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on January 15, 2026

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Super Mystery Magazine MU

As some of you might (but probably most of you don't) know, I am quite the fan of the paranormal - an interest that used to be a bit more intense a few years back, when I was one of those people who actually read through the 'original' UFO documents with a magnifying glass, searching for the truth. Of course, while I hardly vouch for the belief that UFOs are having a snack among us, or that the Mothman might how up at my doorstep for a coffee, I happen to particularly enjoy the paraphernalia that comes along with the paranormal research culture. Mash that up with my interest in Japanese culture and media (which is not itself stranger to the weird, from Mishima's Utsukushii Hoshi to Aum Shinrikyo), and you get, along with my usual dōjin fare, Super Mystery Magazine MU . And it's a vintage one, too. April 1987, to be exact. The magazine itself is a bulky, disposable manga-style monthly; printed, save for a few advertisements, on cheap telephone book-like paper....

"Dancing Girl vol.1" by Ryo Nakae and guests

So, here we are again, with a smol review while we wait for the next shipment of goods to arrive. One thing I noticed, is that my Mandarake wishlist is steadily reducing, and I might actually... run out of stuff I want?! unlikely. Still missing two Robamoto , and there is more stuff that is simply sort of difficult to track down. As I collect only original and non-h dōjinshi the pool is a bit smaller than the average collector's, but I'm far from done. For some of the rare things I might have to go back to Otaku Republic , the pricier option. For today, let's take a look at a semi-vintage (2015) offering by designer, developer, and fellow dog lover Ryo Nakae (whose portfolio you can find here) . Similar to people like Robamoto, CHOCO and others I have reviewed in the past, the artist's mindset as a professional graphic / web designer filters through, and Nakae's illustrations have a sleek, striking sense of depth, field and color that manages to evade typical P...

Hardfest 3

So, here it is - Hardfest 3 , a collection of difficult maps from various Doom modders, to which I contributed two maps and a number of MIDI tracks. I have been part of both its first and second installment (the latter won a Cacoward, if you care about that garbage beauty pageant), so it's nice to be able to say that I am one of few mappers who took part in all three editions. Yay! More stuff of mine here . The first Hardfest was one of the first Doom community projects I took part in, after re-discovering Doom modding after... oh, I don't know, a twenty year hiatus? My map for it, "The Smegma Flow", was rudimentary at best, especially if seen through the lens of my mapping skills today - still, I'm somewhat melancholically attached to it, and it has a kickass MIDI by LPad . It's definitely a mood, and I think that map has a something that no other map of mine really recaptured afterwards. The project itself was quite a ride - from humble beginnings, from a...

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