In My View: Why elitist arguments suck

(Please note: I use the editorial “he” in this post.) So I recently came across this post complaining about anime fans and it reminded me of this exchange between a commenter named meiko and the folks at the Anime Roundtable podcast. All of this reminded me of something which has been bugging me for a […]

In My View: What the heck is a “trainwreck?”

Okay, I’m confused. I’ll freely admit I don’t have taste and there’s a lot of people in the Otakusphere who are smarter than me, so maybe I’m just not bright enough to get it. But what the heck is a “trainwreck” and how do people figure out what constitutes one? First, let me give you […]

In My View: What you’re expecting me to have standards?

So I spent my last post talking about the nature of “good” shows, but I haven’t really addressed Coburn’s fundamental conundrum. What makes a show an all-time favorite? Or put better, what measures do I use to judge a show? Now, I’ll admit this is a hard question to answer because when I watch a […]

In My View: Coburn you have drug me out of the shadows

Coburn, Coburn, Coburn… You’ve managed to drag me out of the shadows. Anyway, I came across Coburn’s post when DrmChsr0 linked it, and to be honest it’s a subject I’ve thought a lot about. Of course that subject being favorite shows. Now I’ve didn’t read the responses, mostly because I didn’t really feel like it […]

In My View: I fail (Now with pictures!)

I was wrong. I’ll admit it. It has happened before, and it’ll happen again. Part of the reason I write in this blog is to present arguments that strike me at the time as valid, and see how well they fly. And to be honest, on the whole fansub ethical issue I ignored the third […]

In My View: Fansubs? Again?

So there’s been a lot of drama around Scott’s post about Greg Ayres panel. And granted, I know I’m writing this pretty late in the game, but it’s taken me a while to get my thoughts into a coherent form on this subject. The problem with fansubs and the industry is not a simple one. […]

In My View: On PiQ, ADV and sentimentalism

So I meant to write this when it was a bit more topical, but I got distracted by Final Fantasy V. And to be honest, there’s something really fun about 16-bit graphics and turned-based combat. Something that reminds me of a time before computer RPGs got complicated by having to make sure you hit the […]

In My View: The myth of supporting the industry

(Please note: I’m arguing from a Libertarian ethical standpoint. Your mileage may vary.) So there’s been something that’s been bothering me for the last couple of months, but I haven’t really been able to put a finger on it. It wasn’t until I watched the special features on the Haruhi DVDs that it struck me. […]

In My View: Escapism? Don’t we all need a break sometimes?

“A lot of people don’t like their job Peter. What is important is finding something that does make you happy.” – Roughly quoted from Office Space First before I write this post, I want to apologize to the women for butting into their conversation. But I think they’ve offered a fascinating range of views on the idea of escapism and how people […]

In My View: My war against derivative

That is it. I’ve had it. I’m declaring war against the word, “derivative.” At first, I thought it would fade away. That it would be one of those words that popped into the general lexicon and then fizzled away. I had hoped that smarter minds than mine would prevail. I had secretly prayed that someone, […]