Kathryn Hemmann
@kathrynthehuman.bsky.social
Reader of books and player of games. College professor and pokémon trainer. Writes about media and society. In love with monsters and magic.
🌿 https://digitalfantasydiary.com/ 🌿
🌿 https://digitalfantasydiary.com/ 🌿
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I'm a denizen of Philadelphia who writes strange and eerie stories about the hidden mysteries and quiet horrors of everyday life. You can find my fiction collections and minicomic zines on Itchio and Etsy.
🌿 digitalterrarium.itch.io
🌿 www.etsy.com/shop/Digital...
🌿 digitalterrarium.itch.io
🌿 www.etsy.com/shop/Digital...
Every day I'm grateful that I've never played a Dragon Age game, a blissful state of ignorance that allows me to enjoy all the gorgeous fan art of the characters without ever being exposed to a single word of fandom discourse ☕
November 30, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Every day I'm grateful that I've never played a Dragon Age game, a blissful state of ignorance that allows me to enjoy all the gorgeous fan art of the characters without ever being exposed to a single word of fandom discourse ☕
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Japan's best stop-motion studio isn't loud about it. But the quiet charm of its work speaks for itself.
We're exploring the specialness of dwarf studios in this issue:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/inside-dwa...
We're exploring the specialness of dwarf studios in this issue:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/inside-dwa...
November 24, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Japan's best stop-motion studio isn't loud about it. But the quiet charm of its work speaks for itself.
We're exploring the specialness of dwarf studios in this issue:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/inside-dwa...
We're exploring the specialness of dwarf studios in this issue:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/inside-dwa...
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
This morning I almost posted a negative book review, but then I stopped myself. The news is literally keeping me up at night, and it doesn't feel like the right time to be grad-student snarky about entertainment media. Joy is so critically important right now, honestly
November 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
This morning I almost posted a negative book review, but then I stopped myself. The news is literally keeping me up at night, and it doesn't feel like the right time to be grad-student snarky about entertainment media. Joy is so critically important right now, honestly
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[observing someone’s obsessive passion project] wow i really like whatever’s wrong with that guy
November 28, 2025 at 11:40 PM
[observing someone’s obsessive passion project] wow i really like whatever’s wrong with that guy
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Detective Instinct is NOW AVAILABLE in all regions (on 15% launch discount for the next two weeks)!
Thank you all for supporting us. We did our best to craft a story we can be proud of, so we hope sincerely hope you enjoy it 🫡
Check it out on Steam or Nintendo Switch!
Thank you all for supporting us. We did our best to craft a story we can be proud of, so we hope sincerely hope you enjoy it 🫡
Check it out on Steam or Nintendo Switch!
November 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Detective Instinct is NOW AVAILABLE in all regions (on 15% launch discount for the next two weeks)!
Thank you all for supporting us. We did our best to craft a story we can be proud of, so we hope sincerely hope you enjoy it 🫡
Check it out on Steam or Nintendo Switch!
Thank you all for supporting us. We did our best to craft a story we can be proud of, so we hope sincerely hope you enjoy it 🫡
Check it out on Steam or Nintendo Switch!
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I can't believe I'm about to say this...
Dragon Ruins II is OUT now on the PlayStation, Xbox, and Switch.
Have fun!
www.kemco.jp/game/dragonr...
Dragon Ruins II is OUT now on the PlayStation, Xbox, and Switch.
Have fun!
www.kemco.jp/game/dragonr...
Dragon Ruins II
Explore dungeons, grow stronger, and slay the dragon to become a hero!
www.kemco.jp
November 28, 2025 at 5:35 AM
I can't believe I'm about to say this...
Dragon Ruins II is OUT now on the PlayStation, Xbox, and Switch.
Have fun!
www.kemco.jp/game/dragonr...
Dragon Ruins II is OUT now on the PlayStation, Xbox, and Switch.
Have fun!
www.kemco.jp/game/dragonr...
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Mexican Gothic Lace Palette Trio
This month I wanted to draw some lace and my patrons voted on the theme and color palette. For this set I imagined book covers or movie posters to stories that don't exist
In my store now for $20 and $2 shipping world wide
yoshiyoshitani.store/products/mex...
