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2025 (update)
I’m taking a break this week. Life’s been pretty hectic for me recently. Good, but hectic. I’ve been cooking a lot over Christmas as well. Still, I’ll be back next week. I’ve got a lot of plans for this blog going into 2025. Happy New Year. -Dexter
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Lower Decks is coming to an end
(Mini Post) Star Trek Lower Decks had its penultimate episode a few days ago, and since the show is coming to a premature end, I want to briefly talk about it. I really enjoyed this show, and I’m a little sad that it’s over. This will be quite a short post. The episode followed William…
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Star Wars Skeleton Crew mysteries explored
What to expect from the rest of the series. Star Wars Skeleton Crew premiered last week, and it’s much better than I was expecting. A weirdly large number of the Disney+ Star Wars shows have been about a grizzled old veteran saving a little kid. The Mandalorian was about Din Djarin saving baby Yoda/Grogu. The…
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Nintendo Switch 2: Announcement and Launch Date Predictions
When will the Switch 2 be released? A recent rumour has stated that Nintendo is producing as many Switch 2 units as possible to avoid a console shortage at launch. If true, they’re clearly confidant and have every right to be. The Switch is one of the best-selling consoles ever. Assuming they’ve learnt the lessons…
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What does The Penguin conclusion mean for The Batman Part 2?
Spoilers for The Penguin The Penguin had its season finale a week ago and surpassed all my expectations. It was fantastic. Brutal, too. But the Matt Reeve Batman universe isn’t finished yet. It will continue, in 2026, with the Batman Part 2. A film that will likely have to deal with the consequences of Oswald’s…
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Star Wars Rewritten: How to Remake the Prequel Trilogy
Since writing this post, I have begun my own reworking of the trilogy. A mega thread of all the relevant articles is available here. I love the Star Wars prequel films. I will defend them to no end, and I’m thrilled about their resurgent popularity. But they’re not good. There has, subsequently, been an ongoing…
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New Design (update)
I’ve changed the layout of the site again today. I still can’t decide how I want it to look and will almost definitely change it again. But the old layout, I decided, is not what I’m looking for. It will probably become easier to decide once I’ve got more images and pictures I can use.…
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Ultimate Zonai Theory Part 3
The Zonai of the Depths Part 1 Part 2 Part 4 In part 2, a rough outline of Zonai history was sketched. They originated in the Depths and built the various fire-themed temples of Skyward Sword in the natural Depths-Surface trade hub of Eldin Volcano/ Death Mountain. They then experienced a societal rupture (probably involving…
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The Penguin Mid-Season Discussion
The Penguin episode 5 is out, and I want to talk about it: both the episode and the show more generally. Spoilers Ahead (though I’ll try to keep them light) The Penguin episode 5, in summary, is very good. It’s not the best episode and had, I thought, some minor pacing issues. Oz/Penguin’s confrontation with…
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What will be new in Mario Kart 9 on Switch 2?
It’s time to speculate widely! With the Switch 2 likely to launch in 2025, a new Mario Kart is probably around the corner. It’s been ten years since the release of Mario Kart 8 on the Wii U, which is a lot of potential development time. So, my expectations are unreasonably high! I don’t think…
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Batman’s Robin Problem
What should DC do with Tim Drake? The Bat Family is big. It’s great, it’s a natural continuation of Batman’s story, but it’s big. Arguably too big. Even excluding the more superfluous vigilantes, the “core” family has at least eight members: Batman, three different Batgirls and four different Robins (now with various hero identities). That’s…
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Ultimate Zonai Theory Part 2
Origins, habitation and population movements. Part 1 Part 3 In part 1, it was argued that the Zonai King Rauru, in the flashbacks of Tears of the Kingdom (TotK), founded Hyrule between the events of Skyward Sword and The Minish Cap. There’s nothing particularly out there or groundbreaking about this conclusion, but the timeline was…
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Switch 2 Launch Titles
What games will Switch 2 have at launch? The Switch 2 rumours are heating up. Some leaked images have been released, and fans are speculating that it could be announced this month! In my wildest dreams it will be capable of turning into a VR headset, but I realise this is unlikely (maybe Switch 3).…
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Ultimate Zonai Theory Part 1
Introduction and Timeline Placement Part 2 Tears of the Kingdom (TotK) has thrown a spanner into the Zelda theory community. The Zonai, introduced in that game, are an entirely new element of the Zelda timeline, which complicates many old theories and established narrative details. The term Zonai was first used during Breath of the Wild…
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Mario Timeline: New Super Mario Bros.
Over a series of posts, I have slowly and somewhat unintentionally begun to build my own Mario Timeline. But for a lot of Mario games (especially the side-scrollers), creating a timeline is more a practice in storytelling, world-building, and wild speculation than theorising. Many of the games don’t have much of a story to work…
Thoughts and Fiction 