Before there was Inception (2010), there was Paprika (2006) (and, technically, Re-Cycle (2006)). Paprika is one of my all time favorite science fiction films. It is just so stylish, smart, and filled with incredible music. A team of Japanese researchers…
Ellis and Neckbone, two teenage boys from Arkansas, find a boat stuck in a tree on a small island. A strange man called Mud claims ownership of the boat and asks the boys to help him meet up with his…
When I first heard about Yugioh in the 90s, I thought it was a ridiculous concept. It seemed like the worst kind of commercialism. It pandered to children. It was an anime and manga series designed to promote a real…
You like games. I have discounts available for PC games. Shop at my GameFanShop partner store, get great deals on games, and support Sketchy Details. Easy as that. Here are this week’s deals. They expire on Sunday, 26 May 2013.…
When I’m not writing here or at my regular gigs (or ghostwriting/editing all over the place), I teach educational theater. One of my favorite subjects to study and explore with students is Shakespeare. There’s a beauty and magic to his…
I find myself revisiting the Death Note anime a lot more than I thought I would. The visual style is fascinating. The slow pace makes for some strong suspense. Even with some of the blatantly bad choices (cough potato chip),…
Ico is an adventure game for the PS2 (and available for the PS3 in the amazing Ico and Shadow of the Colossus Collection) from Japan. You play as Ico, a young boy left to die in an elaborate temple because…
I already wrote about my history with Pokemon in the Philosophy of Pokemon panel write-up from Quinni-Con. I didn’t mention that I own a game from each generation, though I think that’s implied. Pokemon X/Y, the sixth generation of Pokemon…
A brief refresher: I have a partner store with GameFanShop for Sketchy Details. They offer discounts on over a 1000 different PC game downloads. If you shop at my partner store, I get a small commission on the sale to…
I’ve spent more time covering male-targeted anime than female targeted anime at Sketchy Details. The plain truth is that more shonen titles get released in America and impact the way anime and manga are talked about stateside. The beauty of…
Silent Hill, the bizarre survival horror series from Konami, has a lot of great stories to tell. It’s this nebulous concept of a place that never appears the exact same way twice. The town of Silent Hill changes to reflect…
While I was at rehearsal for a theater fundraiser yesterday, I got an e-mail that I just have to share with you. I receive a lot of these notices and rarely run with them on Sketchy Details. They normally read…
One thing that fascinates me about anime culture is the heavy emphasis on music. Shows have so much music to pull from that Japanese theater companies are able to license titles for stage adaptations and use a lot of the…
The theme for Foreign Chops #12 at The LAMB is Mexico. I wanted to choose another theme with a lot of titles available to stream online. I exceeded my expectations with this one. Between Netflix Instant and Hulu Plus, there…