpocalypse 2015 SDCC Edition: O Funko, Where Art Thou?
I had a dream for this SDCC, and that dream was to go to the Funko booth. Last year the booth eluded me, as I could never get to the hall early enough to avoid it being capped ahead of me, and then timing when …
Oscarathon 2020: Final Oscar Thoughts
A strange awards season has come to an end. A faster than normal season (that left me slower than normal when responding to it) saw the rise and fall of many contenders before an ending that seems to be begging everyone to forget about last …
Oscarathon 2020: Oscar Predictions
Okay, so this year has been a massive step back in terms of Oscar coverage, but I am still here to give some final predictions before the big show. Once again I will have a Confidence Index that will tell you how sure I am …
Closer to Humanity, Further from Earth: Claire Denis’ High Life
A great director working in a new realm, High Life could have been a late-career breakout film for director Claire Denis.
The Disneypocalypse, Part 2: 2020
The Walt Disney Corporation, which recently absorbed Fox the way Putin absorbed the Ukraine–ie., a blatant violation of norms under the guise of friendliness executed with the full and corrupt approval of the Trump administration–has now released its prospective slate of films through 2027. I …
The Disneypocalypse, Part 1: 2019
The Walt Disney Corporation has now released its prospective slate of films through 2027.
Notes from the Kraken: February
Welcome again to We Have Always Live the Kraken, a pop culture blog transmitted directly to you from the belly of the beast. Here in the Notes we’ll show you this month’s posting schedule, but first, here are some thoughts. Taking a break from all this Oscar …
Notes from the Kraken: January
Welcome again to We Have Always Live the Kraken, a pop culture blog transmitted directly to you from the belly of the beast. Here in the Notes we’ll show you this month’s posting schedule, but first, here are some thoughts. So Oscar Awards season is finally upon …
Notes from the Kraken: December
Welcome again to We Have Always Live the Kraken, a pop culture blog transmitted directly to you from the belly of the beast. Here in the Notes we’ll show you this month’s posting schedule, but first, here are some thoughts. David: With the end of 2019, …
Notes from the Kraken: November
Welcome again to We Have Always Live the Kraken, a pop culture blog transmitted directly to you from the belly of the beast. Here in the Notes we’ll show you this month’s posting schedule, but first, here are some thoughts. -David From the depths of the Kraken, …
Notes from the Kraken: October
Welcome again to We Have Always Live the Kraken, a pop culture blog transmitted directly to you from the belly of the beast. Here in the Notes we’ll show you this month’s posting schedule, but first, here are some thoughts. We are heading towards the end of …
Life in the Kraken Podcast: Westeros Edition – Final Episode – Now Our Watch Has Ended
After two long years, welcome back to our podcast series, Life in the Kraken: Westeros Edition! In this series, we’ll be exclusively talking about Season 8 of Game of Thrones week to week. This week, join host David, Kyu (@astaereth), Sam, and special guests Matt …
Life in the Kraken Podcast: Westeros Edition – S08E06 – The Iron Throne
After two long years, welcome back to our podcast series, Life in the Kraken: Westeros Edition! In this series, we’ll be exclusively talking about Season 8 of Game of Thrones week to week. This week, join host David, Kyu (@astaereth), Sam, and special guests Matt …
Life in the Kraken Podcast: Westeros Edition – S08E05 – The Bells
After two long years, welcome back to our podcast series, Life in the Kraken: Westeros Edition! In this series, we’ll be exclusively talking about Season 8 of Game of Thrones week to week. This week, join host David Robertson, Josh Kyu Saiewitz (@astaereth), and special …
Life in the Kraken Podcast: Westeros Edition – S08E04 – The Last of the Starks
After two long years, welcome back to our podcast series, Life in the Kraken: Westeros Edition! In this series, we’ll be exclusively talking about Season 8 of Game of Thrones week to week. This week, join host David Robertson, Josh Kyu Saiewitz (@astaereth), Sam Kenkel, …
Life in the Kraken Podcast: Westeros Edition – S08E03 – The Long Night
After two long years, welcome back to our podcast series, Life in the Kraken: Westeros Edition! In this series, we’ll be exclusively talking about Season 8 of Game of Thrones week to week. This week, join host David Robertson, Josh Kyu Saiewitz (@astaereth), Sam Kenkel, …
Oscarathon 2019: Golden Globes Reaction
And so we have finished another Golden Globes. I am going to wait until after the Critics’ Choice Awards to do a true update of the overall Oscar race, but here are my immediate reactions to all that happened, with a simple winners and losers …
Oscarathon 2019: Golden Globes Live…ish Blog
We are finally here: the 2019 Golden Globes. Stay tuned in as I more or less live blog the super important and not unnecessary at all awards… 5:03 PM PST: And we have started! Sandra Oh and Andy Samberg are doing bits and opening monologue stuff that …
Oscarathon 2019: Golden Globes Predictions
After some nice prelude awards, we are finally at the first real test of the awards season. I give the Golden Globes a lot of flak, but they have proven over the years to at the very least be a factor in driving the conversation …
Criminally Underrated Cartoons: Megas XLR
Please enjoy the final entry in our five-part series from guest author Henrik M. – Ed It feels almost quaint to look back at the past 20 years and see just how drastically and quickly the entertainment landscape changed. In 2000, everything had its own little …
Criminally Underrated Cartoons: Undergrads
Please enjoy the fourth in a new five-part series from guest author Henrik M. – Ed It feels almost quaint to look back at the past 20 years and see just how drastically and quickly the entertainment landscape changed. In 2000, everything had its own little …
What the Playstation Classic Could Have Been
I’m the proud owner of both an SNES Classic and an NES Classic, two systems that wrap a powerful nostalgic hit in an attractive, miniaturized package. They’re easy to plug and play, easy to love–and even easy to hack, according to the community. But I …
How Haven’t You Seen That!?: An Introduction
We live in a world full of content to consume: an overwhelming amount. Due to this, everyone has gaps in the content they have seen, read, played, etc, etc. I have always found it kind of silly when people get too riled up about whether someone has …
Hidden Levels: Avernum: Escape from the Pit
In this recurring feature, guest blogger Matt Morris takes us through the lost, the forgotten, and the overlooked video games of yore. Consider him your guide through all the best and most secret Hidden Levels. Game: Avernum: Escape from the Pit (2011) Genre: RPG Platform: Windows, Mac, iPad Developer: …
Xenoblade Chronicles 2 or How I Learned to Love the Crystal
Xenoblade Chronicles 2 two is a huge game that offers an overwhelming amount of gameplay and fun, but what really makes it stand out is how it creates certain moments that drive you to keep engaging with and playing this JRPG for 100+ hours. Above all, …
Hidden Levels: Sunset Overdrive
In this recurring feature, guest blogger Matt Morris takes us through the lost, the forgotten, and the overlooked video games of yore. Consider him your guide through all the best and most secret Hidden Levels. Game: Sunset Overdrive (2014) Genre: Action, Third Person Shooter Platform: Xbox One Developer: Insomniac …