@BishopJaxi@paleochristcon@KellyPowersBPA I get that formal education isn't the end-all be-all, but still...If someone is going to present themselves as an authority on information, being informed and able to have a back-and-forth with someone with opposing views is the standard.
@twisted_twins I hope that won't be the full story. Honestly, if at least a fraction of these audiences decide to look at indie horror, it's a massive win even if Hollywood goes the L route imho.
There are so many ideas/stories/creators out there who honestly craft amazing worlds.
HOLY SHIT 🔥
Japan is not playing games anymore.
At NicoNico Chokaigi 2026, **Japan Strategy Minister Onoda Kimi** dropped this absolute fire:
**“Shut up — This is Japan!”**
She made it crystal clear: The Japanese government will defend anime, manga, and Japanese creators from foreign pressure and demands to change their work.
This is exactly what Japanese Art Freedom Month is all about.
Massive respect to Minister Onoda and Japan for standing firm and protecting real creative freedom 👑
#JapaneseArtFreedomMonth
The horror film “Obsession” is a surprise hit at the box office this summer. Made for around one million dollars, it has already grossed over a hundred and fifty million. But it's not only a financial success; it's also a spiritually quite interesting film. What drives the plot is a young man's ardent desire to be loved by the woman whom he loves. Seeking a gift for Nikki in an occult store, Bear finds a device that advertises itself as “One Wish Willow.” If you break the stick and make a wish, it will come true. In his desperation, he follows the instructions, and it works like a charm. The previously diffident Nikki becomes totally devoted to the delighted Bear. All his dreams, it seems, have come true. Then things go, shall we say, south. I won't spoil any more of the plot. Suffice it to say that Nikki proceeds to devour the young man and push him toward despair.
Throughout this film, I kept thinking of Oscar Wilde's famous line: “the only thing worse than not getting what you want is getting what you want.” The spiritual issue here is one that the masters have recognized for centuries and one that stands at the very heart of Biblical revelation: if you tie your deepest desire to anything or anyone other than God, you will find, not satisfaction, but destruction. This is the moral teaching behind the great Shema prayer: “Hear, O Israel, the Lord your God is Lord alone.” Jesus reiterates this when he says, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and all your strength.” The psalmist affirms it when he sings, “Only in God will my soul be at rest.”
During the rite of Confirmation, I ask the young people a series of questions, the first of which is “do you renounce Satan and all his works and empty promises?” Up and down the ages, Satan has made the same empty promise: I will give you something less than God and it will make you happy. In point of fact, it will ruin you, and the more you seek to acquire it, the unhappier you will become. What becomes clear in the course of “Obsession” is that the owners of the occult shop where Bear bought the fateful wish-willow are in fact involved with very dark spiritual powers. In my conversations with exorcists, I hear over and over again that those who get ensnared by the devil commence by dabbling in the occult.
“Obsession” is a good horror movie. If you like the genre, and you're not too squeamish, go see it. For it won't just scare you; it will offer some important spiritual truths.
I could give you hundreds of reasons to read my book series right now, but today’s pitch is this:
If you obsessively love em dashes, we’ll get along just fine.
Here’s one to get started: —
And another one: —
And another one: —
Okay, good! So you really like em dashes!
Now, keep following this trail of em dashes to your nearest book store and find a book named Wedding of the Torn Rose there. Get it, then turn to page 1.
It will be like opening a box of cookies, but with em dashes inside. What could possibly go wrong? You will love the series and how unhinged it becomes with each new chapter.
And here’s an extra em dash for the road just because I like you: —
Have a nice day!
It was created to give an excuse to have super epic cool giant tiny space knights with flaming swords n sh*t fighting demons on cathedral spaceships because it was cool to them.
This idea the game was created as a work of politician and religious satire isn't even secondary, it's like third-ary. The religious elements were there because it looked metal af. They just wanted heavy metal sci fi album covers to come to life on the tabletop. People didn't make nerd stuff back then out of spite or some politician statement about extremism and xenophobia, they created stuff just to have fun.