2023 Read/Watched/Played

January

• 🎬 Magnetic Rose (from Memories) - d. Koji Morimoto (1995)
• 🎮 Signalis (2022)
• 🎬 Shaolin Soccer - d. Stephen Chow (2003)
• 🎮 Lego Builder’s Journey (2019)
• 📖 Fight, Magic, Items: The History of Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, and the Rise of Japanese RPGs in the West - Aidan Moher
• 📖 Fire Punch, Tomes 1-3 - Tatsuki Fujimoto
• 🎬 Christine - d. John Carpenter (1983)
• 🎬 Belle - d. Mamoru Hosoda (2021)
• 🎬 Bruce Lee: the Man and the Legend - d. Shih Wu (1973)
• 🎬 Ball of Fire - d. Howard Hawks (1941)
• 📖 Boyfriend Material - Alexis Hall
• 🎮 Sylvie Lime (2022)
• 🎬 Tales of a Golden Geisha - d. Juzo Itami (1990)
• 📖 Mindful Listening - HBR Emotional Intelligence Series
• 🎬 Theodora Goes Wild - d. Richard Boleslawski (1936)
• 🎬 The Day After Trinity - d. Jon Else (1981)
• 🎬 Bullet Train - d. David Leitch (2022)
• 📖 Fire Punch, Tome 4 - Tatsuki Fujimoto
• 🎬 Gremlins - d. Joe Dante (1984)
• 🎬 Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo - d. Jessica Oreck (2009)
• 📖 Herding Tigers - Todd Henry
• 📖 Nona the Ninth - Tamsyn Muir

February

• 🎬 The Reagan Show - d. Sierra Pettengill & Pacho Valez (2017)
• 🎬 Strictly Ballroom - d. Baz Luhrmann (1992)
• 📖 Fire Punch, Tomes 5-8 - Tatsuki Fujimoto
• 🎬 Election - d. Johnnie To (2005)
• 🎮 Citizen Sleeper (2022)
• 🎬 Love is News - d. Tay Garnett (1937)
• 🎬 Blues Brothers - d. John Landis (1980)
• 📖 Creative Directions - Jason Sperling
• 🎬 Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife - d. Ernst Lubitsch (1938)
• 🎮 Sea of Stars Demo (2023)
• 📖 HBR Guide to Making Meetings Matter
• 📖 Witch Hat Atelier, Vol 10 - Kamome Shirahama
• 🎬 Loving Highsmith - d. Eva Vitija (2022)
• 🎬 Gremlins 2 - d. Joe Dante
• 📖 17-21: Before Chainsaw Man - Tatsuki Fujimoto
• 📖 Young Ladies Don’t Play Fighting Games, Vol 3-4 - Eri Ejima
• 🎬 You Never Can Tell - d. Lou Breslow (1951)
• 🎬 The Daytrippers - Greg Mottola (1996)
• 📖 Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road - Kyle Buchanan

March

• 📺 Double Fine PsychOdyssey
• 🎬 Me and My Gal - d. Busby Berkeley (1942)
• 🎬 The Lost Arcade - d. Kurt Vincent (2015)
• 📖 Between Two Fires - Christopher Buehlman
• 📖 Cuckoo - Joe Sparrow
• 🎬 School of Rock - d. Richard Linklater (2003)
• 🎬 Man Hunt - d. Fritz Lang (1941)
• 🎬 Royal Warriors - d. David Chung (1986)
• 🎬 Roadgames - d. Richard Franklin (1981)
• 🎬 The Banshees of Inisherin - d. Martin McDonagh (2022)
• 🎮 Storyteller (2023)
• 📖 Cinema Speculation - Quentin Tarantino
• 🎬 Magnificent Warriors - d. David Chung (1987)
• 🎬 Princess Arete - d. Sunao Kutabachi (2001)
• 🎬 Rosemary’s Baby - d. Roman Polanski (1968)

April

• 🎬 Police Story 3: Supercop - d. Stanley Tong (1992)
• 🎮 Psychonauts 2 (2021)
• 🎬 Working Girl - d. Mike Nichols (1988)
• 🎬 The Heroic Trio - d. Johnnie To (1993)
• 🎬 The Stepford Wives - d. Bryan Forbes (1975)
• 📖 Year of the Tiger - Alice Wong
• 🎬 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - d. Ang Lee (2000)
• 🎬 Dream Lover - d. Nicholas Kazan (1993)
• 🎮 Bugsnax (2022)
• 📖 Yiddish Folktales - Leonard Wolf & Beatrice Weinreich
• 🎬 When Jews Were Funny - d. Alan Zweig (2014)
• 🎬 Pretty Woman - d. Garry Marshall (1990)
• 📖 Greener Pastures - Michael Wehunt
• 🎬 Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence - d. Nagisa Oshima (1983)
• 🎮 Swordship (2022)
• 🎬 Yes, Madam! - d. Corey Yuen (1985)
• 🎬 Waiting for Guffman - d. Christopher Guest (1997)
• 🎬 21 Years Richard Linklater - d. Michael Dunaway
• 🎬 Puss in Boots: the Last Wish - d. Joel Crawford (2022)
• 🎬 Party Girl - d. Daisy von Scherler Mayer (1994)

