The Black Company doesn't have the emotional richness of Robin Hobb's work, the narrative complexity of George RR Martin's, or the sheer scale of Robert Jordan's. It's a precursor to all of them: not so epic in scope but a fantastic, well-written story all the same.
A Wind in Cairo is a well-researched historical fantasy set in the tumultuous period of the early Crusades. Egypt lies under Saladin's hand, and the story is told entirely from the point of view of Muslim characters, something rare at least in English literature, especially for 1989.
Pokemon Infinite Fusion has taken the Pokemon fanbase by storm recently. While I've fallen out with the series a bit, having not really enjoyed Sword and Shield and not bothering to pick up Scarlet and Violet, I do still love the series and keep an eye on it. I don't play many romhacks, but this...
In previous articles, I covered merging your separate PC libraries together with Playnite and customizing Playnite with Themes and Add-ons like achievements and hiding duplicate games. Now, let's take a look at adding some games from consoles like the SNES and Gameboy Advance using the popular...
Judgment is a spin-off of the popular Yakuza series of games (all of which I've finished, except for Like a Dragon), and keeps many of the same gameplay and story elements. Kamurocho remains as vivid, detailed, and full of life as ever, with Judgment having maybe its best version yet.
Volume 4 is the best volume of Berserk yet. We learn more of Guts' tragic backstory, and finally move the story into the familiar territory of the 90s anime that I've seen a few episodes of.
My name's Mike, and this is the Lore Depository - my spot online where I can write out my thoughts on games, books, tech, movies, and anything else I find interesting.
My biggest project is my Game Library Project. I have a ton of games collected throughout the years, and have barely played any of them. Check out the linked post to learn more about the project, and click here to be taken to the category page where you can see all my posts for the project.
Another project I'm working on is my Pokemon Living Dex Challenge, where I try to obtain one of each available Pokemon and transfer them into Pokemon Home.
Yet another project I'm working on is my Old School RuneScape "Completionist" Quest, where I'm attempting to max out all skills and see everything the game has to offer as a completely new player.
Other content comes mainly in 3 forms:
• Reviews, where I post longer-form review writeups
• Thoughts, short & quick first impressions posts
• Guides, detailed how-tos and walkthroughs
Click the links to go to each category's page, filtered by newest post.