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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 imagery? Goddess of Victory: Nikke is a game that attempts to find out. We'll see just how Nikke teaches...
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 my intention. This was supposed to be the haha funny butt joke video. I wanted this to be a so...
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 though! The description follows, below:---Nintendo has a famously itchy trigger finger when it comes to fir...
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 art and thought process behind some of these thumbnails.I used to make all of the thumbnails mysel...
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 coming together nicely, but the script is a bit longer than anticipated. The video is on Pokemon S...
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 associated with this memetic bumper-sticker is: Is Rogue the Bat Latina?Now I, at first, scoffed at this potenti...
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 is!Please enjoy, and let me know what you think! This video's thumbnail was worked on by a few...
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. First and foremost, greetings to all the new Patrons! I'm so grateful for your support, and for the su...
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 power to sway people by persuasion rather than by force, soft power. And no country on Earth ...
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 video is -- Kawaii: Anime, and Soft Power PoliticsBut, I'm a bit afraid that the title lacks punchiness. ...
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 this one resonates with you! I personally love it!
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 video titles, so if you can think of a better one, I'd be happy to hear your suggestions.The ...
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 last year's Pride Month video, you may recall that Vivian's status as a transwoman has long been a...
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 anyway? Humans don’t turn into ghouls when exposed to too much radiation and nuclear bombs tend to be a bit ...
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 long, winding, historical one, starting as early as interactions between the Han Dynasty and Rome,...
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!---The Great Emu-War continues. Yuzu, once the leading Nintendo Switch emulator, has been sued out of existence by Nintendo of...
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 discussion!I'll be making those cultural posts I promised too, in due time. I lost the draft of the ...
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 Taiwan, I actually encountered an American Twitch Streamer of some sort. I took a photo -- he was bein...
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 time to return to the grind.I have a number of interesting stories for you, both cultural and p...
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 week. I will not be back until likely the end of March, and thus the next video also isn't likely to be r...
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 into the deeply hierarchical society that it is today. Now that we've seen the historical roots, it's time t...
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'm aiming to have the video ready by this Saturday, but it may take until as late as Tuesday for the...
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 those.Pt. 2 of the gacha drama video is slowly being edited together: it's the longest...
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, or make a Pt. 3. At present, I'm about halfway done recording Pt. 2, and just that alone ...
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.---South Korea is in the midst of a brutal civil war, but it might not be the one you're thinking of. The South Korean gender war 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. Here's his comment, below:"Hi, so, first, this is my favorite video, because you actually take a m...
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 you Patrons.In it, you'll learn about Moon Channel's beginnings, and get a more in ...
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 would be about any negative treatment of Jobst and Mutahar.Now, as a lawyer (I hate saying that), being o...
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 Patrons.I'll be hosting a premier of this episode later, well, today, I suppose, given the tim...
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 Completionist Law Review episode, which has ballooned out of control, and will be about an hour lo...