May

• 🎬 Fatal Attraction - d. Adrian Lyne (1987)
• 🎬 Whisper of the Heart - d. Yoshifumi Kondo (1995)
• 📖 My Love Story!! Vol 1 - Kazune Kawahara & Aruko
• 🎬 I Married a Witch - d. René Clair (1942)
• 🎮 Betrayal at Club Low (2022)
• 🎬 Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? - d. Frank Tashlin (1957)
• 📖 Mindfulness in Plain English
• 🎬 Basic Instinct - d. Paul Verhoeven (1992)
• 📖 The Salt Grows Heavy - Cassandra Khaw

June

• 🎬 Operation Avalanche - d. Matt Johnson (2015)
• 🎬 Cruel Intentions - d. Roger Kumble (1999)
• 📖 PaRappa the Rapper - Mike Sholar
• 📖 Minesweeper - Kyle Orland
• 🎬 Color of Night - d. Richard Rush (1994)
• 🎬 Criminal Passion - d. Donna Deitch (1994)
• 🎬 Call Me - d. Sollace Mitchell (1988)
• 📖 Unmasking Autism - Devon Price
• 🎬 Dogtooth - d. Yorgos Lanthimos (2009)
• 📖 Young Girls Don’t Play Fighting Games, Vol 5 - Eri Ejima

July

• 🎬 The Joy Luck Club - d. Wayne Wang (1993)
• 🎬 Johnny Mnemonic: In Black and White - d. Robert Longo (1995)
• 📖 My Neighbor Totoro Soundtrack - Kunio Hara
• 🎬 But I’m a Cheerleader - d. Jamie Babbit (1999)
• 🎬 Once Upon A Time in China - d. Tsui Harl (1991)
• 🎬 What’s Up, Doc? - d. Peter Bogdonavich (1972)
• 🎬 Heat - d. Michael Mann (1995)
• 📖 The Galaxy and the Ground Within - Becky Chambers
• 📖 Ask Iwata
• 🎬 Adam’s Rib - d. George Cukor (1949)

August

• 📖 In the Lives of Puppets - TJ Klune
• 🎬 AI: Artificial Intelligence - d. Steven Spielberg (2001)
• 🎮 Ghost Trick (2023)
• 🎬 Desperately Seeking Susan - d. Susan Siedelman (1985)
• 🎮 He Fucked the Girl Out Of Me (2022)
• 📖 Ranking of Kings Vol 1 - Sosuke Toka
• 🎬 Deep Cover - d. Bill Duke (1992)
• 🎮 FRAMED Collection (2018)
• 🎬 Splendor in the Grass - d. Elia Kazan (1961)
• 🎬 Barbie - d. Greta Gerwig (2023)
• 🎬 Hackers - d. Iain Softley (1995)
• 📖 The Happiest Toddler on the Block - Harvey Karp
• 🎮 Where the Water Tastes Like Wine (2019)
• 🎬 The Fisher King - d. Terry Gilliam (1991)
• 🎮 Figment (2018)
• 🎬 Much Ado About Nothing - d. Josie Rourke (2011)
• 🎬 Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves - d. John Francis Daley & Jonathan Goldstein (2023)
• 🎬 Hook - d. Steven Spielberg (1991)
• 🎬 Death Becomes Her - d. Robert Zemeckis (1992)
• 📖 Disrupting the Game - Reggie Fils-Aimé
• 🎬 Thief - d. Michael Mann (1981)
• 📖 Pluto, Vol 1-2 - Naoki Urasawa & Osamu Tezuka
• 🎬 The Truth About Cats and Dogs - d. Michael Lehmann (1996)
• 🎬 Creed 3 - d. Michael B. Jordan (2023)

September

• 🎬 The Craft - d. Andrew Fleming (1996)
• 📖 Billy Bat, Vol 1-2 - Naoki Urasawa & Takashi Nagasaki
• 📖 Skip and Loafer, Vol 1-2 - Misaki Takamatsu
• 📖 Pluto, Vol 3-5 - Naoki Urasawa & Osamu Tezuka
• 🎬 She-Devil - d. Susan Seidelman (1989)
• 🎮 Astro’s Playroom (2020)
• 🎮 Baldur’s Gate 3 (2023)
• 📖 Skip and Loafer, Vol 3-5 - Misaki Takamatsu
• 🎬 Spiderman: Across the Spider-Verse - d. Dos Santos, Thompson & Powers (2023)
• 🎬 Showgirls - d. Paul Verhoeven (1995)
• 📖 Pluto, Vol 7-9 - Naoki Urasawa & Osamu Tezuka
• 🎬 The House of Usher - d. Roger Corman (1961)
• 🎮 Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
• 🎬 Making Mr. Right - Susan Seidelman (1987)
• 📺 One Piece Netflix (S1)
• 🎮 Vampire Survivor (2023)
• 🎮 Death Stranding: Director’s Cut (2021)
• 🎬 Down With Love - d. Peyton Reed (2003)
• 📺 The Bear (S1)
• 🎮 Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection (2022)
• 📖 Skip and Loafer, Vol 6-7 - Misaki Takamatsu
• 📖 DOOM GUY: Life in First Person - John Romero
• 🎬 Inu-Oh - d. Masaaki Yuasa (2021)
• 📖 Prime Meridian - Sylvia Moreno-Garcia
• 📖 The Giver - Lois Lowry
• 📖 The Bad Beginning - Lemony Snicket

