Spoiler Alert: If you haven’t finished the DIU season of JJBA (either because you’re watching the dub or you’re getting into the series), I’ll try to avoid spoiling everything. However, you’ve been warned. And no, I haven’t really given the dub the time of day. Blame Vic Mignogna and the fact that the dub feels off compared to how […]
Read moreSOTBNerdy: We’re Finally Getting a Full Console Pokemon Game
Over the past twenty-one years that I’ve been aware of Pokemon, I’ve always dreamed of playing a main entry in the series on a home console. Hell, I bought a GameCube for that long-time pipedream. Well, that, Super Mario Sunshine, and Smash Bros Melee. While Go is fun–and there are quite a few (licensed) Pokemon games […]
Read moreSOTBNerdy: Go Watch Letterkenny
Every so often, a show will come around and become a bit of a pop culture phenomenon. From tearjerkers such as This is Us to Black AF shows such as Black-ish and Insecure to Szechuan Sauce-reviving, genre-blending space trips like Rick and Morty, select shows become part of our pop culture consciousness and make us […]
Read moreSOTBNerdy: Joseph Joestar is a Better JoJo than Jotaro
I’m writing this under the assumption that you’ve seen the series, so I won’t go into a bunch of backstory and the like. HUGE spoiler alert if you haven’t. Over the past few months, I’ve been on a huge anime bender. Call it the My Hero Academia effect, because since season three ended, I’ve been […]
Read moreNew SOTBMusic: Love Me (Young Midoriya) is My Declaration that "I Am Here!"
I guess the cat’s out of the bag. In addition to discussing my relationship with my father and how that’s shaped me, Son of the Beast is influenced by the series My Hero Academia. And because that is so, I figured that it’s only fitting to reference the main character of the series–especially since there are a few […]
Read moreSOTBNerdy: Some Thoughts About CM Punk
About four years ago, I wrote a piece asking the question of who needed the other more: WWE or CM Punk? In the four years since that piece, it’d appear that Punk didn’t need the WWE–and some folks within the WWE make it seem like they wouldn’t welcome Punk back.. It probably doesn’t help that the […]
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