So I was thinking recently of the marvelous shields throughout Aeschylus’ Seven Against Thebes (aka Septem Contra Thebas, aka ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ Θήβας). The Septem was part of the prolegomena to my dissertation, where I looked at Polyneikes’ homecoming to Thebes, which only truly happens at his death. I spent a lot of time with the play, mostly with Polyneikes’ shield, but the other shields are also really fascinating. I was talking to a friend about all this recently, and found that I was interested in exploring the rest of the shields in the play.

This is another entry ported over from my writeFreely blog. I thought it would have a better home here. Music tastes, as most things, are subject to change, so this blog may get updated here and there. I made some updates, especially focusing on my Bandcamp haul in 2020-2021. Last updated 22 May 2022: Tweaked some things and updated links. I need to update this more soon but don’t feel like it at the moment.

Last updated 28 Jan 2023: added/removed some games here and there, added PS2 and Wii sections TABLE OF CONTENTS 0.0. FOREWORD 0.1. LICENSE 0.2. CONTACT 1.0. TOOLS 2.0. NINTENDO ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM (NES) GAMES 2.1. OFFICIAL ENGLISH LOCALIZATIONS 2.2. FAN-TRANSLATIONS 3.0. SUPER NINTENDO ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM (SNES) GAMES 3.1. OFFICIAL ENGLISH LOCALIZATIONS 3.2. FAN-TRANSLATIONS 4.0. GAME BOY (ORIGINAL) (GB) GAMES 4.1. OFFICIAL ENGLISH LOCALIZATIONS 4.2. FAN-TRANSLATIONS 5.0. GAME BOY COLOR (GBC) GAMES 5.

I’ve been meaning to write this post for a long while now. The last fantasy book I read was Melanie Rawn’s Dragon Prince, and it made me think a little more critically about reading fantasy in particular. I’ve read many such books over the course of my life, and (almost) always enjoyed them. Some are definitely better than others, to be sure. Now you’ll probably know most of the ones I’m mentioning here, but some may be new to you, and lesser-known.

I hate endings. Well, not all endings, but endings can be sad at times, and so sometimes I hate them. I was thinking about this earlier because I just finished the whole run of a podcast I’ve dearly enjoyed, Ghosting Around. I’ll talk a bit about the podcast and why I love(d) it so much, and then we’ll talk a bit more about endings, liminality, &c. The hosts tell ghost stories about various cities and places across the US (and sometimes abroad), and it’s just delightful.

N.B. This is an old post from the previous iteration of this site. I’ve tweaked a few things here and there in the entry, but they are mostly unchanged. My previous website was more of a jobs site, so a lot of the entries are Classics-centric, and that won’t necessarily be the case going forward. Since I’m not in the field any more, I’m really trying to be intentional about making enough time for the classics.

N.B. This is an old post from the previous iteration of this site. I’ve tweaked a few things here and there in the entry, but they are mostly unchanged. My previous website was more of a jobs site, so a lot of the entries are Classics-centric, and that won’t necessarily be the case going forward. Hello, everyone. It’s been a long while since I last wrote a post, and this is the first post on the new server.