October

• 📖 The Reptile Room - Lemony Snicket
• 🎬 Westworld - d. Michael Crichton
• 🎮 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim (2022)
• 📺 Skip & Loafer (S1)
• 📺 The Bear (S2)
• 📖 Frieren, Vol 1 - Kanehito Yamada & Tsukasa Abe
• 🎬 Def by Temptation - d. James Bond III (1990)
• 🎬 Thirteen Women - d. George Archainbaud (1932)
• 🎬 Dark City - Alex Proyas (1998)
• 📖 Mutual Aid - Peter Kropotkin
• 🎬 Freaks - d. Tod Browning (1932)
• 🎬 In the Mouth of Madness - d. John Carpenter (1994)
• 🎮 Star Wars: Jedi Survivor (2023)
• 🎬 Lynch/Oz - d. Alexandre O. Philippe (2022)
• 📖 Ranking of Kings, Vol 2 - Sosuke Toka
• 📖 Freiren, Vol 2-3 - Kanehito Yamada & Tsukasa Abe

November

• 🎬 Suspiria - d. Dario Argento (1977)
• 🎬 Carnal Knowledge - d. Mike Nichols (1971)
• 🎬 Battle Royale II: Requiem - d. Kinji Fukasaku, Kenta Fukasaku (2003)
• 📖 Ambiguity Machines & Other Stories - Vandana Singh
• 🎬 Peggy Sue Got Married - d. Francis Ford Coppola (1986)
• 📖 French Kids Eat Everything (And Yours Can Too) - Karen Le Billon
• 🎬 The Incredibly True Story of Two Girls in Love - d. Maria Maggenti (1995)
• 📖 Ranking of Kings, Vol 3-5 - Sosuke Taka
• 🎬 Lifetime Guarantee: Phranc’s Adventures in Plastic - d. Lisa Udelson (2001)
• 🎬 The Net - d. Irwin Winkler (1995)
• 🎮 Alan Wake 2 (2023)
• 🎬 New Rose Hotel - d. Abel Ferrera (1998)
• 📺 Columbo (S2)
• 🎮 Bowser’s Fury (2021)
• 🎬 Knightriders - d. George A. Romero (1981)

December

• 🎬 D.E.B.S. - d. Angela Robinson (2004)
• 🎬 Weird: The Al Yankovic Story - d. Eric Appel (2022)
• 🎬 Electric Dreams - d. Steve Barron (1984)
• 🎬 On-Gaku: Our Sound - d. Kenji Iwaisama (2019)
• 🎬 The Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion - d. Juzo Itami (1992)
• 🎬 Women of Mystery: Three Writers Who Forever Changer Detective Fiction - Pamela Beere-Briggs (2000)
• 🎮 Half-Life (1998)
• 📖 Blue Period, Tome 2-3 - Tsubasa Yamaguchi
• 🎬 Crimes of Passion - Ken Russell (1984)
• 📖 Detransition, Baby - Torrey Peters
• 📖 The Montessori Toddler - Simone Davies
• 🎬 I Wouldn’t Be In Your Shoes - d. William Nigh (1948)
• 🎬 Ravenous - d. Antonia Bird (1999)
• 🎮 Hi-Fi Rush (2023)
• 🎮 Slay the Princess (2023)
• 🎬 No Way Out - d. Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1950)
• 📖 Oh Crap! Potty Training - Jamie Glowacki
• 🎬 Belizaire the Cajun - d. Glen Pitre (1986)
• 🎮 VVVVVV (2010)
• 🎬 Maudie - d. Aisling Walsh (2016)
• 🎬 Three Wishes for Cinderella - d. Václav Vorlícek (1973)
• 🎮 Myst: Masterpiece Edition (2000)
• 📖 The No-Cry Potty Training Solution - Elizabeth Pantley
• 🎬 Being Two Isn’t Easy - d. Kon Ichikawa (1962)
• 🎮 Riven (1997)
• 📖 How To Talk So Little Kids Will Listen - Joanna Faber
• 🎬 House - d. Nobuhiko Obayashi (1977)