This month I wanted to draw some lace and my patrons voted on the theme and color palette. For this set I imagined book covers or movie posters to stories that don't exist
In my store now for $20 and $2 shipping world wide
yoshiyoshitani.store/products/mex...
November 28, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Mexican Gothic Lace Palette Trio
This month I wanted to draw some lace and my patrons voted on the theme and color palette. For this set I imagined book covers or movie posters to stories that don't exist
In my store now for $20 and $2 shipping world wide
yoshiyoshitani.store/products/mex...
This month I wanted to draw some lace and my patrons voted on the theme and color palette. For this set I imagined book covers or movie posters to stories that don't exist
In my store now for $20 and $2 shipping world wide
yoshiyoshitani.store/products/mex...
I really enjoyed writing a review of Karenza Sparks’s debut graphic novel The Corus Wave, a cozy science mystery about a grad student who inadvertently tumbles down a research rabbit hole while writing her thesis about a potentially supernatural fossil. #booksky 📚 www.comicsbeat.com/graphic-nove...
November 25, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I really enjoyed writing a review of Karenza Sparks’s debut graphic novel The Corus Wave, a cozy science mystery about a grad student who inadvertently tumbles down a research rabbit hole while writing her thesis about a potentially supernatural fossil. #booksky 📚 www.comicsbeat.com/graphic-nove...
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The bleeding moon sets at last, and the Hunt comes to a close. Happy 10 years to Bloodborne and its DLC!
You can download 170+ pages of Bloodborne fan content and digital merch here for free: huntersmarkzine.itch.io/zine
#bloodborne #zine #fanzine
You can download 170+ pages of Bloodborne fan content and digital merch here for free: huntersmarkzine.itch.io/zine
#bloodborne #zine #fanzine
huntersmarkzine.itch.io
November 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The bleeding moon sets at last, and the Hunt comes to a close. Happy 10 years to Bloodborne and its DLC!
You can download 170+ pages of Bloodborne fan content and digital merch here for free: huntersmarkzine.itch.io/zine
#bloodborne #zine #fanzine
You can download 170+ pages of Bloodborne fan content and digital merch here for free: huntersmarkzine.itch.io/zine
#bloodborne #zine #fanzine
Rie Qudan's Sympathy Tower Tokyo is a short literary novel about architecture, language, culture wars, and LLMs. The book is intellectually demanding but also very fun, and it has Jorge Luis Borges vibes in the best possible way. #Japaneselit #booksky 📚 japaneselit.net/2025/11/22/s...
Sympathy Tower Tokyo
Rie Qudan’s short novel Sympathy Tower Tokyo, which was awarded an Akutagawa Prize in 2023, is a story about language, generative AI, and the culture war discourse surrounding the construction of a…
japaneselit.net
November 24, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Rie Qudan's Sympathy Tower Tokyo is a short literary novel about architecture, language, culture wars, and LLMs. The book is intellectually demanding but also very fun, and it has Jorge Luis Borges vibes in the best possible way. #Japaneselit #booksky 📚 japaneselit.net/2025/11/22/s...
Dorotea is a short narrative adventure game about an archivist who enters a strange door at the back of a museum storage area. Transported to the 1600s, she finds that the local aristocracy aren't the only monsters threatening the town. My #indiehorror review: digitalfantasydiary.com/2025/11/22/d...
November 22, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Dorotea is a short narrative adventure game about an archivist who enters a strange door at the back of a museum storage area. Transported to the 1600s, she finds that the local aristocracy aren't the only monsters threatening the town. My #indiehorror review: digitalfantasydiary.com/2025/11/22/d...
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Important update: I have received word from insiders that Crunchyroll executives have deemed the user backlash to be small enough that their subtitle enshittification & OOONA plans will NOT be cancelled, only delayed.
I have added an update to the article. There's a summary at the top now too.
I have added an update to the article. There's a summary at the top now too.
New article on ★ daiz.moe ★
Crunchyroll is destroying its subtitles for no good reason
daiz.moe/crunchyroll-...
A ton of research and effort went into this one. This is the article to read to get to the bottom of Crunchyroll's subtitle changes!
Replies here will show up as comments (eventually)
Crunchyroll is destroying its subtitles for no good reason
daiz.moe/crunchyroll-...
A ton of research and effort went into this one. This is the article to read to get to the bottom of Crunchyroll's subtitle changes!
