Gunpey is a puzzle game series developed by Koto Laboratory and originally released by Bandai for the WonderSwan in 1999. Modest in appearance but surprisingly deep in practice, it became one of the handheld’s defining puzzle titles and eventually found its way to several other platforms. The name is a tribute to Gunpei Yokoi, the…
Things I Like: Amanda Waller (DCEU)
Amanda Waller is one of the more distinctive presences in the DC Extended Universe. She occupies an unusual space, neither the stereotypical villain nor hero, possessing no powers whatsoever but making up for it entirely through intelligence, political reach, and an absolute willingness to do whatever she determines is necessary. Her two most prominent appearances…
Fun Facts and Trivia About Squares
The word “square” has ancient roots in the Proto-Indo-European root kwetwer, meaning “four.” That root fed into the Latin quadrus, denoting a four-sided shape, and then into the Vulgar Latin verb exquadrare, meaning to make something square. From there, it passed through Old French as esquarre before entering Middle English as “square,” displacing the older…
Things I Like: Alexis Meade (Ugly Betty)
Alexis Meade was one of the most memorable characters on Ugly Betty, which is saying something given that she was kept hidden for the first half of season one and was long gone before the show reached its conclusion. I had a significant crush on Rebecca Romijn when I was around ten years old, having…
Fun Facts and Trivia About Emojis
Emojis are small digital symbols that have grown into one of the most widely recognized communication systems in modern history 🌎📱, drawing on writing ✍️, visual art 🎨, and technology 💻 to help people convey emotions 😊, objects 🏠, and ideas 💡 across language barriers 🌐. The word itself is Japanese in origin 🇯🇵: “e”…