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Piofiore: Fated Memories Review: Dark Romance

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    Set in the small Italian town of Burlone around the early 20th century, the tale follows Liliana Adornato, who has been raised by the churchher entire life. One night Lili becomes entangled in a turf war between three mafia families: the Falzone, Visconti and Lao-Shu families all seek to rule, and Lili is somehow the common key element for all of them. I've seen plenty of people express adoration for Lili as a protagonist, the sentiment generally being that she is brave and intelligent for a girl sheltered by the church. Her naively kind nature juxtaposed nicely with some of the mafias darker moments. Lili also managed to stand her ground around Yang when it was needed and was remarkably tolerant of someone so opposite to herself. That said, Lili did have plenty of dumb moments, such as walking down unfamiliar alleys alone in a crime ridden area and approaching hostile drug addicts. Lili also shows some initiative in escaping during Dante's route, but she doesn't
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Subnautica: Below Zero Review: Keep on Surviving

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Story The Alterra Corporation (a Trans-Goverment) claims Sam Ayou - one of their employees - perished in an accident caused by "human negligence" on planet 4546B. Suspecting that Alterra may be hiding something and wanting to know more about her sister's death, Robin travels to planet 4546B to investigate the accident site herself. Over the course of her investigation Robin gains an unlikely ally and uncovers buried secrets that could impact the fate of a sentient race. Below Zero has two (or three, depending on how lookat it) story-lines going on at once. While the Aurora ship, Degasi wreck, and kharaa bacterium were all connected to how Ryley (Subnauntica protagonist) crash landed on 4546B and his fate afterwards, the individual plot threads of Below Zero are disjointed from each other and in some cases never properly get resolved. Too often Sam's story felt like a side mission rather than the main reason why Robin came to 4546B. The player learns about Sam
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Book-Based Movie Adaptations

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I like to read classical books and then watch the various film adaptations that have been produced based on those works to see how they compare. This list is mainly to track what I consider to be worthwhile adaptations and perhaps a helpful guide for those looking to experience these stories without having to read the literary works upon which they are based. I try to list only direct adaptions of the books and avoid listing sequels, re-imaginings, and parodies unless they standout in some way.
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Tales of Eternia: The Animation - Wacky Island Vacation

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Tales of Eternia: The Animation is a 2001 Japanese animated series that acts as a side adventure to the video game of the same name (it was called Tales of Destiny II in North America). The show uses an original storyline featuring the four main protagonists and was supposedly produced as part of a multimedia campaign, but information on this is scarce. The series was picked up for an English translation in 2002 but the license ended up expiring and so the dub was never released. Apologies in advance for the poor image quality. This anime series is very old and not widely available in good quality. Opening Music: Sora ni Kakeru Hashi (by Masami Okui) Credit Music: I'd Love You to Touch Me (by Masami Okui) Spoiler Warning: I am going to give a synopsis of each episode and my opinions at the very end.
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The Knights of the Round Table Are Ridiculous

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Stories of "King Arthur" span about 1,200 years and have been told by a variety of different people in different batches, and those "batches" were popular with different audiences at different times, leading to a lot of variability in the different versions. I finally got around to reading some Arthurian Legends and they were not at all what I was expecting. The common image of the Knights of the Round Table is usually that of powerful and virtuous knights who earned their place through great deeds, but the reality is that they are more like an eccentric group of morally questionable weirdos with super powers. The number of knights varies from 12 to 150+. These are just the ones that I came across in my reading. The Strange Ones Sir Gawain (Gwalchmei, Knight of Maidens) is an elite and integral member of the Round Table known for having many children with different women and the "beheading game" he played with a fae type entity known as the
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