Replies here will show up as comments (eventually)
Crunchyroll is destroying its subtitles for no good reason | Daiz.moe
With the Fall 2025 anime season, Crunchyroll demonstrates zero respect for anime as a medium as the presentation quality of its subtitles reach an all-time low.
daiz.moe
November 21, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Important update: I have received word from insiders that Crunchyroll executives have deemed the user backlash to be small enough that their subtitle enshittification & OOONA plans will NOT be cancelled, only delayed.
I have added an update to the article. There's a summary at the top now too.
I have added an update to the article. There's a summary at the top now too.
Reposted by Kathryn Hemmann
Graphic Novel Review: THE CORUS WAVE embarks on a scavenger hunt through local history
The Corus Wave invites readers on a cozy adventure to uncover the research of a scientist whose genius has been lost to time.
The Corus Wave invites readers on a cozy adventure to uncover the research of a scientist whose genius has been lost to time.
Graphic Novel Review: THE CORUS WAVE embarks on a scavenger hunt through local history
The Corus Wave invites readers on a cozy adventure to uncover the research of a scientist whose genius has been lost to time.
www.comicsbeat.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Graphic Novel Review: THE CORUS WAVE embarks on a scavenger hunt through local history
The Corus Wave invites readers on a cozy adventure to uncover the research of a scientist whose genius has been lost to time.
The Corus Wave invites readers on a cozy adventure to uncover the research of a scientist whose genius has been lost to time.
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A list of Black owned and indie animation that is funded or funding via Kickstarter! The first two on the list are still open!
This looks & SOUNDS amazing!!!
Crocodile Dance - An Africanfuturist Animated Film by Coker CoOp on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/cok...
Crocodile Dance - An Africanfuturist Animated Film by Coker CoOp on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/cok...
Crocodile Dance - An Africanfuturist Animated Film
An indie animated thriller where a musician reclaims her voice to face the Mami Wata, a monster goddess threatening her family.
www.kickstarter.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:37 AM
A list of Black owned and indie animation that is funded or funding via Kickstarter! The first two on the list are still open!
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Hey! You can pick up both volumes of "Act Your Age: Fandom at 35+ and Beyond" at the Biggest Little Online Zine Fair, as well as a bunch of other great zines from around the world!
tinyurl.com/blzfshop
tinyurl.com/blzfshop
November 18, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Hey! You can pick up both volumes of "Act Your Age: Fandom at 35+ and Beyond" at the Biggest Little Online Zine Fair, as well as a bunch of other great zines from around the world!
tinyurl.com/blzfshop
tinyurl.com/blzfshop
My queer Lovecraftian romance, "The Annotated Kitab al-Azif," was published in the latest issue of Black Sheep, a fun magazine for weird fiction. This story treats the gnostic origins of the Necronomicon with respect while being slightly silly about grad students. 📖 www.amazon.com/dp/B0G25R82TY
November 18, 2025 at 2:48 PM
My queer Lovecraftian romance, "The Annotated Kitab al-Azif," was published in the latest issue of Black Sheep, a fun magazine for weird fiction. This story treats the gnostic origins of the Necronomicon with respect while being slightly silly about grad students. 📖 www.amazon.com/dp/B0G25R82TY
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Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
November 17, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
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I had the pleasure of writing about one of my all-time favorite video games for Sidequest - a game that shaped how I view narratives, characters, and consequences, and taught me quite a bit about myself in the process to boot. Please enjoy! ☄️👽💉
"But [the past] is out of your hands; it happens before the gameplay ever starts. The only thing you actually control is what you will do moving forwards—and these choices set up who you want your Morgan Yu to be." — C. C. Rayne
Read more: sidequest.zone/2025/11/03/w...
Read more: sidequest.zone/2025/11/03/w...
Who Are Yu?: Prey and The Power of Self-Determination - Sidequest
C. C. Rayne examines themes of monstrosity, identity, and gender in Prey, and the impact of their relationship with protagonist Morgan Yu.
sidequest.zone
November 11, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I had the pleasure of writing about one of my all-time favorite video games for Sidequest - a game that shaped how I view narratives, characters, and consequences, and taught me quite a bit about myself in the process to boot. Please enjoy! ☄️👽💉
Swallows, Natsuo Kirino's newest novel in translation, is a razor-sharp dissection of social and political issues relating to pregnancy in Japan. Nobody dies in this one, but there's a surprising level of suspense over the decision to have a baby. #booksky 📚 japaneselit.net/2025/11/15/s...
