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SWORDS BROKEN: Rage and Repression in Shirato Sanpei’s Kamui

July 5th, 2025 ― “Living in feudal society is like trying to wash your body, your clothing in filthy water. It doesn’t work. Everyone knows this, even if they can’t admit it.”

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John Sham Kin-Fun (aka John Shum) being cartoonishly attacked by five dudes with swords in a scene from the 1985 Hong Kong action film 'Yes, Madam'

Veney Ideas Megapost 2025

January 17th, 2025 ― Veney has been dormant for a while. In my lackadaisical, mixed approach to spitballing 1. improvements on the “main” game, 2. variant rules, and 3. experimental proof-of-concept twists on basic chess concepts toward my sorta overall thesis, I’ve ended up with an unwieldy, disorganized list of crazy ideas. It’s been over a year since the last veney update, and I have a blog now, so I figured why not dump ’em here? Enjoy!

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