Otaku Links: Deru deru deru
John has been on an NES gaming kick and it led to us digging up these vintage Legend of Zelda commercials. I don’t know what’s better, these 4Kids-directed rapping kids in…
Ethics in (card) game journalism
This week, something really cool happened to me—something that might make you lose your respect for me as a journalist. On Monday, a representative from Wizards of the Coast dropped…
Otaku Links: Pokémon stay a while
Last week was pretty rough, to the point that I sat down to write Otaku Links and thought, “Why bother?” But I got a great email from reader Greg, letting…
The Otaku Journalist Summer 2016 Season Preview
As a trained journalist, I know this summer isn’t as terrible as it feels. In my graduate program, we learned the techniques the media uses to make current events seem…
June 2016 Income Report
Welcome to a new thing I’ll be doing based on a reader request to post my freelancing output. I blog about how you can make money blogging, but you don’t…
Otaku Links: Spring season wrap-up
The spring anime season went by so quickly! I ended up finishing all the shows I planned to watch in April except Joker Game, and I’m working on finishing it now.…
Getting published isn’t everything: a cautionary tale
A few days ago, my friend Ejen Chuang sent me some direct messages on Twitter, leading with “Your book has been repackaged as a UK magazine-format book.” He sent me…
Otaku Links: SD Week
Hope you’re having a less hectic Friday than I am. The thing about freelance work is when it rains, it pours. A bunch of my dormant long term clients suddenly…
I asked, you answered. The 2016 survey results are here!
The first thing I have to say is, wow. I got 22 results last time I held a blog survey, and this time that quadrupled with 80 respondents total! I…
Otaku Links: Looking ahead
Weeks like this, there’s nothing to do except keep busy and not think too much. I’ve been nonstop booked—attending a women’s only coding night, meeting my entire family for happy hour…