Swallows
Natsuo Kirino’s 2022 novel Swallows follows an impoverished young woman who becomes a surrogate birthmother for a high-performing couple on the cusp of middle age. Riki works a full-time temp job a…
japaneselit.net
November 17, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Swallows, Natsuo Kirino's newest novel in translation, is a razor-sharp dissection of social and political issues relating to pregnancy in Japan. Nobody dies in this one, but there's a surprising level of suspense over the decision to have a baby. #booksky 📚 japaneselit.net/2025/11/15/s...
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November 15, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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Background paintings from Castle in the Sky (1986), dir. Hayao Miyazaki, Studio Ghibli
Pieces painted by Nizo Yamamoto, Toshiro Nozaki and Mutsuo Koseki
Pieces painted by Nizo Yamamoto, Toshiro Nozaki and Mutsuo Koseki
July 12, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Background paintings from Castle in the Sky (1986), dir. Hayao Miyazaki, Studio Ghibli
Pieces painted by Nizo Yamamoto, Toshiro Nozaki and Mutsuo Koseki
Pieces painted by Nizo Yamamoto, Toshiro Nozaki and Mutsuo Koseki
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⚓ZINE RELEASE TODAY⚓
A long crack mars the side of the bottle. You pry out the cork. A book falls out; its spine splits open on the deck. Red eyes blink in the fog—watching—as you gather the pages.
You now hold the zine in your hands.
Links below🔗⬇️
#dredge #dredgegame #dredgefanzine #dredgetober
A long crack mars the side of the bottle. You pry out the cork. A book falls out; its spine splits open on the deck. Red eyes blink in the fog—watching—as you gather the pages.
You now hold the zine in your hands.
Links below🔗⬇️
#dredge #dredgegame #dredgefanzine #dredgetober
October 31, 2025 at 3:22 PM
⚓ZINE RELEASE TODAY⚓
A long crack mars the side of the bottle. You pry out the cork. A book falls out; its spine splits open on the deck. Red eyes blink in the fog—watching—as you gather the pages.
You now hold the zine in your hands.
Links below🔗⬇️
#dredge #dredgegame #dredgefanzine #dredgetober
A long crack mars the side of the bottle. You pry out the cork. A book falls out; its spine splits open on the deck. Red eyes blink in the fog—watching—as you gather the pages.
You now hold the zine in your hands.
Links below🔗⬇️
#dredge #dredgegame #dredgefanzine #dredgetober
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Mamoru Oshii’s Radical, Ethereal Angel’s Egg is an Anime Like No Other thefilmstage.com/mamoru-oshii...
Mamoru Oshii’s Radical, Ethereal Angel’s Egg is an Anime Like No Other
In order to best explain Mamoru Oshii’s Angel’s Egg––a stoic, ethereal vision quest of a film notorious among anime and cult enthusiasts for resisting explanation, and one which more readily invites c...
thefilmstage.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Mamoru Oshii’s Radical, Ethereal Angel’s Egg is an Anime Like No Other thefilmstage.com/mamoru-oshii...
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🕯️Sapphic cover for the Witching Season anthology🕯️
🌙
🔮 It's live! A 150+ page horror collection featuring witches, warlocks, and familiars, crafted by a talented creative group of friends and fellow peers! ❤️
👉 kickstarter.com/projects/philfalco/witch-anthology
🌙
🔮 It's live! A 150+ page horror collection featuring witches, warlocks, and familiars, crafted by a talented creative group of friends and fellow peers! ❤️
👉 kickstarter.com/projects/philfalco/witch-anthology
October 26, 2025 at 8:15 PM
🕯️Sapphic cover for the Witching Season anthology🕯️
🌙
🔮 It's live! A 150+ page horror collection featuring witches, warlocks, and familiars, crafted by a talented creative group of friends and fellow peers! ❤️
👉 kickstarter.com/projects/philfalco/witch-anthology
🌙
🔮 It's live! A 150+ page horror collection featuring witches, warlocks, and familiars, crafted by a talented creative group of friends and fellow peers! ❤️
👉 kickstarter.com/projects/philfalco/witch-anthology