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Can Cake Teach Gamers to Respect Women?

Gacha games are famous for their raunchy character designs and objectification. But can you fight fire with fire? Can you teach gamers to respect women, by wrapping a positive message in lewd image...

The Duality of Nikke

It's 2:00 AM, and I'm exhausted.

I'm about 3/4's of the way through a script that reads like a combination of the Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir, and Das Kapital. This was not originally ...

Why Hasn't Nintendo Axed Pokémon Showdown?

Hi Patrons!! Sorry about the slow upload again. I'll make it up to you in the future: maybe with a short podcast style audio recording, perhaps!

Here's the ad-free video for all of you thou...

Thumbnail Art and Commentary

Hello, dear Patrons! I shared this post on YouTube Community, but going forward, I'd like to make this kind of content a Patreon exclusive for you, wherein we talk thumbnails, and showcase both the...

A Quick Update

Good evening, dear Patrons. It's been a little while since my last check-in: I'm afraid I've been terribly busy lately, and am only now finding a bit of time to say hello.

The next video is...

Is This Topic Too Unhinged?

A friend of mine shared this picture taken from twitter with me today out of the blue, along with the subtle hint that there might be a video therein.

The potential topic we could discuss as...

The Evolution of Vivian in Paper Mario, and Trans Rights in Japan

Hello, dear patrons! This year's pride month video is finally ready for you, as is tradition, on the last day of pride month. I think this video came out pretty well, despite how short the run time...

Reflections on YouTube, Spin-Off Channel, Merch, and Pride Month

With the anime video now released, I've found that I have a bit more free time than usual, and as tends to be the case when I have free time, I've fallen into the habit of overthinking.

Fir...

Kawaii: Anime, Propaganda, and Soft Power Politics.

In modern international politics, it is just as important to win hearts and minds, in one's own country and abroad, as it is to have power by force of arms. We call this power over hearts and minds...

The Final Thumbnail

And, it's done! The final thumbnail! I might have our artist @LouritaShine add an emote for YouTube members to use (and for all of you to download, if you like), as well!

The title of the vi...

Thumbnail Sneak Peek!

Still hard at work on the video, but here's a sneak peek for the thumbnail: an early sketch done by artist and personal friend of mine, @LouritaShine.

Let me know what you think, and if thi...

Kawaii: Anime, Propaganda, and Soft Power Preview

I have a special surprise for the Patreon: a preview of the upcoming video on anime and soft power! The title is a work in progress -- I'm afraid that I've always been terrible at coming up with vi...

Concerning Vivian

With the release of the Thousand Year Door remaster just around the corner, I thought I'd do some investigating to see just how the character of Vivian was handled in the remake.

For fans of...

How Geopolitically Realistic is Fallout's Great War?

I was walking along, minding my business, when out of an orange colored sky… Flash, Bam, Alakazam! The Fallout TV show came by!

And it got me thinking, well, just how realistic is Fallout...

A Short Update

Hello, dear Patrons! I've been hard at work on the next video, concerning Anime, Video Games, and Soft Power. The script is one of the best I've worked on so far, and the video is going to be a lon...

A Yuzu Post-Mortem: The Great Emu-War

I thought I'd uploaded the video: sorry about that!

Here's the video, presented ad-free. I'll get these to you early instead of late one of these days, I promise!
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The Great Emu-Wa...

Thumbnail Sneak Preview - Nintendo v. Yuzu

The next video is almost ready for you: I've been grinding through jetlag and office catch-up to get it to you before the end of March. I do hope that this isn't arriving too late to the discussio...

An intermission

I was going to do a long history post concerning Okinawa, with some interesting photos, but I thought I'd bring up a few curiosities I'd encountered for your amusement.

First, while I was in ...

A Few Photos

I've been abroad for almost a month now, handling some responsibilities while ignoring a great deal many more back home. It's been good to take a break, and to reflect, though it will also soon be ...

Apologies for Inactivity/A Short Bream

Hello, my dear patrons. I apologize for the silence on Patreon, and the lack of video releases as of late.

I had a death in the family, and I've been out of the United States for the past wee...

Korean Gacha Drama and Gender War Pt. 2 - The Grim Reality of Korea

South Korea is in the midst of a brutal civil war, but it might not be the one you're thinking of.  

In Part 1, we discussed how Neo-Confucianism and foreign oppression shaped Korea int...

An Update on Gacha Pt. 2

I'm sorry for the relative quietness of late! I've been grinding non-stop to finish the Korean gacha game video, including resolving some troublesome fair-use issues on the footage used.

I'...

A Quick Update

I apologize for the relative silence, everyone. And please forgive me for not getting to all the private messages: I'm afraid I've been really lost in my work lately, and haven't had time to get to...

Gacha Drama and Gender War Pt. 2

It's been a chaotic week, but I'm back at the video grind! Part 2 of the gacha drama video is going to be very, very long: long to the point where I have to either do another round of material cuts...

Gacha Drama and the Korean Gender War

Presented accidentally late to Patreon (again), but ad-free!

Please enjoy, and let me know if you have any questions! This is the first video in a two part series.
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South Korea is ...

Fighting Evil by Moonlight

I was reviewing some of the messages I'd received lately on Patreon, when I came across a recent comment on the JRPG video by a new Nightingale patron, Brett Turner, concerning Sailor Moon.
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The State of the Moonion 2024

It's finally 2024, and I'd like to kick off the year with a new Moon Channel tradition. The link I've attached contains the 2024 State of the Moonion Address: an annual report of sorts, for all of ...

A Hop, Skip, and a Jobst

So, the new video was released on YouTube, concerning The Completionist and Karl Jobst. I, being rather unexperienced with the whole YouTube thing, very seriously underestimated how upset people wo...

Jobst v. Completionist: VG Law Review Ep. 2

The "Short" law review episode is finally here! Just in time for New Year's Eve.

Please enjoy this last Moon Channel episode of the year, actually released early this time, unlike usual, for ...

And May All Your Christmases Be Wright

I apologize for the radio silence lately! I've been very hard at work, both at the office, but also on two videos: the Korean Gacha video, which is looking like it'll be feature length, and the Com...