E.T. Otero
E.T. Otero is a U.S. Navy sailor living in Spain. His hobbies include consuming media in all its forms, working on creative writing projects without ever finishing them, and coping with the crippling side effects of existentialism and the dizziness of freedom.
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in VideogamesComing Home During Quarantine- Animal Crossing: New Horizons
As a U.S. military member stationed in the Kingdom of Spain, I couldn’t manage to avoid the restriction of movement, quarantine, lock down, house arrest (whatever you wanna call it) implemented across pretty much the whole world during the past few months. This is all in an effort to stop the spread of the Coronavirus […] More
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On the Winds of Fate: The Legend of Zelda, Determinism and Free Will
“This is but one of the legends of which the people speak…” -The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (Prologue) In the Spring of 2003, 12 year-old me turned on his Nintendo GameCube to play The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker for the very first time. From the moment I saw the gorgeous cel-shaded […] More
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Sobbing With Sobble in Pokemon Sword and Shield
With Pokémon Sword and Shield coming out in a little less than a month, the hype cannot be more real. Game Freak, Inc.—the developer, for those uninitiated—has been noticeably more tight-lipped when it comes to information this time around as compared to previous games, and one could argue that it’s made the anticipation way stronger […] More
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A King-Sized Death Wish: Rorschach’s Existentialism
In Alan Moore’s Watchmen, Walter Kovacs, AKA Rorschach, is a character considered by a lot of readers to be a deontologist—and no, this is not some kind of creepy doctor. A deontologist is someone who believes that the morality of actions should be based on whether they are right or wrong according to whatever specific set […] More
