The Inaugural Address: About Unhealthy Habits

Throughout the course of our history there have been “hot button” issues those in power used to keep others on their side. From dancing to art to books to music to television to movies to anime and video games, once one subject became tired they moved on to another. It was always the same argument, “(subject) is polluting our children's minds and causing our society to fall into a cesspool of debauchery and sin.”... or something along those lines. The term, then, is the perfect name for this piece of the interweb because that is exactly what you'll find here.

RedDragon and SlowMotionKarma share a love of these “modern” forms of entertainment and they have decided to talk about them. Friends since childhood, these two gentlemen have a wealth of knowledge and an even greater amount of opinion, perfect for you. You who might be wondering about the latest $65 video game, or $10-a-ticket movie. You who are wondering what the really good anime is or who out there is making some great music. These two patrons of pastimes, these honored men of hobbies, these curators of the creative are more than happy to share with you the knowledge and expertise they have cultivated throughout the years. And you, you will be grateful.

Alright ladies and gentlemen, here's how things are going to work here. We've talked and have decided it would be best to keep things organized here. Too many times have we seen a great weblog struck down by the unforgiving beast that is disorganization. Man invented the “tag” for a reason. That reason was an easy and intuitive way to find information. So why do so many people abuse it? Using “game” in one post, then “video game” in another only splits everything up.

So this is how we're going to do it.

On the right you'll see a list of our Main Categories. These are, and contain:

• Anime – Anything relating to anime. From reviews, initial impressions, recommendations, and “now watching” lists to character info or cool anecdotes. As long as it's about anime, it will be tagged as such.
• Video Games – Like above, except with video games. This will also include talk about the latest hardware (new systems, accessories, etc.) relating directly to video games as well.
• Film – Both for new-in-theater and DVD/Blu Ray, this covers the world of film. There will be another tag to let you know whether we were talking about the theater or home video release (and there may be two versions when regarding reviews.).
• Music – This will be mostly about music we've discovered. New artists or little known older artists, we'll write about them in this category.
• Television – All the latest about our favorite shows. Follow along with our thoughts about how the series are progressing.
• Culture – Anything relating to the above categories, but not directly about them. You'll find talk about the latest conventions, expos and parties as well as little tidbits of other stuff (like cool anime cosplay, or collectibles).
• Side Story – Where our personal stories will fall. Life, love, the fried chicken we ate last night; you can read all about it here.

In addition to that there will be the regular tags, available from our tag cloud. These will always be the same, no “shana” then “Shakugan no Shana” to confuse you. Reviews will always be tagged “review”, and so on. Ease of use is the name of the game.

So keep tuned to this URL and follow along with us. Comments are always welcome, and we'd love to hear what you like as well.